Comments on: Page Rank Bites the Dust – Long Live Page Rank http://stevewagenheim.com/blog/internet-marketing/page-rank-bites-the-dust-long-live-page-rank.html Everything You'll Need To Run A Successful Home Business Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:09:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://stevewagenheim.com/blog/internet-marketing/page-rank-bites-the-dust-long-live-page-rank.html/comment-page-1#comment-492 Alex Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:39:12 +0000 http://stevewagenheim.com/blog/?p=2467#comment-492 When did it die Steve? I think PageRank was flawed right from the beginning and the growth of eCommerce sites who will not link to each other made it even worse. However... It is still true that looking at a page 1 of Google higher PageRank sites will generally beat lower. It's not quite that simple because backlinks to the page have to be looked at and even domain age but all Research tools like Market Samurai include PageRank ( not page rank ) as one of the important metrics. It might be that what you are seeing is either Google bringing in so called Trust Rank or even LSI. And that's another argument for another day! All The Best Alex When did it die Steve?

I think PageRank was flawed right from the beginning and the growth of eCommerce sites who will not link to each other made it even worse.

However…

It is still true that looking at a page 1 of Google higher PageRank sites will generally beat lower. It’s not quite that simple because backlinks to the page have to be looked at and even domain age but all Research tools like Market Samurai include PageRank ( not page rank ) as one of the important metrics.

It might be that what you are seeing is either Google bringing in so called Trust Rank or even LSI. And that’s another argument for another day!

All The Best

Alex

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