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Are we heading for a PageRank Crisis?

Discussion in 'Google' started by Dave E, Aug 5, 2009.

  1. #1
    Here is a list of PageRank 10 pages from 2005 along with their current PR scores:

    http://www.google.com - PR10
    http://www.apple.com - PR9
    http://www.adobe.com - PR9
    http://www.blogger.com - PR8
    http://www.nytimes.com - PR9
    http://www.whitehouse.gov - PR9
    http://www.w3c.org - PR10
    http://www.statcounter.com - PR8
    http://www.ercim.org - PR9
    http://www.firstgov.gov now http://www.usa.gov - PR10
    http://www.keio.ac.jp - PR9
    http://www.microsoft.com - PR9
    http://www.nsf.gov - PR9
    http://www.real.com - PR9
    http://www.berkeley.edu - PR9

    The following blog posts says that with all of the PageRank penalties going on and all the new sites being created, 4 years from now there will be no PR10 pages and a PR4 will be very difficult to get, check it out:

    http://www.seoco.co.uk/blog/2009/08/05/pr-penalties-and-the-impending-pagerank-crisis/

    What do you think? Are we in trouble?
     
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  2. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    #2
    Yes, I agree.
    Increasing PR is getting harder day by day.
     
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  3. CandyCottonLover

    CandyCottonLover Banned

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    #3
    Is google trying to promote more linking? If so this means adding your site on dir listing site might help climbing the rank and ofc more dir list site will appear (a good biz too so u might wana start now!)
     
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  4. dugu

    dugu Active Member

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    piwik.org, pr10 in one year.
     
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  5. davejug1

    davejug1 Banned

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    #5
    The question is as moot as the PR system is now irrelevant
     
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    Nora Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Funny post, of course we're not heading for a PageRank crisis (unless Google disables it..).
    As long as websites keep offering quality content, there'll be websites that link to them. Webmasters should quit obsessing over PR and start worrying about how users view their websites. :)
     
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  7. suganindia

    suganindia Peon

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    Today is real...
     
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    theworldwinner Well-Known Member

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    #8
    rumour I would say
     
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  9. Kevin T Perry

    Kevin T Perry Peon

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    #9
    What kind of trouble are you going to be in? If you have a successful site making money that has a PR5, but then suddenly drops down to PR1....you still have a successful site making money.

    Quality traffic trumps pagerank any day of the week. Just think about SERPs. It doesn't take a high PR to get to the top; it takes good SEO and strong content.

    IMO, pagerank was created just so you have something to worry about and spend more time on google....just like 'global warming'!

    Kevin
     
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  10. prateek.mallapur

    prateek.mallapur Peon

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    #10
    I have a blog with good traffic but the PR is still 0 :(

    All the content is original :)

    So, I surely think that it is heading towards a crisis :(
     
    prateek.mallapur, Aug 5, 2009 IP
  11. Kevin T Perry

    Kevin T Perry Peon

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    #11
    I don't understand where the crisis is!

    If you're getting good traffic, who really cares. I have sites with a 2 million + Alexa rank that are PR2, and a PR1 with an Alexa of 600,000 and way more traffic and backlinks.

    Therefore IMO, pagerank=nothing

    Kevin
     
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    sachin410 Illustrious Member

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    #12
    anyone who has the slightest knowledge of how PR works, would find the statement absurd and stupid.

    there always will be a PR 10 page because toolbar PR is not absolute, but relative.
     
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    keym4k3r Peon

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    #13
    I think that PR system is going to disappear within a year or so.
    I like PR, but see no point in showing it in public by Google, but deceiving.

    No PR = no crisis :)
     
    keym4k3r, Aug 5, 2009 IP
  14. RPP

    RPP Greenhorn

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    #14
    Just one mans opinion I suppose. I never have and still don't think PR is important. That doesn't mean I wouldn't mind having a high rank though lol.
     
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    davejug1 Banned

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    #15
    Stop worrying about it, as of right now there is absolutely no benefit to PR (with the possible exception of demanding a higher price if you are seling but then everyone now knows PR has no value) but that would change if Google uses PR to influence something else which could happen in the future.
     
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    lakelandprinting Peon

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    #16
    Pagerank will never be a "crisis", no matter how low you sink. A crisis would be deindexing and massive serp drops.
     
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    SEOibiza Peon

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    #17
    lol DP @ PR4 tends to back up the theory..
     
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    Codex-m Peon

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    #18
    Thanks for this, very informative and looks very true..though I cannot agree with all points like no PR 10 pages.. All I can say is that even if we have crisis in page rank, Google will not judge the ranking of the pages just because of it...I will then look into a more important factors such writing a more quality and relevant content to satisfy users as well as getting links from trusted/authoritative sources.

    Page rank crisis will not then affects the site and should not bother me.
     
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    arthur.x Banned

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    #19
    very true. in some case getting even pr4 is hard
     
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    I just cannot understand, by original pagerank math, when pages more, more PRs.
     
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