Is PR overated

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by DPointing, Jun 25, 2011.

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    We often see PR 0 websites/pages ranking better than those having a PR 3-4 ... So in my opinion, PR is over-rated. What is your take?
     
    DPointing, Jun 25, 2011 IP
  2. om3

    om3 Member

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    #2
    PR is no more an important factor for ranking websites. It's just the numeric value for your website ;)
     
    om3, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  3. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    #3
    Yes, it is but you can't do anything
     
    lifeplayer, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  4. Barlamba

    Barlamba Peon

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    #4
    Google told to have more than 200 ranking factors. Overall popularity is only one or several of them. Relevancy has a few in common with the PageRank.
     
    Barlamba, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  5. StevieP

    StevieP Well-Known Member

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    #5
    PageRank is only a calculation of your backlink profile but Google uses over 200 rankings signals in it's algo, so chasing PR is not going to get you anywhere. Just try to get your links on as many different good quality domains as possible and preferably within content and don't get too caught up with their PageRank.
     
    StevieP, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  6. egiftcards4u

    egiftcards4u Peon

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    #6
    yup, forget pr....
     
    egiftcards4u, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  7. DPointing

    DPointing Peon

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    #7
    LOL!
    I don't care for the PR but here on the digital point forum, everyone seems to be talking about the PR.
     
    DPointing, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  8. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    #8
    Overrated is to less of an afirmation

    Is over over over overrated ...

    I never cared about PR ... and never check my sites PR ....
     
    w3bmaster, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  9. ImCanuck

    ImCanuck Well-Known Member

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    #9
    Do you think back links within content are bettter than a blog roll back link? Most of my blog roll back links come up higher with Yahoo Explorer.
     
    ImCanuck, Jun 26, 2011 IP
  10. michael.aulia

    michael.aulia Active Member

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    Overrated or not, my PR just updated to 4 and I'm a happy chappy :D
     
    michael.aulia, Jun 27, 2011 IP
  11. Cbrooker

    Cbrooker Active Member

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    If you chase PR, it's like a dog chasing its tail. Gonna get nowhere.

    I outrank sites with much higher PR. Why? Stronger links, more relevant links, more authority and trust to my sites.
     
    Cbrooker, Jun 29, 2011 IP
  12. 9xsoft

    9xsoft Peon

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    #12
    Concentrate on quality content
    pagerank is losing its weight on search engines
     
    9xsoft, Jun 29, 2011 IP
  13. emily

    emily Well-Known Member

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    #13
    Yes, I think it's overrated...
     
    emily, Jun 29, 2011 IP
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    #14
    I agree with that.
     
    nikito82, Jun 29, 2011 IP
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    kix_mc3 Active Member

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    #15
    PR is not longer important. Google doesn't give any more importance to PR.
     
    kix_mc3, Jun 29, 2011 IP
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    gamingmaster42 Well-Known Member

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    PageRank is really overrated. All you need are backlinks and content.
     
    gamingmaster42, Jun 29, 2011 IP
  17. Jason C

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    #17
    people only care about PR because the higher the PR the more money idiots who drool over PR will spend on a link. I too have seen PR0 sites rank higher and above PR4 and PR5 sites. PR is irrelevant and usless (unless you sell links which is against google TOS anyways)
     
    Jason C, Jun 29, 2011 IP
  18. xubair

    xubair Active Member

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    #18
    If you would have had asked me the same question around 2 years back, I would have said NO without even thinking but today YES it is def. over-rated!
     
    xubair, Jun 29, 2011 IP