My thinking was that bluefind was a different but popular web site in a previous life, but having looked at: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bluefind.com I see that's not the case. I know a bit of the background that the guy behind it is a bit of a whizz kid and advertised his banners on big sites...but that can't explain the PR right?
Just look at his network of websites. All of them are PR7's 8's ..... all he has to do is interlink them and he has instant high PR.... plus he probably buys text-link space on high PR domains..... If you have a nice budget many things are do-able....
cool, I looked at his link popularity - http://www.linkpopularity.com/linkpop.cgi?url=http://www.bluefind.com Guess he spent a long time submitting sites and exchanging links. Does anyone know how much he spent and what he earns?
He (John Scott) advertised heavily on the internet.com network, as well as purchased some key high-pr links. He was working with a good-sized budget, but also a good strategy and good "internet-sense" as well. He's a smart guy. His new site, www.sevenseek.com got a PR7 on the first PR update. That site will eventually blow away bluefind.
In PR you only have to work once... At least normally... For example, I have a PR5 website, If I link to all my websites all of them will be PR4 instantly. After that, all those PR4 websites will link to my PR5 webpage, so my PR5 will have a higher value...
eduardomaio - unless GG has changed their algorithm substantially, I believe you're mistaken. PR never becomes inherent as far as I know - it is constantly recalculated. So, if people all over the web took down their links to Google, it's PR would drop to 0 and a link from Google's home page would no longer give you a PR boost. BlueFind is a great resource thanks to John's work and I believe SevenSeek will be the same. I'd like to see many more resources like these pop up - it would be nice to have reliable, usable directories on the web again.
Ok, you didn't understand my point... When I write "only work once" I was talking about "work alot to get a high PR, then link to all your other websites... they are all gonna be pr-1 ou pr-2" Of course the links have to be there always. But, if you work once to get a high PR, having a decent PR to other websites of yours is easy, simply link it!
How do you pay to get a high PR? I submitted some of my sites to Bluefind/Sevenseek and still have the same PR. If I get my site listed on a PR 9 site, my site doesn't automatically become a PR 8 right? It's dependant on the actual PR rating of the page that my site link is on? Also how did Bluefind get a PR in the first place? Of course he spent money to do it - but how? I guess he needed to start somewhere...
Getting a high PR is pretty simple when you have a good budget, if one PR 9 link can't give you a PR 8, get two or more - that's all it's about.
So if I register with another PR9 Site, I should get a higher PR since I've already registered with Bluefind already. hmm, I'd like to see some results before spending/wasting my money...
It has nothing to do with the PR of the main page of the site, but the page where your link is listed, and how many outbound links are on that page. BlueFind has a PR8, therefore most of the link pages are going to be PR7-PR5. Even if you just got 1 PR7, doesn't guarentee you a PR6 in the next update - that's not how the algo. works.
Unless you plan on selling links, it's not worth paying for PR... It won't suddenly give you a huge boost in the serp's.
I do not give much importance to PR. I would say that you should get more and more links with your anchor text... this will help you in the SERPs and will eventually boost your PR. I have seen PR3 websites trump PR7/8 websites in SERPs... so stop bothering about PR and concentrate on getting BLs. I would not suggest spending tons of green to get some green on the toolbar. Its not worth it.