Comments on: I Have PageRank Now! Is My Link Bait Working? http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working Frustrated by the often-confusing and conflicting SEO advice you find on the web? The best SEO book is free - stop searching and download it today! Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeff Knize http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4882 Jeff Knize Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:28:34 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4882 <p>No scratches on me Dan. Google my main term: treadmills</p> <p>Jeff (:</p> <p>P.S. I'll be talking to you later this month. Apparently, StomerNET chose me to be a 10 hour case study.</p> <p>P.P.S. It looks like I am going to get some coaching out of you afterall. lol</p> No scratches on me Dan. Google my main term: treadmills

Jeff (:

P.S. I'll be talking to you later this month. Apparently, StomerNET chose me to be a 10 hour case study.

P.P.S. It looks like I am going to get some coaching out of you afterall. lol

]]> By: Dan Thies http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4478 Dan Thies Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:47:10 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4478 <p>It may not have left him, but it took a nice long walk to clear its head.</p> It may not have left him, but it took a nice long walk to clear its head.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4477 Andy Beard Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:46:50 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4477 <p>Actually after the flux, I ended up a PR4 which is certainly -1 and possibly -2. It doesn't correspond with my level of index penetration and the overall quality of my link profile.</p> Actually after the flux, I ended up a PR4 which is certainly -1 and possibly -2. It doesn't correspond with my level of index penetration and the overall quality of my link profile.

]]> By: Kate http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4475 Kate Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:40:34 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4475 <p>So Andy, I was going to suggest they simply passed me your page rank as I bumped up by 2 this month . . . but I guess yours never really left.</p> So Andy, I was going to suggest they simply passed me your page rank as I bumped up by 2 this month . . . but I guess yours never really left.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4456 Andy Beard Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:50:04 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4456 <p>They are not selling "advertising" on the sites you read ;)</p> <p>A rising tide lifts all boats.</p> <p>I still need to take a look at Teaching Sells, though it is Brian and Tony's venture, not B5. Obviously membership sites can be far more lucrative than advertising on many of the authority blogs B5 run.</p> They are not selling "advertising" on the sites you read ;)

A rising tide lifts all boats.

I still need to take a look at Teaching Sells, though it is Brian and Tony's venture, not B5. Obviously membership sites can be far more lucrative than advertising on many of the authority blogs B5 run.

]]> By: Dan Thies http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4426 Dan Thies Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:44:43 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4426 <p>BTW, we have a pretty good confirmation that the green-pixel "penalties" everyone's been all hyped up about relate to link selling: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/matt-cutts-confirms-paid-links-google-pagerank-update/5906/</p> <p>When I suggested this was likely to be the sole cause, I caught all kinds of flack for it. It turns out that some of the innocent victims only recently stopped selling paid links.</p> <p>Going down the list of self-identified victims, I still see a bunch of sites that either sold text links directly, promoted text link brokers as an affiliate, or sold ads to text link brokers.</p> <p>I'm glad to hear that the B5 sites aren't selling links any more. Those are some very good sites, and they shouldn't have to sell PageRank to survive.</p> <p>I'd be shocked if the revenue from <a href="http://teachingsells.com/" rel="nofollow">Teaching Sells</a> (bought it myself, and recommend it to all!) doesn't vastly exceed anything they could earn by selling PR.</p> <p>Anyway... it's funny how the obvious explanation ends up being right again. Occam's Razor shaves another yak.</p> BTW, we have a pretty good confirmation that the green-pixel "penalties" everyone's been all hyped up about relate to link selling: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/matt-cutts-confirms-paid-links-google-pagerank-update/5906/

When I suggested this was likely to be the sole cause, I caught all kinds of flack for it. It turns out that some of the innocent victims only recently stopped selling paid links.

Going down the list of self-identified victims, I still see a bunch of sites that either sold text links directly, promoted text link brokers as an affiliate, or sold ads to text link brokers.

I'm glad to hear that the B5 sites aren't selling links any more. Those are some very good sites, and they shouldn't have to sell PageRank to survive.

I'd be shocked if the revenue from Teaching Sells (bought it myself, and recommend it to all!) doesn't vastly exceed anything they could earn by selling PR.

Anyway… it's funny how the obvious explanation ends up being right again. Occam's Razor shaves another yak.

]]> By: Dan Thies http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4409 Dan Thies Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:33:18 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4409 <p>Andy, there's probably no way that the links to you about the PR penalty would have arrived in time to influence the current update...</p> <p>I think there's something funky going on @ Google WRT webmaster relations, period. But I'd hate to speculate about exactly what, or why.</p> Andy, there's probably no way that the links to you about the PR penalty would have arrived in time to influence the current update…

I think there's something funky going on @ Google WRT webmaster relations, period. But I'd hate to speculate about exactly what, or why.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4403 Andy Beard Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:17:23 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4403 <p>If my penalty is removed and Google end up doing another update in the next week or so, it will be interesting to see if the new links would change something... there were quite a few.. good ones :)</p> <p>But then I had good links before as well.</p> <p>Google seem to be working with data from around 10th or 12th October, as a few people have PageRank who switched domains around that time.</p> <p>Did you notice that both Matt and Adam has time to respond to that blog kicked out for hidden links mentioned on Techcrunch, yet all comments on this update are through unofficial channels?</p> If my penalty is removed and Google end up doing another update in the next week or so, it will be interesting to see if the new links would change something… there were quite a few.. good ones :)

But then I had good links before as well.

Google seem to be working with data from around 10th or 12th October, as a few people have PageRank who switched domains around that time.

Did you notice that both Matt and Adam has time to respond to that blog kicked out for hidden links mentioned on Techcrunch, yet all comments on this update are through unofficial channels?

]]> By: Dan Thies http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4400 Dan Thies Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:51:43 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4400 <p>Andy's site was nicked a few weeks ago. Doesn't look like it was permanent, and it shouldn't be - Andy does not sell PageRank.</p> Andy's site was nicked a few weeks ago. Doesn't look like it was permanent, and it shouldn't be – Andy does not sell PageRank.

]]> By: Michael VanDeMar http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working/comment-page-1#comment-4397 Michael VanDeMar Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:42:38 +0000 http://www.seofaststart.com/blog/i-have-pagerank-now-is-my-link-bait-working#comment-4397 <p>Dan, it still depends on what DC you hit:</p> <p>http://www.digpagerank.com/index.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fandybeard.eu&dc=18</p> <p>Some have been showing PR5 this whole time, I do believe.</p> Dan, it still depends on what DC you hit:

http://www.digpagerank.com/index.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fandybeard.eu&dc=18

Some have been showing PR5 this whole time, I do believe.

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