Looking back at my blog post purchses from last year, I have noticed that some of them are now PR0. Some sites I purchased blog posts on were once PR5 and I paid around $20-$25 per post on these sites, which are now almost worthless. Are there any tools that allow you to check if a domain has been recently dropped?
Yes it's pretty bad in the link sales section. Some sellers setup blogs on high PR dropped domains to sell links to naive buyers. It's pretty easy to identify a dropped domain. You can look at the domain registration date. If recently registered, safe to say it's a dropped domain. Although this is not the only indicator! Some expired domain services don't reset the domain registration date. Look at the backlinks for the site. If the blog has very few backlinks, then it's probably a dropped domain. Also look at the blog itself. If it's a PR5, why is there very few blog posts or why does it look so new?
Also looking at the details of the site like how many pages are indexed is a good indicator to see if the webmaster actually has a good compiled site.
When you mean PR5, are you referring on the main page or the actual post? For Google, those are 2 different pages thus PR. The post itself must be linked by many other pages to get a PR5. If it's on the main page, it's normal since the post is no longer there. Even if it's there, Google might have penalized the site for selling links. I don't buy links since I use a software to find post with PR to leave a comment. "recently dropped?" Just check if the site is indexed in Google by searching for it. P.S. While writing my reply, 2 other were made.
@ MISsupport, yea you got it there. Just because you buy one of a pr5 homepage, doesn't mean your post will get the same PR.
1. The blog post itself will plummet in PR as it moves off the main page. Has the PR of the domain dropped? 2. You can check registration date and archive.org to see if it's changed topics recently. A lot of time the domain name itself will give it away; like selling gambling links on foodforthehomeless.com. 3. Before buying, check not only the page rank, but to see that the domain has high PR backlinks in Yahoo explorer. THEN GO CHECK THAT THOSE LINKS ARE LIVE. Many times the link will show up in yahoo explorer, but the link is already pulled down. If it has enough links that seem to justify its PR, then you're good. 4. The domain might have had its PR stripped because Google identified it as selling links. Sometimes it drops to PR3, sometimes PR0. FYI, just because the domain is dropped, doesn't mean it will lose its PR. I had a dropped domain go from PR5 to PR6 without any linkbuilding. I've also had them hang onto a PR6 for a long while. Or, sometimes you buy them, put up unrelated content, and google strips your PR, even if you don't buy or sell links. Had that happen, too.
That's why you need to buy them off a broker or someone that is skilled in that area. To answer your question though the reason they went down to PR0 is because they got penalized by Google their page rank might come back on a later date. You just have to keep buying them. You can't worry about which ones are going to drop and etc. Just stay persistent .
YOu need not to assess a blog by its PR value... PR is smth easily gained - you need to judge a website by other factors!
I tend to agree with SEO_Watchdog here... you should ignore the PageRank factor as a guage for link worthiness. I've got a PR8 domain but that domain isn't worth alot to most websites beyond this... it allows return to be seen faster than normal because Google recrawls pages in mere minutes to hours not days, weeks, or months. Second you get what you pay for... I'm sure if the owner of those blogs gained alot more than $25 from those blogs they still be up supporting you... but $25 pays hosting for a short period and then there is no real profit in that exchange for the receiver... you got a year out of it and in Internet time that's like 12 years human time... a pretty good return IMHO. CnR... is a bit different... you have full access to to access all your posts and edit as required [you can't spam them but as your needs change so can your posts] and if and when 1 blog circums to a virtual death, a new one replaces it. Technically the posts, links, and advice are all free... you pay to help us create rich media linkbait for the domains you have links in which enhances the value of the domain(s) thus enhances the links to you. Check out my sig link.
Look at the backlinks and they'll tell the story. Generally the content and descriptions don't match the anchor text.
Heres a quick way to check, its by no means conclusive. Go to http://whois.domaintools.com/domaintocheckhere.com if its registered recently but has high PR - its almost certainly fake Go to http://www.archive.org and type in the url and look at old versions. If someone is selling links on a "finance" blog but 6 months ago it used to be a skateboarding site, then avoid like the plague. Use online fake PR checkers check the backlink profile. If they have a lot of what look like now unrelated anchor texts, the site most likely existed as something else before Really the link sales forum here need a mod, and to start actually banning people for scamming, its getting beyond a joke. Someone scammed me this week and I posted in his new link sale thread warning others, my post gets deleted and its me that gets a warning from a mod lol.