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What can I do with a PR5 site?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Chopster, Oct 21, 2005.

  1. #1
    I just started a website and it has within a month, received a PR5 rating. I see people selling link space on sites with PR4 and above.

    Are they really that valuable? Is there any advice anyone might have on how to make something productive out of a PR5 site? (revenue or traffic or whatever)
     
    Chopster, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  2. web-rover

    web-rover Peon

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    #2
    it's usless

    give it to me and i'll get rid of it for you. :)
     
    web-rover, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  3. dvduval

    dvduval Notable Member

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    #3
    Much would depend on the theme, content and domain name. ;)
     
    dvduval, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  4. tork

    tork Peon

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    if you get caught selling they will disable the ablility to pass pagerank
     
    tork, Oct 21, 2005 IP
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    nicknick Peon

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    #5
    Is that true? Google sells links in the form of ads. Has this happened to anyone here? And can other things like http://www.adbrite.com/ get you banned if it is true?
     
    nicknick, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  6. web-rover

    web-rover Peon

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    #6
    do you have any proof to back this up.

    I have never heard that before.
     
    web-rover, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  7. tork

    tork Peon

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    #7
    http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/
    From Matt Cutts blog -
    A natural question is: what is Google’s current approach to link buying? Of course our link-weighting algorithms are the first line of defense, but it’s difficult to catch every problem case in adversarial information retrieval, so we also look for problems and leaks in different semi-automatic ways. Reputable sites that sell links won’t have their search engine rankings or PageRank penalized–a search for [daily cal] would still return dailycal.org. However, link-selling sites can lose their ability to give reputation (e.g. PageRank and anchortext).

    What if a site wants to buy links purely for visitor click traffic, to build buzz, or to support another site? In that situation, I would use the rel=”nofollow” attribute. The nofollow tag allows a site to add a link that abstains from being an editorial vote. Using nofollow is a safe way to buy links, because it’s a machine-readable way to specify that a link doesn’t have to be counted as a vote by a search engine.
     
    tork, Oct 21, 2005 IP
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    Heather Paulson Peon

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    #8

    Amazing the rhetoric out there concerning the POWER of the ALMIGHTY,,, Yeah he will get caught selling ad space in the form of a LINK and be penalized.. Where DO you get this from?
     
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  9. tork

    tork Peon

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    ahh...by reading blogs and forums and seeing several sites stop passing pr. Google is smarter than people give them credit for.
     
    tork, Oct 21, 2005 IP
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    subnet_rx Well-Known Member

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    #10
    He's right.
     
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  11. WebbyMedia

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    You can sell or develop the PR5 site.
     
    WebbyMedia, Oct 23, 2005 IP
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    SEO-Expert Well-Known Member

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    #12
    I know a PR7 site that openly sold links, the sponsors home pages PR did not increase accordingly with the links added in plenty of time for the last update.

    One site was PR4 before and still is, should be at least a PR5, possibly PR6.

    Seen similar with clients sites who bought site wide links from high PR sites.
     
    SEO-Expert, Oct 24, 2005 IP
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    I heard about this, but haven't seen any link seller to whom this actually happened.
    As far as I know, all Google did was to not accept the link seller to adsense program.

     
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  14. Chopster

    Chopster Peon

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    So basically, there's nothing I can do with it...really. It's just good for bragging rights to say "I have a pr5 site".
     
    Chopster, Oct 28, 2005 IP
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    Try running some contextual ads, marketing some products through affiliate programs, use banner ads, etc. Adsense, YPN, Chitika, Casale, Tribalfusion, Amazon, Commission Junction, etc.

    There are lots of ways to make money without selling links.

    Good luck!
     
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  16. Chopster

    Chopster Peon

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    Thanks for the feedback, my3cents. However, this is something that can be done with any site that has any PageRank though, right? How will the PR5 help with marketing through affiliate programs?
     
    Chopster, Oct 28, 2005 IP
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    clay15 Well-Known Member

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    Establish link exchanges with other sites to build traffic. I'd assume it's much easier to establish exchanges with quality sites if you have a high pr site.
     
    clay15, Oct 28, 2005 IP
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  18. Chopster

    Chopster Peon

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    Good idea, Clay. Never thought about that. The reputation factor where they will be more willing to link to you.
     
    Chopster, Oct 28, 2005 IP
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    moopy Active Member

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    #19
    He's definitely right...
     
    moopy, Oct 28, 2005 IP