How can you get PR5 with no Google backlinks??

I'm looking at buying a domain which has a pagerank of 5. The strange thing is, when I check in Google and any backlink tool, 0 backlinks are detected.

How is this possible? Will the PR disappear?

Thanks

 

Check Yahoo.

Google doesnt list all links to your site.

 

when you 301 a load of links to a new site the pagerank is transfered fairly quickly however the backlinks might not show for several months.

 

Yahoo is showing 0 backlinks as well

apparently it was an expired domain, re-purchased yesterday

 

it may happen for the expired domain, though i am not sure.

 

Even expired domains should show links, could be a scan
If you want PM the url I will take deep look at it.

 

never heard of fake pagerank? it is not hard to fake high PR

 

You can check here http://www.seologs.com/pr-check/pagerank.html if the domain PR is fake.

 

I checked if it was fake, but the tool said it could find no info on the domain...

 

try this one, this site work best for me
http://www.database-search.com/sys/pre-check-en.php

 

Thank you ahkip, you've just saved me some money:

 

Be careful when buying expired domains for PR. Usually once they drop Google resets their PR and IBL counts.

 

I bought a link from someone in DP and apparently there's something wrong with the page rank

http://www.isoftnews.com/

 

Yeah, looks like they got banned, the link is worthless unless it sends a lot of traffic

 

I hope you did not spend too much money on that domain. I did the same thing once.

 

That's why I don't buy domain unless if it's from a reputable member of DP.
Some of this domain with PR are somehow worthless because the backlinks of this domain are gone. PR is based on backlinks. So it means if the site has no solid backlinks, PR is reset to 0.

 

I wonder why they were banned. The website looks ok to me.

 

Sometimes I use this to check backlinks
http://www.urltrends.com/

 

no backlinks could be less traffic or it is going to be banned soon
Google backlinks update time is not always same as PR update time
Cheat high PR is also possible
good luck

 

first of all check the details of domain using whois.sc/domailname.com. and than see the backlinks on MSN or Yahoo they sows more than google.