Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'pr'

Over the weekend, I noticed many reports from a wide array of search forums, where webmasters are noticing their PageRank scores drop in the Google Toolbar. We have threads from WebmasterWorld, two from DigitalPoint Forums, and a Google Webmaster Help...

Posted on January 19, 2009 8:10 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks just how accurate is the table in Google Webmaster Tools that shows the details of "Your page with the highest PageRank." It is found under "Statistics" and then under "Crawl stats" at the bottom of the...

Posted on January 6, 2009 9:19 AM

An older WebmasterWorld thread has been updated to share the time frame it took this webmaster to transfer his Google PageRank scores from old URLs to new URLs. In summary, he set up a new URL structure (possibly a new...

Posted on January 6, 2009 8:23 AM

Over Christmas and the holidays, we reported early signs of a Toolbar PageRank Update. Those reports have now been confirmed by Google's Matt Cutts via Twitter. Matt said about 6 hours ago: Yes, Google updated our toolbar PageRank values today....

Posted on December 31, 2008 7:58 AM

Over the weekend, I have noticed several threads mentioning updates to Google's Toolbar PageRank scores. The reports are not as widespread as a typical Toolbar PageRank update warrants, which leads me to ask, is this a true Toolbar PageRank update...

Posted on December 22, 2008 7:57 AM

Michael Gray explains why PageRank sculpting is important. He explains that Google has downplayed the use of PR sculpting but it seems that it's working pretty well for some people. Using an analogy with two very different cars (one, an...

Posted on October 23, 2008 10:24 AM

Michael Gray writes an interesting post about that teaching advanced link building and PageRank will never die. In the article, he explains that everyone who learns about optimization techniques are at different levels; some are more advanced and may consider...

Posted on August 14, 2008 10:08 AM

Somehow, I think that the incident with Shopzilla is related to the recent news that anyone using the PayPerPost method just got their PageRanks reduced this weekend. Forum members have mixed reactions. Some have obviously participated in such schemes. Others...

Posted on November 19, 2007 9:42 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread alerts us to a fake domain auction where a webmaster is selling a domain with an over-inflated and entirely fake PageRank. How is this being done? The user explains: This seller builds up the backlinks and PR...

Posted on August 6, 2007 9:23 AM

In a DigitalPoint Forums thread, a member asks how to check for an invalid PageRank. This is a timely question given that there was a PageRank update earlier this week. Since you can fake your PageRank, it's good to have...

Posted on May 3, 2007 8:37 AM

As much as you explain that toolbar PageRank does not show you a result that you can work with, people still tend to obsess about PageRank. Go ahead and read Danny's PageRank Guide once again. In any event, on Friday...

Posted on April 30, 2007 7:05 AM

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion over the PageRank score found within Google's Toolbar. So I thought I explain why I, and many other SEOs/SEM reporters would love to see the PageRank score disappear from the Google Toolbar....

Posted on January 31, 2007 6:55 AM