Today I received a link trade request from managed networks. The offer looked a good one, closer inspection revealed that the seller was offering a FAKE Pagerank 5 link on manager-blog.net. a quick check on Google revealed that the PageRank was forged from gwi.de Always check before exchanging links with websites, you can do so by searching Google. Just type info: and insert the domain name, the listed URL should match the domain name you searched. Here is a copy of the email. Hi, I have visited your website opseo.co.uk and I was wondering if it would be possible to get a link to my partner's website on it? I'll place a link back to you in my Web Design Guide website exactly here: manager-blog.net with page rank 5 If you agree, then please link to me using these details, I´ll place a link back in less than 24 hours, otherwise you can delete my link from your site: Title: IT Support Manchester URL: http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/it-support/regional-it-support/north-west/manchester/ Description: UK support, IT management, and hosted desktop services. Please don't forget to send me the title of your website after you place my link so I can do the same. I’ll be waiitng for your kind reply Regards Lucy Powell lucy.powell@manager-blog.net Online Marketing Consultant
Great information.. thank you for sharing. I am new in this trade and now I will take care of this fraud..
Timely reminder: I see a lot of this crap going around. Good way to detect fake PR with the info: operator. Another way is to check the cache.
It’s a very common practise; buyer should also be aware and make the appropriate checks. I never do deals with people that send on spam emails in any case. Thanks Brian
Here is a copy below of an email that I keep receiving. Replied back to it twice requesting more information but never got anything back so I am guessing it’s a scam. Dear Webmaster, I am John, the webmaster at {His Site name} I noticed that we both work in businesses related to Automobiles and can make this work to our advantage using the power of 3-way link exchange. A link from one of my websites will give favorable results to your website in the Search Engines resulting in more traffic to your website and hence more profitability. I will add your link at my websites which are Following below. you can choose any site I will add your link after get my link........ {His Site 1} (Page Rank – 2) {His site 2} (Page Rank – 3) {His site 3} (Page Rank – 2) {His site 4} pr1 {His site 5} What I want in return is a link from your website http://www.wizardofthewebsites.com/Attracting_Visitors.html Here are the addition details of my link Title :-- Atlanta IT Support Url :-- {His URL} DisynaSis, take care of all your Business Technology and IT Management Solutions needs. Please pass me over your link-addition details I will be more than happy to return the favor. I look forward to your favorable response and thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Have a nice day!!! Thanks &Regards John
Just use the info:www.url.com operator on Google. The site in question should match the site displayed by Google. Usually, faking PR is done using cloaking a 302 redirect to Google. Some sites even put a 302 for all. After a decent period of time, this site would show the PR of the site to which it is redirected. info operator tells what Google is seeing. Ashish