matrix_neo - 8:02 am on Oct 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

I would like to throw few senarios for consideration:

1. Google reducing the PR of link selling websites:

Advantage:

Downgraded PR could affect the link seller's credibility to their customer (Avarage internet user) since customers might take a long time to learn and adjust. I still check the PR of the site before I buy, though it does not make much sense, it is just a habit and has a significant impact on my decision as well.

Disadvantagious or unhelpful:

Google downgrading PR for the whole site instead of paidlink pages alone.

Some site don't sell links could also be affected that can create frustration, and the frustration could be worse since google has made link building extremely difficult.

It is already been reported here that google has downgraded the PR twice this month, I guess this may not have much or significant impact on link selling since the sellers and buyers will also adjust them selves.

Unaffected sites link pricing will be inflated. Would not be worth the money people will still be going for it.

2. PR reduction for paidlink pages, External link juice not passed, serp penaulty:

I believe blocking the link juice is already in practice with out much success with paidlinks, since most of the link buyers are businessmen not technical persons and they are not aware of this.

Serp penaulty for this would really make webmasters fired up and start the negative campain againt google saying that google

is imposing it disability on to the webmasters.

3. Dopping the PR completely:

I would prefer this like many others, but google may not be ready, for some reasons. But it can really improve the internet many ways. People will start trusting sites with good design and usability, it will force website owners to create more usable websites. People will also have difficulty on deciding the credibility of the website without the toolbar ultimately people will struggle and learn to assess websites. It will make consumers more intellegent. Google might loose a lot of data thorugh toolbar. People will only buy links for traffic, link juice will not matter since no one will have a clue how much it has really.

Suggestions:

Google can reduce link importance and improve the other factors. People are already sick of link development.

Reducing PR for specific pages will make webmasters to implement nofollow immediately, God should take care of innocent webmasters.

Reducing PR just shows the EGO of google, and only helps to threaten the webmasters and does not improve the serps. Stoping the link juice will the job. But PR reduction makes the site drop in customer's point of view, alternatively the PR can be turned off.

Adding nofollow should bring the PR back. (However I will not do that my paidlinks are as good as natural, some people live for their ideas whatsoever google is ;) I am not guilty of being paid and do not come under google juridistriction)

[edited by: tedster at 4:45 pm (utc) on Oct. 25, 2007]
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