Google PR

[Duke]

Anyone else notice that their PR bar isn't working atm?

[Robster]

Yeah...its not working in Firefox or IE, must be something wrong with the G server

[OldWelshGuy]

I am hoping that the damn thing is gone for ever (client side reporting that is not page rank per se) I don't think it has gone though, I think it is just a byproduct of the new google update.

[lovely]

Yes it is not working, I wonder what the big G is trying to come up with when it start working.

[Duke]

Maybe they've been hacked again?

[OldWelshGuy]

Maybe they've been hacked again?

Many a true word spoken in jest Duke lol.

We all know it is possible to hijack Page Rank with relative ease, we also know that there was some 'outage' with Google last month. Hacking is possible, but IMO it is more likely we are going to see the same sort of random PR in the toolbar as we currently see with backlinks. Anything to confuse

[Paul_KY]

I did away with that little, "bar" thingy. I use this tool: http://www.freeweb-hosting.com/googl...nk_pr_checker/

[ovi]

I have investigate a little bit and I notice that more and more person say that is the elimination of PageRank as we know it.
Aaron Wall recently write an article, TrustRank & the Company You Keep (http://www.search-marketing.info/newsletter/articles/trustrank-company.htm) - basically the Googles "Trust Rank" algorithm places a different value on each incoming and outgoing link different then Page Rank. These values could be positive or negative.

So, are we seeing the end of PageRank as we know it? It seems so. It also seems we are all may to have to change out link development strategies somewhat.

[OldWelshGuy]

It seems so. It also seems we are all may to have to change out link development strategies somewhat.

Not I, I ahve always linked for quality. I have NEVER worried about PR, I have always gone for the most likely candidate.

[Paul_KY]

And that's why OWG is KING SEO dude!

Death to the Google toolbar thingy!

Death to GOOGLE (except the millions of visitors you send me lol)!

I think I'll start a new engine called, googleidiot.com.

Venture capitol, anyone?

Yeah, ok, that's what I thought. So, back to the lab again, yo.