Yes I know strong words, but I have to get it off my chest. There are many reasons people buy domains, but one of the the most ridiculous and misguided transactions that I see today is people buying a domain for business purposes and using PR of the domain as deciding factor for purchase. OK follow me here: PR is something that can be attained by anyone, on any domain, at any time. Everyone knows that there is a method or methods, to obtaining some PR. A domain is one of a kind, and will never be reproduced. PR can come and go on every update. A nice domain is real estate and a brand for life. PR can be faked. Internet Real Estate is absolute. PR can be lost with the transaction. You can't take away a domain. It is what it is, and will always be that. Current PR means nothing to domain buyers and corporations. Good domains are meaningful, and valuable to everyone, and will always increase in value. You ever notice how just before an update there seems to be an avalanche of PR domains for sale? I wonder how many of them loose the PR they were purchased for, after the update? What ever the means that someone used to get PR for a certain domain, it will never perfectly match your business model as if you had optimized it your self for the links that are beneficial to you and your business, like you can do for yourself. OK here is the big one. The situation that a domain is in...it's set up, has just as much to do with PR as Links, Content, and SEO. If you buy a PR domain, and the owner has it on a dedicated IP, has it in a link management program, has it parked with a certain service, and you buy it and move it to shared godaddy hosting, and park it somewhere else, and take it out of the link program. You have just wasted your money. You cannot buy a domain based on what it has, where it is, and move it, and expect it to perform as it was before. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE! That is why domain buyers, buy on the strength of the real estate, everything else can be created, and most times has to be recreated. If you have the land, you can put any house you want on it. So IMO, if you pass up a domain that is solid and will increase in value, for a domain that is not that good , but has PR today. You are looking for a short cut, with a short life. PR is an industry all it's own, and it is more important to a lot of people than everything else. It's a revolving door. The only way for you to truly know that your domain will keep it's ranking, links, and PR is if you do the work yourself. Now if you are just buying for link value, that's a whole 'nother story Bottom line is, PR don't mean traffic. PR don't mean conversions or sales. PR don't mean money. PR, just for the sake of having it, is not the road to internet success, but the business of getting PR is very successful. Waiting for a bunch of people to disagree with me
I agree with you. However, people often buy the PR rich domain for the chance to sell links and build a directory. To some, it does not matter when the update comes if the PR goes down, by then they have sold enough links to make a nice profit and maybe even have sold the website for a profit. It is not my way to build a good site but I see it happen a a lot of times
True. As I said there are many reasons that people buy, and that one certainly does work out for some if that is their agenda. You can certainly buy some cheap and easy already PR'ed ones and make a few quick "Stick and Moves" to accomplish a short mission.
I remember you and I had discussions like this before. It is always about chasing what someone else has. They chose to try to take the easy way instead of putting time and work into it to build a real longterm money making site.
@offtopicz allout, the frugal wiz is running off WP? well I guess that temp I made had to go... kinda bad ey?
Purchasing purely for PR is definately a big mistake. PR is ultimately a measure of a website and not of a domain name and that's what people forget.