Time Value of Pagerank

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Time Value of Pagerank

scorpion

11:34 pm on Dec 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Is time a variable in pagerank calculation? That is, is there a reward for being on the Net longer than others.

seindal

11:47 pm on Dec 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

In the published parts of the algoritm there is no time factor.

René.

There are some explanation of pagerank at
[pr.efactory.de...]

MHes

11:51 pm on Dec 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

Probably the opposite is true, new sites get a boost with a 'guessed pr', esoecially when found by the fresh bot. Then they can drop as their real pr is established.

seindal

11:54 pm on Dec 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

The guessed PR is different from the calculated PR. It is just an approximation for lack of better.

annej

11:55 pm on Dec 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

I think it just seems that way. My site that has been online since 1996 has a lot of links to the main page just because it has had more time for people to see it and want to link to it.

Anne

troels nybo nielsen

11:57 pm on Dec 3, 2002 (gmt 0)

I might add to Anne's answer:

Being on WWW for a long time gives you possibility to build a large website. Some members have stated that having many pages on a website is rewarded by Google.

europeforvisitors

12:33 am on Dec 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

I have three sites:

1. A non-commercial writing site that launched in January, 1996. Google shows 324 links for the site.

2. A non-commercial travel site that launched in spring or early summer of 1996. Google shows 72 links.

3. A for-profit editorial travel site that launched in October, 2001. Google shows 1,510 links.

Site 1 has about 100 pages (if I remember correctly), site 2 has 8 pages, and site 3 has more than 3,100 pages.

All three sites are in DMOZ and Yahoo.

AND, all three sites have a PR of 6.

Based on these examples, it might seem that "time in service" could influence PageRank, since the older, smaller sites have the same PR as the newer and much larger site. But on the other hand, it's possible that the actual PageRank of the sites ranges from a very low 6 to a very high 6, so their seemingly identical PR may not be identical at all.

seindal

1:24 am on Dec 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

Older sites have had more time to accumulate links.

europeforvisitors

3:20 am on Dec 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

Older sites have had more time to accumulate links.

That doesn't necessarily mean they have more inbound links.

vitaplease

5:04 am on Dec 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

all things being equal older sites usually win.

older sites many times still have links from directories and sites that are not updated anymore.

who knows though maybe the age of links is kicking in as well.