I know that even now Google PR is valueless though still many people think it has value. My main source of income is by selling links on high PR sites and it seems that less and less people are buying links. I used to earn much more a few months ago. So, what happens when PR completely disappears? How will webmasters earn money apart selling links and working for affiliates or PPC? I personally do not like PPC or affiliate systems so any ideas on how to monetize the sites? Maybe selling banners but I have no high traffic website. All of them are high PR but not traffic. What do you think about this change? Will your income increase or decrease?
i think PR is short conclusions for backlink. to know how good your web page backlink, i see it in PR rate. as a good backlink automatically will also increase our page too. and traffic will raise and adsense will make conversion. thats how i translate why PR is valuable. The main thing of all is to increase the number of visitors. followed by a uniqe content of course.
Toolbar pagerank is basically a fantasy anyway, like you said. Why not use some of the SEOmoz metrics? they're much better than visible PR in my experience.
Devalued is a non issue for most micro niches or keywords that are not that competitive I do look at PR it is overrated. When backlinking yes I will look for high PR(dofollow and nofollow) sites for backlinks because it is indicative of possible traffic but not a guarantee I will benefit from the link juice. It is often easy to outrank sites that have good PR with a new domain. I have a .biz domain for a very competive words with a PR2 sitting among pr4-6 .coms for the last year. I have a PR0 .com sitting among pr2-4 for the last two years for competive terms ... I could go on with the other 19 sites.
The people who say that PR is overrated don't have a high PR site (PR7+). It's all about quality links anyway, no matter what our view of Pagerank is, so in this respect nothing much will change. As someone else pointed out above, there are other metrics you could use to judge the quality of a page or site. Toolbar PR is helpful to a small extent but it has its limitations.
well, I think people buy links not for getting higher PR but for search engine optimisation. Isn't that true?
So, PR as shown in the google bar has very little value. PR shown in the google bar is not the true PR . The true PR is still a key factor in the google algorithm.
Toolbar PR is supposed to have little value as it is displayed. It is useful only for selling links as a metric for selling the website (Like You can say My site is PR4 or PR5) but it doesnt give a measure of the traffic your site gets. You can have high PR but little traffic (as in your case). As such I wouldnt say PR is worthless because it is a metric by which you can sell links. But dont expect any real benefit from it apart from some money from people buying links.
So, what happens when PR completely disappears? When PR disappears you will obviously be less able to sell links but you could offer no-follow links. Most serious webmasters (your buyers) acknowledge that no follow links still have value for ranking (via trust and aurthority) even if it means that they don't accrue page rank - it just means you have to charge less but at least your PR has a good chance of being reinstated. How will webmasters earn money apart selling links and working for affiliates or PPC?I personally do not like PPC or affiliate systems so any ideas on how to monetize the sites? Maybe selling banners but I have no high traffic website. All of them are high PR but not traffic. Google et al don't don't want webmasters to sell links so you may wish to consider other business models - but this is the eternal question. You could sell editorial with links which is more legitimate, display ads like AdBrite, approach companies in your sector and let them know your offer - sooner or later if its value competitive they'll take out some pay-per-posts as your sites will be the information hub. What do you think about this change? Will your income increase or decrease? I think it forces webmasters to hook up with companies that actually sell something. So its an opportunity rather than a crisis. Although TBPR is devalued it means that real PR is valued much more highly so use it to good effect - sell links but do it with no-follow and start finding customers for editorial posts. Explain that the links are no follow, BUT white hat, permanent and good for rankings. They pay you to add content and links, but then it means your sites become more powerful for selling more editorial. Also try CPA deals which encourage them to do more deals with you.
The two do not have a direct relationship. You will however find that most sites with high traffic tend to have high PR.