How to Check Fake Page Rank
There are various ways to check whether a domain has a fake page rank and the simplest one I use is Google’s info operator
Just type: info:www.domain.com into the search bar in Google and if the results show a different domain name then it is probably a fake.
This usually occurs because the domain name has been redirected to another domain with higher page rank.
See this fake PR6 below for a domain (www.voiceofthediabetic.org) – currently on 7 day auction sale with Godaddy.com :
It’s very disappointing to buy a fake and a lot of these get sold every day, both intentionally and unintentionally on the sellers behalf.
Nathan is looking to include this filter in the domain software we are developing.
I keep calling it “the software we are developing” because there is a little debate going on right now around the name of it. Watch this space!
Good point Kenny, it isn’t anything I’d thought about but I know that some of my own redirected domains have PR but no links.
great info kenny.
You were fantastic at Ed Dales Coming Home seminar in Manchester and this again shows the little details that make a huge difference.
Who knew domains could do so much???
Jay Roberts
Thanks Guys
Glad to see you have a blog Kenny, and I concur with the other comments that you were a great presenter at the Coming Home Seminar. It must be true that nerves ‘give the extra edge’ to a talk.
Now I just need you to value my site and act as my agent if/when the time comes!
Hi Kenny,
An area I’ve seen recently where fake PR gets used a lot is link swapping.
I’ve had about half a dozen emails in the last few months from people offering to do a 3 way link exchange where if I link to them from my blog, they’ll link to me from a high PR site they have.
Needless to say, the high PR site always has a fake PR.
It’s not just dodgy companies & blogs doing it too – I’ve had requests from very legit companies who have outsourced their SEO/linkbuilding to offshore operations not knowing that they are building the links is less than snowy white ways – this being one of them.
Ian
Great info! People are trying all sorts of scams to get a better page rank.Still, page rank is only 1 of many things Google looks at when deciding rankings.For instance, I have PR 0 but still outrank many PR4 blogs in my niche.
Nice blog Kenny.
Agree with Tom that PR is not a defining factor and Ian make a good point about being cautious about certain linking strategies.
Another good test is to see what pages are linking to the page / site, which is usually low to none.
Hey Kenny,
Thanks for the tip, checking this when buying is something I always forget.
In your experience do domains that have been redirected, gain pr and then are taken off for a site to built on – Do they get penalised?
Samual, there isn’t usually a penalty, its jus that the domain never sees any of the benefit of the fake PR it carries
Cheers mate!
Thanks for this tip Kenny. I’d never even thought about it before!
Thanks for this tip Kenny. I’d never even thought about it before
how can you make fake page rank. could you explain little bit about this rediraction? any cons for seo of this solution? regards Eva
Eva there are no pros to adding a 301 redirect in order to fake the page rank, apart from possibly ripping off unsuspecting, naive domain buyers which is very short term & a bad karma way of trading domains