Comments on: Pagerank is Dead. Sculpting is Dead. Trust is Alive….in my eyes. http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/link-building/pagerank-sculpting/ Internet Marketing Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Reyes http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/link-building/pagerank-sculpting/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 Reyes Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:06:51 +0000 http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/?p=908#comment-1807 thanks! You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.It will greatly help me in my SEO activities. :) thanks!
You made some good points there. I

did a search on the topic and found

most people will agree with your

blog.It will greatly help me in my SEO activities. :)

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/link-building/pagerank-sculpting/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Andy Beard Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:26:41 +0000 http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/?p=908#comment-1795 I am just going to play devil's advocate. If Page A has PR5, and has been around a while, thus is a buried in the archives as deep as it is likely to get, then things potentially change somewhat. We need to look at what is linking to page A, because PR5 on an aged page would likely require sitewide links from a site with significant authority, or links from a few pages that themselves have substantial authority, possibly from prominent articles on sites such as A or B. You can almost guarantee under those circumstances that the website where page A is located (http://www.bobs-blog.com/) is a PR6 or maybe even PR7. Potential freak scenario... The website on which page A resides had an article on the front page of Digg at the exact time Google was exporting PageRank. Call this page "D" In theory that page "D" could be PR6 or 7, and if linking to page A could make page "A" a PR5. However if Page A has been maintaining PR5 for a period of time, say 6 months, then it will probably continue to be significant. If Page A has been around for a while, and also ranks well for water pressure compared to B and C, there is a high chance a well placed link will provide more traffic, and potentially more collective "ranking factors". An additional factor, on a "Bobs Blog" it is likely you can include with the link a much better "call to action" and overall copy encouraging people to click, a strong recommendation etc. I am just going to play devil’s advocate.

If Page A has PR5, and has been around a while, thus is a buried in the archives as deep as it is likely to get, then things potentially change somewhat.

We need to look at what is linking to page A, because PR5 on an aged page would likely require sitewide links from a site with significant authority, or links from a few pages that themselves have substantial authority, possibly from prominent articles on sites such as A or B.

You can almost guarantee under those circumstances that the website where page A is located (http://www.bobs-blog.com/) is a PR6 or maybe even PR7.

Potential freak scenario…

The website on which page A resides had an article on the front page of Digg at the exact time Google was exporting PageRank. Call this page “D”
In theory that page “D” could be PR6 or 7, and if linking to page A could make page “A” a PR5.

However if Page A has been maintaining PR5 for a period of time, say 6 months, then it will probably continue to be significant.

If Page A has been around for a while, and also ranks well for water pressure compared to B and C, there is a high chance a well placed link will provide more traffic, and potentially more collective “ranking factors”.

An additional factor, on a “Bobs Blog” it is likely you can include with the link a much better “call to action” and overall copy encouraging people to click, a strong recommendation etc.

]]> By: Daryl Clark http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/link-building/pagerank-sculpting/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 Daryl Clark Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:53:03 +0000 http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/?p=908#comment-1773 Jim, Great article and reference to Rand's additional support information. For me this is a useful tool to provide clients who think SEO is all about links from high PR sites. This gives a great picture of what lies below the surface. Thanks! Jim,

Great article and reference to Rand’s additional support information. For me this is a useful tool to provide clients who think SEO is all about links from high PR sites. This gives a great picture of what lies below the surface. Thanks!

]]> By: Ryan Evans http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/link-building/pagerank-sculpting/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Ryan Evans Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:38:29 +0000 http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/?p=908#comment-1770 Jim, Thanks for the thoughtful post on this. There has been a lot of "reporting" about this, but without much analysis. Nice work. Ryan Jim,

Thanks for the thoughtful post on this. There has been a lot of “reporting” about this, but without much analysis. Nice work.

Ryan

]]> By: randfish http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/link-building/pagerank-sculpting/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 randfish Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:39:32 +0000 http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/?p=908#comment-1765 Hey Jim - thanks for the reference. I'm with you on what link I'd choose :-) On the TrustRank front - mozTrust is calculated exactly the way you described, and while it's not perfect, if you look at a lot of sites, the intuition lines up pretty well. Sites that have lots of good, trusted links from good places have high scores, those that don't tend to be much lower. Hey Jim – thanks for the reference. I’m with you on what link I’d choose :-)

On the TrustRank front – mozTrust is calculated exactly the way you described, and while it’s not perfect, if you look at a lot of sites, the intuition lines up pretty well. Sites that have lots of good, trusted links from good places have high scores, those that don’t tend to be much lower.

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