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The Google Toolbar PageRank Demystified
nywanna writes "SEO is an extremely unpredictable aspect of running an online business. Every month the rules change slightly, and with every rule change we receive new bad information from speculators and those who spew nothing but conjecture. David Harry looks at one of the greatest Google misconceptions and bits of misinformation that exists right now:
This brings me to the greatest mythological creature to roam the Google landscape since 'the sandbox'; The Google Toolbar PageRank (TBPR) system. While the jury may still be out on the 'sandbox,' I am here to slay the beast that is the TBPR, right here, right now."
Pagerank is useless? Don't tell me that when I just got my pagerank up to 6!
Philosophy.
It was just you.
He should be in marketing... oh, wait... nevermind.
what's the matter with you tough guy?
page rank give you a 2 rating?
feeling lonely?
rejected?
Did you try e-harmony? I hear it works
PS: I mean the article not the parent. fyi
'tis but a scratch.
My summary of the article follow:
Many people put too much emphasis on Page Rank, but they shouldn't. Page Rank is not very helpful.
A lot of people depend too much on Page Rank, and this is not good. The results of Page Rank do not give too much information.
Many marketers would do good to not put too much emphasis on Page Rank, as I believe it has little to do with actual results ranking.
Oh, and by the way, did I mention that Page Rank has nothing to do with Google's actual results? At least that's what I think. I mean, I know.
Lets see why Page Rank is not good: Because it doesn't represent actual result ranking. Ergo, people shouldn't really rely on it (although many do, by the by). QED.
And just in case I haven't gotten through yet, I'll repeat: Page Rank is teh s0x0rz.
-dZ.
Carol vs. Ghost
Can the savvy author not be expected to have the wit to know that simply expanding the acronym would reduce needless reduncancy and eliminate the waste of time and bandwidth of asking thousands of slashdotters to search Google or Wikipedia? My sense of thoughtfulness (ST) suggests that a foremost unfolding of acronyms (FUA) leads to a more sage sophistry (SS). In other words, STFUASS.
Geeks are expected to inherently know the definition of all technology-related acronyms.
POS.
KFG
Well, the problem is that the results returned by Goolge are 99% spam and you have to wade through dozens of pages with results to find one or more that may be of interest.
Maybe you should search for something besides Viagra.
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