Comments on: Does PageRank Matter When Flipping Websites? http://www.flipwebsites.com/selling-websites/does-pagerank-matter-when-flipping-websites/ How To Make Money Online Fast with Website Flipping Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Travis http://www.flipwebsites.com/selling-websites/does-pagerank-matter-when-flipping-websites/#comment-842 Travis Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:06:31 +0000 http://www.flipwebsites.com/?p=1135#comment-842 Derek: When I assess a site, I rarely pay attention to PR. Aside from traffic and revenue, I am looking to see what keywords a site ranks for and how many backlinks and what kind of backlinks it has. Travis Derek:

When I assess a site, I rarely pay attention to PR. Aside from traffic and revenue, I am looking to see what keywords a site ranks for and how many backlinks and what kind of backlinks it has.

Travis

]]> By: Derek Baker http://www.flipwebsites.com/selling-websites/does-pagerank-matter-when-flipping-websites/#comment-841 Derek Baker Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:45:47 +0000 http://www.flipwebsites.com/?p=1135#comment-841 PageRank shows how effective the link building strategy that they are using is. If the seller was selling textlinks or doing something unethical but has a large number of backlnks it raises red flags to the buyer. From time to time I see a site like this with PR0. Of course these sites have good potential if they have multiple revenue streams that do not rely on selling text links or anything black hat. Buy the site and don't sell links and follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines and it will have a high PR in no-time and more value if you decide to flip the site. I like to look for sites that have sitelinks in Google. I'm not sure what is more valueable sitelinks or a high pagerank such as 5 or 6. Any idea on that? PageRank shows how effective the link building strategy that they are using is. If the seller was selling textlinks or doing something unethical but has a large number of backlnks it raises red flags to the buyer. From time to time I see a site like this with PR0. Of course these sites have good potential if they have multiple revenue streams that do not rely on selling text links or anything black hat. Buy the site and don’t sell links and follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines and it will have a high PR in no-time and more value if you decide to flip the site.

I like to look for sites that have sitelinks in Google. I’m not sure what is more valueable sitelinks or a high pagerank such as 5 or 6. Any idea on that?

]]> By: Travis http://www.flipwebsites.com/selling-websites/does-pagerank-matter-when-flipping-websites/#comment-825 Travis Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:59:24 +0000 http://www.flipwebsites.com/?p=1135#comment-825 James: Good point. PR would definitely play a role then if you are a buyer looking to buy for the sole reason to expand your backlinks. @Justin: I agree. I should have noted in my post that not only do newbies buy into the hype, so do experienced marketers. I personally have never put any thought into PR. I have one site that I thought was a PR2 and it was actually a PR4! I had no idea. PageRank is so over blown that I wish Google would have done away with it as they promised a while back. Travis James:

Good point. PR would definitely play a role then if you are a buyer looking to buy for the sole reason to expand your backlinks.

@Justin: I agree. I should have noted in my post that not only do newbies buy into the hype, so do experienced marketers. I personally have never put any thought into PR. I have one site that I thought was a PR2 and it was actually a PR4! I had no idea. PageRank is so over blown that I wish Google would have done away with it as they promised a while back.

Travis

]]> By: James http://www.flipwebsites.com/selling-websites/does-pagerank-matter-when-flipping-websites/#comment-823 James Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:35:09 +0000 http://www.flipwebsites.com/?p=1135#comment-823 While I agree that high page rank in and of itself is not as important as newbies think it is, it can be very useful for building your backlinks. If you have a site with high PR, especially in competitive areas like finance, you'll find it much easier to exchange links (non-reciprocal, if you're smart) with other quality sites. If you are stuck with a low PR site you'll find it a steep uphill climb if you're actively trying to build your link profile. While I agree that high page rank in and of itself is not as important as newbies think it is, it can be very useful for building your backlinks. If you have a site with high PR, especially in competitive areas like finance, you’ll find it much easier to exchange links (non-reciprocal, if you’re smart) with other quality sites. If you are stuck with a low PR site you’ll find it a steep uphill climb if you’re actively trying to build your link profile.

]]> By: Justin @ Flipfilter http://www.flipwebsites.com/selling-websites/does-pagerank-matter-when-flipping-websites/#comment-820 Justin @ Flipfilter Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:51:25 +0000 http://www.flipwebsites.com/?p=1135#comment-820 Hi Travis, I had this discussion on a forum and we ultimately came to the conclusion that page rank matters enough to make a good proportion of people bid (or bid higher), and ultimately this will increase the sale price and hence 'value' of your site, even if the actual buyer doesn't account for it. With forums like Digital Point making it all to easy to 'buy' page rank (that will inevitably stay static or drop because of the way it's built) I think we'll see more sellers pushing PR as a selling feature of an otherwise crappy site. Hi Travis,

I had this discussion on a forum and we ultimately came to the conclusion that page rank matters enough to make a good proportion of people bid (or bid higher), and ultimately this will increase the sale price and hence ‘value’ of your site, even if the actual buyer doesn’t account for it.

With forums like Digital Point making it all to easy to ‘buy’ page rank (that will inevitably stay static or drop because of the way it’s built) I think we’ll see more sellers pushing PR as a selling feature of an otherwise crappy site.

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