Check for Fake PR before you buy a link

[jitendraag]

I have seen a lot of people coming out with new directories with PR on all forums. Many bidding directories manage to sell many links in a short timeframe because of the high PR that people can see on google toolbar and other pagerank checkers.

Many of the new directories with PR have dropped domains and some of them are able to retain the PR by heavily promoting their websites but some of them have a forged / fake PR and people buying links on directories (sponsor link on web directories and any link on bidding directories) should check whether the PR is fake.

I use the fake PR checker at http://www.checkpagerank.net/ and it has saved me from many scammers.

Another manual way of checking for fake PR is searching for info:domaininquestion.com in google and if it shows some other website then it's a fake / redirected PR. You should also see number of backlinks in google / yahoo to ascertain the PR is correct.

As Kailash pointed. The same should be done when you are buying a domain or a website.

[Kailash]

yes jitendraag, you are absolutely right. Also some people are taking the benefit of fake page rank to sell a domain at high price. We should check the fake PR before purchasing such domain. It is quite possible that Google may ban such sites.

Kailash

[snowbird]

Useful advice to avoid these situations. Excellent information, and thank you for sharing!

[Kailash]

I have read in many forums that people were crying :( after purchasing such high PR domains (fake PR site). Also if such sites are banned by search engines then it is very hard to get listed again and you will need to lots of work. I hope this will help to the people who are planning to purchase such site from auction.

Kailash

[jashmin]

very useful information dear. But can you tell me how can people get fake page rank. What is the strategy behind it?

[cygnet]

Is there any other engine which shows the PR.. I came to know there is only Google which shows the PR. N how can one create the fake PR.. Is it possible???
Can u please clear my doubt....??:confused:

[Kaina]

It is not only fake PR we need to worry about. Many new directories will show PR even at the fake PR checkers, but they are actually expired domains that people snatched up and tossed a directory onto while it still has PR. Google has been getting better at catching this quicker, but you really need to check things before wasting your hard earned money on these crap sites.

[Kaina]

very useful information dear. But can you tell me how can people get fake page rank. What is the strategy behind it?

N how can one create the fake PR.. Is it possible???
Can u please clear my doubt....??:confused:

So, basically, we should teach you how you can fake PR? Is that what you are asking us?

[2fk]

Is there any other engine which shows the PR.. I came to know there is only Google which shows the PR. N how can one create the fake PR.. Is it possible???
Can u please clear my doubt....??:confused:

PR is actually from google so i think they are the only one showing and having the pr tool bar..yes it is possible to create one..here is how:http://seoblackhat.com/2005/07/26/how-to-fake-a-google-page-rank-10-or-any-pr-you-want/

[Gerding]

Stop chasing green gold with those expired domains!

[ad2310]

Sometimes there is a problem with http://www.checkpagerank.net/

It'll give you a different results if you type the full domain name(http://www.thedomainname .com) and then without http://www. Make sure to check both otpions.

[cygnet]

Is it possible to create fake PR. Is this considered as black hat service?? How's that possible to create forge PR for any site??

[ad2310]

I don't think you can create one. It's just some people buy expired domains with PR, but I believe it goes back to PR0 in the next update.

[ellehc]

I don't know about this thanks for this thread..

[lowcostwebhosting]

I have seen a lot of people coming out with new directories with PR on all forums. Many bidding directories manage to sell many links in a short timeframe because of the high PR that people can see on google toolbar and other pagerank checkers.

Many of the new directories with PR have dropped domains and some of them are able to retain the PR by heavily promoting their websites but some of them have a forged / fake PR and people buying links on directories (sponsor link on web directories and any link on bidding directories) should check whether the PR is fake.

I use the fake PR checker at http://www.checkpagerank.net/ and it has saved me from many scammers.

Another manual way of checking for fake PR is searching for info:domaininquestion.com in google and if it shows some other website then it's a fake / redirected PR. You should also see number of backlinks in google / yahoo to ascertain the PR is correct.

As Kailash pointed. The same should be done when you are buying a domain or a website.

Nice article and suggestions.

Thanks jitendraag for your knowledgeable articles.

Thanks
ALex :)

[heartofluck]

True, I guess that was the very first thing you should do before you buy the link you've wanted so that there will be no regrets or whatsoever.