Comments on: PageRank sculpting http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/ neat fun stuff Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:19:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ed Harris http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-474300 Ed Harris Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:29:26 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-474300 Re the "Print this page,"...it is indeed useless. I have gotten rid of that phrase in my two websites. Also...re comments on blog, about 99% of my comments are garbled useless phrases from foreign countries. I have no idea why. Of course, I just delete them. Re the “Print this page,”…it is indeed useless. I have gotten rid of that phrase in my two websites. Also…re comments on blog, about 99% of my comments are garbled useless phrases from foreign countries. I have no idea why. Of course, I just delete them.

]]> By: Jay - DatMoney.com http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-473619 Jay - DatMoney.com Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:07:09 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-473619 No matter what, I'm never going to understand PR. For some reason I was a PR4 for quite a while, dropped to PR3 then PR2 and eventually PR0 for quite a while... still don't know why. Jay No matter what, I’m never going to understand PR. For some reason I was a PR4 for quite a while, dropped to PR3 then PR2 and eventually PR0 for quite a while… still don’t know why.

Jay

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-471614 Evelyn Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:25:09 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-471614 Quite interesting. If we doing the page rank sculpting with or without no follow links, will it affects our page rank or not ? I agree with Alex , yes the google can give an elaborated information for understanding the page rank deeply. Quite interesting. If we doing the page rank sculpting with or without no follow links, will it affects our page rank or not ? I agree with Alex , yes the google can give an elaborated information for understanding the page rank deeply.

]]> By: Calvin http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-467124 Calvin Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:48:07 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-467124 Greetings Matt, Great info about PageRank and linking. I have only one contention. You recommend that we allow PageRank to flow freely (even in blog comments), and yet this appears in all your outbound links in your blog comments... rel="external nofollow" I don't get it...did I miss something? Greetings Matt,

Great info about PageRank and linking. I have only one contention. You recommend that we allow PageRank to flow freely (even in blog comments), and yet this appears in all your outbound links in your blog comments…

rel=”external nofollow”

I don’t get it…did I miss something?

]]> By: Jamie Dolan http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-466982 Jamie Dolan Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:20:29 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-466982 Am I safe in assuming that any site that has PR can be considered a good neighbor? e.g. when checking blog comments if the sites that are posted all have PR, can I assume Google will view them as good neighbors and the links won't harm my site? Thanks, Jamie Dolan Am I safe in assuming that any site that has PR can be considered a good neighbor?

e.g. when checking blog comments if the sites that are posted all have PR, can I assume Google will view them as good neighbors and the links won’t harm my site?

Thanks,

Jamie Dolan

]]> By: Alicia http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-465462 Alicia Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:31:54 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-465462 So if I understand it correctly, the PR points are divided by the total number of links, not by the number of links without "no follow" as it used to be earlier. Then the only solution is linking less and not using "no follow". So if I understand it correctly, the PR points are divided by the total number of links, not by the number of links without “no follow” as it used to be earlier.

Then the only solution is linking less and not using “no follow”.

]]> By: James Cruise http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-460532 James Cruise Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:23:06 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-460532 What about links to an affiliate site? Are they considered "bad neighborhood" sites, even if they do give value? What about links to an affiliate site? Are they considered “bad neighborhood” sites, even if they do give value?

]]> By: Chris http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-460529 Chris Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:18:13 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-460529 Uf da. The net effect of just having read all 398 comments on this thread is that I would rather give up on SEO and buy PPC ads for my clients instead. Isn't that the goal after all? : ) I really hope that folks don't take the idea of disabling comments to heart... first that isn't much fun for you the blog owner or your visitors. Second... I just did a cursory glance at the SERPS for 'pagerank sculpting' (how I found this post). Interestingly enough, the number of comments almost has a direct correlation with the ranking of the URL. I'm not so certain that there is a causal relationship there. But I would certainly consider that Google <em>probably has figured out how to count comments</em> on a WP blog and probably factors that into ranking. I know that I would. Uf da.

The net effect of just having read all 398 comments on this thread is that I would rather give up on SEO and buy PPC ads for my clients instead. Isn’t that the goal after all? : )

I really hope that folks don’t take the idea of disabling comments to heart… first that isn’t much fun for you the blog owner or your visitors. Second… I just did a cursory glance at the SERPS for ‘pagerank sculpting’ (how I found this post). Interestingly enough, the number of comments almost has a direct correlation with the ranking of the URL. I’m not so certain that there is a causal relationship there. But I would certainly consider that Google probably has figured out how to count comments on a WP blog and probably factors that into ranking. I know that I would.

]]> By: Alex http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-459886 Alex Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:42:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-459886 Why doesn't google publish a document explaining everything about the (one of the most discussed) page rank. Why doesn’t google publish a document explaining everything about the (one of the most discussed) page rank.

]]> By: Ashutosh Rai http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pagerank-sculpting/#comment-456519 Ashutosh Rai Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:11:23 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=2631#comment-456519 I am a great fan of Google's way of doing things(search engine and others). But often find it testing webmasters behavior against a little change Google suggest. After sometime things go back to their old place... :) I am a great fan of Google’s way of doing things(search engine and others). But often find it testing webmasters behavior against a little change Google suggest. After sometime things go back to their old place… :)

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