Comments on: Reader Question: Why Am I Not Getting PageRank?

By: Posts about SEO as of April 26, 2010 | Ebusiness Blog

Posts about SEO as of April 26, 2010 | Ebusiness Blog — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:18:20 +0000

[...] people have failed…several clocks. In fact, we’ve all failed someplace along the way. Reader Question: Why Am I Not Getting PageRank? – bloggingwithsuccess.net 09/30/2009 Bob asked: I was just wondering what your feeling is about [...]

By: SBA

SBA — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:28:16 +0000

I have no info that discredits Alexa, so I can’t offer an opinion. But some folks put lots of stock in Alexa. I tend to look more at Page rank and any Alexa below 100,000. Thanks for visiting and let me know when your WP blog (regular tips) is ready.

By: Shubh -RBT

Shubh -RBT — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:04:13 +0000

I don’t trust Alexa one bit. Their stats are not very reliable as their stats are based on data collected from people who have installed the alexa toolbar and these people form a very small fraction of internet users. A good way to improve your alexa rank is to install the alexa toolbar yourself. Then whenever you visit your site, your site will get a new hit.(I read this somewhere but I have not tested it yet.)

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:26:02 +0000

I will use no foollow for externals from now.

By: Christian Collard

Christian Collard — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:15:23 +0000

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By: Ilija Brajkovic

Ilija Brajkovic — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:47:20 +0000

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By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:08:31 +0000

You have listed some good points here.

However, I am a bit skeptical about #5. Can it really hurt if you link to lower ranked sites? If that is true, than many popular blogs with lot of Guest posts would have lost rank.

Wait! I remember that ProBlogger has lost 1 PR point in last update(7 to 6) after a lot of Guest Posts in that quarter but Daily Blog Tips did not lose anything (stayed at 6) even with more Guest Posts! Strange!

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:03:57 +0000

It may be the Trust factor in play there. Many article directories are highly trusted by Google(but strangely, are easily outranked by even PR 0 sites for same content!)

However, Google is Google. They really act mysteriously!

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:01:39 +0000

That is a good practice. However, make sure that you have good Anti Spyware and Anti-Virus installed. Many times, sites may be suspicious!

By: Mr. I

Mr. I — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:59:08 +0000

Maybe and may not be.

Nothing can be said definitely about Google. They can sometimes behave silly. Just like Curios Little Person pointed out below, Google may consider same content on a blog duplicate but not on different sites!