The toolbar PR is showing strange values. PR4 - >PR0 PR3 ->P0 ,... for many site. I am sure that this just a problem they are having or looks like they are preparing for an update very soon.
my toolbar bounces between old and new datat oo. I just think its another google way to try and stop people from buying PR.
Mine doesn't even bounce anymore. It's just stuck at the old PR (4). But when I check it with an online tool, I always get the new one (5).
Nah doubt it.. just some bug. They know that the people who know about buying and selling for PR have other ways of checking the real PR. They would be affecting the people who actually see the PR of the site to rate their new find in a search engine. I still dont understand why google would want to kill a huge business, the link selling business :|
Simply because links bought based on their PR are meant to fool the search engine. why wouldn't they kill this business.
Can they really find out wether you sold a link because of its PR or because of the traffic? Not unless they have their private investigators on DP, WHT, etc... doubt they spend money on that though.
My toolbar is the latest and I have pagerank which varies all the time - do not trust it sometimes as I think it is a virus
Rumor has it that if the link is purchased on a related site, it might be legit, otherwise it might be for PR only. However, I don't think Google is doing anything about it in a proactive manner. Bompa
In fact they cannot do anything just because they will never be able to fully prove whether a link has been obtained thru purchase or whether its intended to provide good resources. this matter to find out whether they niches are related can only be used for deeper investigations in any activities but somewhat it cannot result in a penalty!!