fishfinger - 2:57 pm on Aug 8, 2007 (gmt 0)

The site: and link: commands don't work properly either. How many here would like to get rid of them?

PR score as a basic, initial indicator of quality at a glance was and is still a good idea. Of course the practice is different but that's no reason to scrap it.

People get conned into buying sites or links for fake (or temporary) high PR. They should have done their research. People buying links or ads based on PR value should accept that it can change and that it is not to be trusted. And anyone renting space on their site who doesn't have a disclaimer about PR going up and down should have written a better contract with their ad buyers or informed them what they were buying - NOT PR, but traffic, right?

I find the PR bar useful more when it is white or grey than anything else, but I welcome it as an extra 'tool' when assessing a site and woudl be sorry to see it go.