When is pr updated

[dmorison]

Say you have a site on Widgets. As a result of business arrangements / whatever; you are "lucky" enough to obtain a front page link from a similarly themed site that happens to be PR9. We all know this is a Good Thing(TM) from an SEM perspective.

However; if said PR9 site goes out of business and disappears of the face of the web; how quickly does Google forget the increased standing that it gave to you?

or in other words:

Can the fact that you've had a PR9 link in the past be of continued benefit even after it has gone?

[seofreak]

it will for some days (15-20) after which that sites SERPS will disappear and your SERPS will drop dramatically too depending if that's your only backlink or not ..

and after 30 to 40 days in all your PR may get to what it should be

[edit_g]

I would say that it is very hard to say at the moment. Would you take "it depends" as an answer. :)

Can the fact that you've had a PR9 link in the past be of continued benefit even after it has gone?

Yes, but not for very long - I give it a week max. High PR sites get spidered more often - so if it is offline - google will discover it more quickly than it would with a pr 6... I think - so you're not looking at very long. But, if the site comes back, then you'll reap the benefits again very quickly (I had this happen to me with a PR8 which was offline for 4 days) because Google will keep coming back to it and checking if it is ok.

[dmorison]

Sorry, think i've been misunderstood

What I really meant was, is there any evidence that a previously high-standing link could be of continued benefit long after it has gone.. as an intentional element of the Google algo.

I'm not simply asking "how long does it take to re-calculate"...

[DaveN]

a clients PR feeder site got banned and all the sites dropped -2 pr over a 2 month period.

DaveN

[edit_g]

What I really meant was, is there any evidence that a previously high-standing link could be of continued benefit long after it has gone

Well, then, no. Not for any decent amount of time.

[seofreak]

could be if the backlinks still exist and google mght crawl it again and voila .. looks like u hit a goldmine?

[mil2k]

What I really meant was, is there any evidence that a previously high-standing link could be of continued benefit long after it has gone.. as an intentional element of the Google algo.

Most of the times the tweak in algo would diminish the effect. No would be more probable answer.