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Since this is my first time here I really hope this is not a stupid question. I have tried to search in the forums and on the web for an answer but with no luck.
This was discussed here earlier today, see [webmasterworld.com...]
It is very confusing to people new to the toolbar, but that is how it works.
> Since this is my first time here I really hope this is not a stupid question.
There are no stupid questions, we were all beginners at one time (often not very long ago!) and we remember how confusing things seemed at the time.
I do have a real pagerank of 7! I checked again this morning and google has all of my pages in its cache!
I also found the reason for this little enigma; I do have incoming links! I have 1 incoming pagerank 7 link, 1 incoming pagerank 4 link to my index page. I also have 1
incoming page rank 7 link to one of my innerpages.
The to incoming pagerank 7 links are from the same goverment website! The pagerank 4 link is from some personal homepage. I have not requested these links, and only a few people have known about my little project. I will email these people and ask where they heard of my little website.
I have one question, I have belived that it is imposible to get a pagerank higher than one below the pagerank of the backlink with the highest pagerank, so I should have had a pagerank of 6?
I wonder what will happen on the next pagerank update?
When they more the little pice about my site from the frontpage and put it in the archive my PR will probably fall like a stone?
Government. Universities.
I will email these people and ask where they heard of my little website.
Maybe they found you in Google? ;) ;)
dont do it,maybe they will decide to remove the links. enjoy your pr 7 and probably a lot of hits..
[edited by: eelixduppy at 9:43 pm (utc) on Feb. 18, 2009]
The hard way...
1 - Create content they want to link to
2 - Present it in a fashion that does not look much commerical
3 - Get it noticed by the relevant people [eg email signature on interesting email discussion with an expert]
OR (and this is a cunning one for academia)
1 - Invite Prof Xyz to write an article upon Widgets (and the Widget course/research at his institution) to appear on your popular website for Widget Hunters
2 - Be surprised at the uptake
3 - Put up his content, with a photo of the guy, link to his institution, etc.
4 - As if by magic, he will link to your site from his depatmental pages without being asked to show off his worldwide recognised expertness ;-)
The second method is a lot better that the first. But note well, if you want one of these links for a Herbal Viagra site, or a Porn site, or your Offshore Pharmacy, however you try it, it's just never going to happen.
