Comments on: RealRank Won’t Work With Google PR

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By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:06:08 +0000

It is now ridiculous of PPP, Smorty, Review Me etc to ask for Google PR as part of the app process for bloggers.

Knowing that Google will remove it, if found out one has been doing them. They cannot use PR as a way to gauge a blogs value for their system. It is assinine.

By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:02:33 +0000

If PPP is to live, then it must disavow itself of PR.

Google has made it loud and clear that PR cannot be used as a means of getting backlinks through sponsored reviews. Therefore it must be taken out of the equation.

I agree with Frank C.

By: Victoria BC Photographer

Victoria BC Photographer — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:58:38 +0000

LOL Paid reviews just sound way too risky these days… as for the Google Pagerank I still find it a very helpful health indicator for a website. But naturally how you actually rank is what really matters. Cheers.

By: Matthew Henrickson

Matthew Henrickson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:21:07 +0000

im not complaining, just stating the fact it wont work with google pr in the equation.

By: Frank C

Frank C — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:21:05 +0000

The basic problem with PPP, Smorty and many other paid review sites is that they’re designed to pass PageRank, not to obtain traffic or publicity. The sooner they forget PR as a factor and allow links to be nofollowed in reviews the more likely their survival. Plus, if they do this and Google still applies penalties, then Google will be in considerable trouble.

The real question is will Google continue to penalize blogs for simply linking to or mentioning PPP, using a competing ranking system or something else along those lines. If they do they’ll find themselves in US and EU court sooner, rather than later, facing anti-trust charges.

By: Michael Lodispoto

Michael Lodispoto — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:10:55 +0000

Now that we are all up in arms, and complaining, and hoping to keep pr a little longer, and just deluding ourselves. Let’s all either jump off of a bridge together or fight! PPP’s system is at least a start, maybe not well conceived but it does represent the net’s citizens’ backlash about being told what to put on your website, being told to NOT sell links ( like Google and other search engines do), how dare you the webmasters of the world want to make money by selling links. You will all follow the dictates of the Google ( rightly so) or not be listed to your liking by them. In a way you can’t blame Google. They own their search engine and can do what they please. You selling links is direct competition and what company gladly helps it’s competitors?
What we need is a new system to judge sites not under the control of any one company. Only a large community effort can unite the webmasters to stop using pagerank or any system where your site can be de-listed or hurt at any company’s whim.

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:04:50 +0000

I bury my paid posts as well, but it still does not. Oh well! I have a very high RealRank and have had it go as high as 94, currently it is around 130 for one blog and 250 for another!

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:46:55 +0000

I had all but two of my blogs wiped clean of page rank, and it stung a little.

For whatever reasons, the other two blogs stayed alive, but I am banking on the fact that the paid posts in those sites were buried between content that didn’t promote ppp in any way shape or form, and didn’t offer any additional advertisements in the sidebar.

Maybe that’s the way to go?

I’m not really sure.