Google moving away from Page Ranks? Would directory links still help?

I have heard some news that "Google has changed its algorithms and it is slowly moving away from the concept of Page ranks. It is even trying to move away from DMOZ".

Does anyone know how true is this? And if it is like this what should we do now to bring up a new website or dorectory?

I have created a new Directory! I dont know what to do now.

I have 2 questions:

1. Could someone help me how I could go about popularising my Directory.
www.diggwebb.com ussually
2. If the above changes are true, what should I do?

Kindly advise.

Thanks,
Sippsin

 

Social networking is where it's at today.

 

I don't think google will discard pagerank, nothing to worry.

 

Page rank is the basis of google's popularity. I think they will keep it.

 

I don't take interest in pagerank or the directory submission. I wish I get only 1000 visitors a day. Doesn't matter what the page rank is.

 

Internet always was link building. More links, more visitors. PR is just a kind of review of link popularity.

 

You nailed it

Only reason why I am using the Google Tool Bar in the first place is becuase of the PR status of the webpage I'm visiting. If or when Google does decide to eliminate the PR, I will uninstall the Google tool bar and would use less of Google products.

Google PR is not the only thing a web directory is about. A web directory allows any one to have a link notice by the search engines which gets their sites crawled and counts as a back link which leads to "popularity" and which raises their rankings in a search engine placement.

While Social networking is fine, but how many of those sites have you submitted in places like Digg that got you a lot of traffic. To get traffic at Digg you must submit some pretty unique stuff before someone buries you post, it's very difficult to get notice on Digg.

The only places that get's Digg are the big boys, submit a CNN story, it will get Dugg a lot. Submit a personal blog of yours, that will get buried, unless you have something that is ground breaking, if not, you'll be left on Digging elsewhere.

Facebook/My Space? Again, you can only get so much from them, this all depends on what you got to offer and how well you market it.

Twitter? Fine, but what are you twitting about and how many followers you have, do each one of those followers following your twitts or are they just like you in hoping that you follow them, if they are expecting that you follow them, then you wont get much traffic. Heck, my twitter page is PR3 and the only reason how it got the PR is because it was link to my dir which was a PR3.

All in all web directories other than a blog post comments (and some others) are really the only place where you can get a link place on someone else's website unless you pay to advertise.

PR wont go, it might be enhance, but it wont go.

 

Page Rank is the heart and soul of Google and there is no way it will move away from this concept !
After all it has a live example of Yahoo in front of it !

 

don't worry,if no pr, the link popular still count your web directories' backlinks

 

haha! that is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard.... it's simply just not doing what you say it is.... truth is if you look at link patterns for top google websites that specialise in a niche you'll notice google is not giving all those backlinks less importance but is diversifying them and the way it prioritises them... ever-expanding google is simply looking for new sources of information and it's priority is those that are ahead of the crowd that diversify in a vertical manner (businesswise) own the market and google will notice, be there from a to z in whatever field you specialise in and once you've made it diversify because nothing lasts all empires fall so have a back-door or 3.

And ohh by the way rel=nofollow is the one to watch out for in the algorithm, not backlink wise just other...

 

I think the only thing that google hinted at was not to become so obsessed with it, dont let it be your sole focus.

sippsin btw your directory title and keywords are a bit odd.

Do you offer Search Engine Submission from your directory?

search engine secrets from your directory?

 

It is true that Google is moving away from PageRank. They have been doing it for many years. Instead of using just PageRank for ranking sites, it uses relevance of the links. A link from a high PR site will not help your rankings much if it is from an unrelated site.


P.S. The little toolbar number that they show people doesn't mean much.

 

Page rank is the indicator of popularity from Google. And there is no reason to discard PR. But Google can change (upgrade) PR engine or add additional priority factors.

 

PR is still a measurement, even if it is not the most important measurement of Google algo

 

PR might disappear... but link popularity and traffic will stay.
Don't concentrate on PR and Search Engines. Concentrate on your Directory.

 

Well, its really difficult to remove PR. Its a trademark.

 

Yes. But if it's your trademark, you can do anything you want with it.

 

Are patents and trademarks the same thing?

I think its a patent.

 

Instead of worrying about something you can't really predict or do anything about, I would be more concerned about Digg coming after you for copyright infringement.

 

No. They are not.

A trademark (or servicemark) is a word, name, symbol or device which is used in trade with goods.
A patent (for an invention) is a grant of a property right to the inventor.