Google thinking a domain is HUGE?

[finer9]

Has anyone seen where Google thinks that a nothing domain is actually a HUGE domain, like AOL, Microsoft, etc? When you go to the page, no content comes up, but it gets a PR10. If you do backlinks, it shows the backlinks for the 'big' domain. If you do related, it shows you the related for the 'big' domain.

I can't figure this out...really really strange.

Josh

[chengfu]

It works by redirecting the unknown domain via DNS to the "big" domain. After some crawling the domains, Google assumes it's a redirect to the big domain and the toolbar will show the pagerank of the "big" domain.
At this point you may point the DNS to some webspace and the wrong pagerank will be display for some weeks until the bot realizes its mistake.

Bye, chengfu

[ogletree]

Boy somebody dishonest could make some money off that. There are a lot of people out there that will pay you for links just off of the toolbar PR.

[finer9]

Yah, but that is why I am bringing it up...it is not 'true' pagrank. I am just surprised there is not more talk of it.

Of course I will not post specific examples, but I know one that is a PR10 and one a PR9 and geez someone could get a boost for a while from them!

Josh

[plasma]

and geez someone could get a boost for a while from them!

I doubt that.
This is just TPR. IMHO 'Real' PR is more up to date.

[GoogleGuy]

finer9, it wouldn't give you any PR boost--it'd be more like leprechaun gold than real gold.

[chengfu]

In Germany some people recently tried to sell domains with a "faked" pagerank on ebay. Selling it to someone who doesn't understand is probably the only way to make money out of this trick.

[sharpie_79]

the fake pr domains.. don't have real PR..
if you do a backlink check on the domain..
it will show backlinks of the real domain and not the domain that seems to have pr10..

[GoogleGuy]

Yeah, I saw that chengfu. Leprechaun gold, I tell ya. :)

[finer9]

Actually, Sharpie79 - It shows the backlinks of the BIG domain...as I mentioned.