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Is PR overhyped?

Discussion in 'Google' started by sahilcoolsmart, Jan 23, 2007.

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Is PR being overhyped?

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  2. No

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  1. eukhost

    eukhost Banned

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    #21
    I think to an extent yes PR is a bit overhyped. A lot of people are obsessed with PR tend to concentrate only on getting higher pagerank for their site and ignoring the other more important aspect like SERPs which is more important than PR.
     
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    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #22
    When you have hype folks expect performance, and as it has been nearly impossible to find synchronized Data Centers displaying the same PR for the same site

    In my opinion without accurate stats and data PR, will not have total support, therefore if the stats are off the mark, the whole PR scenario becomes questionable
     
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    rlynch Peon

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    #23
    if you are trying to rank high in Yahoo or MSN, then PR is overhyped.

    but if you are aiming at Google (which probably 99% of us are), then it isnt.
     
    rlynch, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  4. Eric.Cho

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    #24
    Perhaps PR is more a judgement of on-site optimization. It certainly doesnt give a measure of how much money or traffic a site gets but it certainly helps to convert and gain 3 way link exchanges since everyone wants PR.

    Its hard to avoid judging sites when Google so big and they're the ones saying "this site is worth 6/10". You have to think that it adds to SERPs somehow.
     
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  5. sahilcoolsmart

    sahilcoolsmart Well-Known Member

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    #25
    it seems that getting PR in not a very difficult thing... my sites got PR (mostly PR 3) today.. without much efforts..
     
    sahilcoolsmart, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    #26
    IMHO, PR impact is hyped for SERP or traffic purposes. However, if you plan on selling reviews on your blog or getting paid per post or selling your site, ONE of the factors commonly looked at is the PR of your site. Other factors are technorati rankings, feedburner subscribers, Alexa ranking, etc.
     
    webmasterlabor.com, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    #27
    One word - Yes
     
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    #28
    PR isn't very important but it is always good tho have high PR on a site.
     
    Emperor, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  9. Clive

    Clive Web Developer

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    #29
    Overhyped.
     
    Clive, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    Seiya Peon

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    #30
    PR pisses me off, 'nuff said.
     
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    #31
    when we talked about PR then we talked the myths of Google :D
    and when we talked about SERP then we talked about visitors ;)
     
    the-kids, Jan 25, 2007 IP
  12. winningratings

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    #32
    YES I believe you are right to question the Page Rank system
    Page Ranking is only a technology to rank sites according to a set mathematical criterea
    If you look at the search results you will see that many sites that are listed high and therefore probably have a high page rank, actually have little or no real content, but are instead just page after page of links

    Unfortunately the Page Rank system has simple thrown up loads and loads of sites with no content, which are just link farms or link directories

    All it takes is one change in the Page Ranking system and suddenly sites that were listed high drop down the listing by the thousand

    For new webmasters I believe the answer is to concentrate on original unique content ranther than loads and loads of links pages
     
    winningratings, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    ajsa52 Well-Known Member

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    #33
    Completely overhyped.
    Many link traders (sellers and buyers) are obsessed with links from high PR pages and not with links from theme related pages.
    I PR dissapear many sites are condemned to dissapear too.
     
    ajsa52, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    #34
    In my opinion yes Pagerank is very over-hyped. But its a nice thing for some webmasters to get a decent one. :)
     
    Ginger Ninja, Jan 25, 2007 IP
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    #35
    Slightly overhyped but definitly a step in the right direction. It is still only a small factor in serps. If you have a PR8 site that is about engines you will not rank well for coffee.

    If your PR8 engine site is not a content-full as a PR5 engine site you might still outrank it. PR should be looked at as a "bonus", if your site is talking about xxx then google'll bump it up a few positions for a higher PR.

    I suggest there should be a hybrid PR coming out soon. Something like . . .
    1/4 G PR
    1/4 being included in DMOZ
    1/4 Alexa
    1/4 Yahoo Backlinks (they are the most complete)

    What this would do is gather your web site's importance from 4 sources instead of just 1. Then include this rank as a bonus, like PR is now. This would be good for the internet.
     
    ErectADirectory, Jan 30, 2007 IP
  16. Jim4767

    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    #36
    I think that for a while I was overly focused on PR. I did lots and lots of directory submissions. PR jumped to a 5. Traffic stabilized at about 1,800 page views daily.

    Then I realized that I was neglecting other important aspects of marketing the website. So I undertook a niche email campaign that I described in this thread — http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=222832&

    Well, the result was an immediate (and sustained) increase in traffic by about 35%. And this despite the fact that I dropped from PR5 to PR4 in the recent update.

    The message? — PR went down, but traffic went up because I stopped being a “one-trick pony” (meaning my earlier obsession with PR) and got busy with tried-and-true ways of drawing traffic to the site.
     
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    #37
    I think it is over-hyped. It's a useful indicator and should be used in tandem with all other available information, statistics etc.
     
    cloudybutnice, Jan 31, 2007 IP
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    #38
    PR is not at all related with SERP :)
     
    FireStorM, Jan 31, 2007 IP
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    #39
    The problem is it gets manipulated by webmasters! Thus google have downgraded its importance!

    Notting
     
    Notting, Jan 31, 2007 IP
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    #40
    yup, for the past 3 years, there are no 'main rules to play'....heck, even this year will be the 'myspace n youtube' year i guess, and i'm predicting submition services will peak , directories is booming...i don't see if people ever bother about PR anyway, at least not from an internet marketeer perspective where we spend most of our time focusing on.
     
    Kerunai, Jan 31, 2007 IP