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 More options Jul 8 2008, 2:20 pm
From: wreilly
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:20:24 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Jul 8 2008 2:20 pm
Subject: Re: Low Toolbar PageRank for Newsday.com
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I always find it funny when people come here looking for PR/TR answers
from G. They have gotten MUCH better, but when it comes to PR/TR you
probably won't get much of a response.

I assume you have the Inbound ( un-nofollowed ) PR7-8 links to warrant
the expectation, because as I understand it this is really all that
counts when determining PR.

PR/TR discussions here are hardly ever responded to by the regulars
let alone G, except what you have probably already heard:

Toolbar rank is crap, don’t even look at it concentrate on content.
Toolbar rank is old data, don’t even look at it concentrate on
content.
No one knows what PR/TR G uses internally and G isn’t talking, don’t
even look at it concentrate on content.
SERP position is the only thing that counts, don’t even look at it
concentrate on content.
( this is actually true )

However it is nice to know that you get the same stupid answers as the
rest of us, kinda gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

Google won’t answer in any meaningful way on the forum, I will bet
money on it.

-Bill

On Jul 8, 12:11 pm, Tribune Interactive SEO Team wrote:

> This one has me stumped.

> Newsday.com is the only site amongst the major Tribune newspaper sites
> that has a Toolbar PageRank of a 5 versus an 8.  I have asked a few
> Google employees to help me out but they state the standard response
> of 'ask your question in Google Webmaster Help Group'.  So . . . here
> I am.

> 1.  Yes, I know TB PR doesn't matter.  I've tried to explain this to
> Newsday but . . . they still want an answer.
> 2.  Yes, I tried #1 above several times.  But they still want an
> answer.
> 3.  I did a site review and I don't see anything materially different
> than what is on the other Tribune newspaper sites (certainly nothing
> that would warrant this much of a delta).
> 4.  There are no warnings in G'Webmaster Tools.
> 5.  We are pearly white in regards to paid links (we don't need to buy
> them and we don't sell them).
> 6.  The registrar information is slightly different than the other
> domains but I doubt that would have an impact.

> What am I missing?  I'd prefer a Google Employee response but will
> take responses from any SEO that can figure this out.

> Brent D. Payne
> SEO Manager
> Tribune


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