Zapatista - 11:28 am on Mar 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

I didn't mean for this to turn into an unfair witch hunt and I have said all along that this contract company is the one behind it and they know what they are doing. Fox probably has no idea the significance of PageRank and would be surprised to see us discussing this issue.

I wanted to bring this issue to the forefront because as Brett said, Fox is a big site.

On the one hand, getting a PageRank 7 because of a few PR8 links one bought probably isn't fair if leads to outranking established sites in that industry which are far better and have more links.

But on the other hand, advertising is advertising and PageRank can be a bonus in the selling factor of advertising.

Now, I must be honest, if I had a PR8 and someone offered to buy text link ads for, say, $2,000 a month, I wouldn't say no.

Added: and another reason why this issue is worth talking about because as internet advertising is starting to make a comeback, advertising which factors in PageRank could turn into a trend and longterm factor which reshapes the internet advertising industry.