Comments on: Google PageRank Directory Clanger http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html Internet Marketing, Lead Acquisition, Online Business Strategy and Social Media with Original Opinion and Loads of Attitude Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:39:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr. Lowell Worthington, Ph.D. http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-337516 Dr. Lowell Worthington, Ph.D. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:37:20 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-337516 At what marketshare does Google become a monopoly or dominant player in search? In some markets they control over 70% of all search activity, and, they clearly dominate the market direction in cost of ads, how they are delivered, etc. Where is the outrage, or even concern that a single company could so manipulate an international resource this way? Simply having a seemingly innocent company motto ( Don't be Evil ) is not sufficient reason for a pass on privacy rights, market manipulation, and the like. At what marketshare does Google become a monopoly or dominant player in search?

In some markets they control over 70% of all search activity, and, they clearly dominate the market direction in cost of ads, how they are delivered, etc.

Where is the outrage, or even concern that a single company could so manipulate an international resource this way? Simply having a seemingly innocent company motto ( Don’t be Evil ) is not sufficient reason for a pass on privacy rights, market manipulation, and the like.

]]> By: Organic Fruit http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-292230 Organic Fruit Tue, 20 May 2008 03:18:02 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-292230 Mike, looks like Google finally did it. After the latest PR update Yahoo Directory's (dir.yahoo.com) inner category pages have lost their PR completely (grey bar). That's definitely going to hurt Y!s $300/yr/link business. What I don't understand is why Yahoo dir's homepage PR has gone up from 7 to 8. Mike,
looks like Google finally did it. After the latest PR update Yahoo Directory’s (dir.yahoo.com) inner category pages have lost their PR completely (grey bar). That’s definitely going to hurt Y!s $300/yr/link business. What I don’t understand is why Yahoo dir’s homepage PR has gone up from 7 to 8.

]]> By: petnos http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-285076 petnos Sun, 11 May 2008 21:34:12 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-285076 @Marco If the things you mentioned are really true then google doing something wrong i think. @Marco
If the things you mentioned are really true then google doing something wrong i think.

]]> By: Mike Annable http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-228498 Mike Annable Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:37:54 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-228498 Didn't the Yahoo Directory have decent PR in the past? It seems they don't anymore. A couple of years ago Matt Cutts kind of endorsed it in his blog (if I remember correctly). For 300 dollars a year the only thing it really ever did was pass pr. That was interesting about the manual penalties Hacker Safe was using PR Links as a selling tool and I think Google punished them for it. Since the end of February 2008 Pagerank Toolbar Update the Scan Alert Directory lost all of it's rank. Today it's back to a PR 7. Do you think maybe they wrote Google a sorry letter? Didn’t the Yahoo Directory have decent PR in the past? It seems they don’t anymore. A couple of years ago Matt Cutts kind of endorsed it in his blog (if I remember correctly). For 300 dollars a year the only thing it really ever did was pass pr.
That was interesting about the manual penalties Hacker Safe was using PR Links as a selling tool and I think Google punished them for it. Since the end of February 2008 Pagerank Toolbar Update the Scan Alert Directory lost all of it’s rank. Today it’s back to a PR 7. Do you think maybe they wrote Google a sorry letter?

]]> By: The Manchurian Page Rank | LevelTen Blog http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-189343 The Manchurian Page Rank | LevelTen Blog Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:15:15 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-189343 [...] PR as a confusing, misleading, and a measure to be overlooked, what is it being used for by Google? Andy Beard has identified an interesting use of the Google Toolbar value, to be manually manipulated based on [...] [...] PR as a confusing, misleading, and a measure to be overlooked, what is it being used for by Google? Andy Beard has identified an interesting use of the Google Toolbar value, to be manually manipulated based on [...]

]]> By: Google ToolBar PageRank is FAKE!? | MakingOnlineMoney.org http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-179781 Google ToolBar PageRank is FAKE!? | MakingOnlineMoney.org Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:50:37 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-179781 [...] some discovered that Google Directory has different PageRank values for each website than the Google Toolbar [...] [...] some discovered that Google Directory has different PageRank values for each website than the Google Toolbar [...]

]]> By: Google Toolbar Pagerank Abstrafung + Google Verzeichnis PageRank? » SEO Marketing Blog http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-175839 Google Toolbar Pagerank Abstrafung + Google Verzeichnis PageRank? » SEO Marketing Blog Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:47:26 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-175839 [...] regiert hinter den Kulissen einfach wieder mal das pöse, pöse Googlevil Monster ;-) Bei Andy Beard gibt´s bereits ne längere Diskussion zu diesem Thema - ich wäre an Beispielen von euch [...] [...] regiert hinter den Kulissen einfach wieder mal das pöse, pöse Googlevil Monster ;-) Bei Andy Beard gibt´s bereits ne längere Diskussion zu diesem Thema – ich wäre an Beispielen von euch [...]

]]> By: Marco http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-175613 Marco Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:39:27 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-175613 Everyone should be very very careful about critical articles about Google. I have a well known web site and write regulary about Google and critize every once in a while things. After the first critic, my free Google Apps account was blocked (had to wait more than a week for Google to enable it again "... technical problems"). After the third article (comparing Google docs to Zoho, Thinkfree, etc.) my pagerank was gone within 24 hours. (By the way my PR was always very high, most of the time around 7-8... ) COMPLETELY GONE WITH THE WIND. I checked my google webmaster account and it even says my page is no more indexed... LOL!!! I have more than 40,000 links pointing to me from famous magazines, newspapers (ny times, etc.)... so it shows that my site is a serious online magazine... i mean i dont really need google to index me, but it's a SHAME what google does just because someone writes publicly something negative about a google product... I am writing this anonymous because i dont want to risk to lose my google apps mail account again. (will switch to Windows Live domains soon!) Everyone should be very very careful about critical articles about Google. I have a well known web site and write regulary about Google and critize every once in a while things.

After the first critic, my free Google Apps account was blocked (had to wait more than a week for Google to enable it again “… technical problems”).

After the third article (comparing Google docs to Zoho, Thinkfree, etc.) my pagerank was gone within 24 hours. (By the way my PR was always very high, most of the time around 7-8…
) COMPLETELY GONE WITH THE WIND. I checked my google webmaster account and it even says my page is no more indexed… LOL!!!

I have more than 40,000 links pointing to me from famous magazines, newspapers (ny times, etc.)… so it shows that my site is a serious online magazine… i mean i dont really need google to index me, but it’s a SHAME what google does just because someone writes publicly something negative about a google product…

I am writing this anonymous because i dont want to risk to lose my google apps mail account again. (will switch to Windows Live domains soon!)

]]> By: David http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-174468 David Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:04:08 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-174468 Good catch, thanks for confirming what we already all knew. a better question would be when will DMOZ ever become functional again? Good catch, thanks for confirming what we already all knew.

a better question would be when will DMOZ ever become functional again?

]]> By: Pulling together the Google penalty threads | Bloggerista.net http://andybeard.eu/1160/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-173418 Pulling together the Google penalty threads | Bloggerista.net Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:06:51 +0000 http://andybeard.eu/2008/01/google-pagerank-directory-clanger.html#comment-173418 [...] belief that a lower toolbar PageRank passes less link juice. Later in the month, Andy Beard accused Google of manipulating public and advertiser opinion by showing that the Google Directory displays what appears to be the internal PageRank, which is [...] [...] belief that a lower toolbar PageRank passes less link juice. Later in the month, Andy Beard accused Google of manipulating public and advertiser opinion by showing that the Google Directory displays what appears to be the internal PageRank, which is [...]

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