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[bendust]

I have ask this question on somewhere else but i think here is it's place.

Although directory4u.org has pr 1 it is an authority site according to google see here also it has very good positions for its most keywords any idea about that?

[Harkster]

Just shows how little PR matters in the overall scheme of things.

[Dan]

sitelinks don't equate to authority.

they may have been an indicator of it back when sitelinks were new and very few had them. According to Google they are randomly assigned.

I think that's a fib though. They tend to indicate good sites, but not necessarily authorities.

[BobP]

It's not hard to be the authority site or top site for your own domain or a unique name / word in the site title without competition. The drawback is few if any besides the owner search for it. Being the authority site for a popular search term, that's the key.

[bendust]

Originally Posted by BobP

It's not hard to be the authority site or top site for your own domain or a unique name / word in the site title without competition. The drawback is few if any besides the owner search for it. Being the authority site for a popular search term, that's the key.

My main keyword is free link directory, my average position is 5.7 according to google and my competitors pr is 4-5 . I know that many sites work for keyword free link directory

Also sitelinks are not new i was expecting pr to be 3-4 but no any change yet

Yes pr is not so important for search results and traffic but for a directory its very important

[Watchdog]

PR is not important for anything except to use as a marketing tool to attract gullible people. It reminds me of sales gimmicks from car manufacturers. Some years ago all Toyotas had the '02 advantage'. What's that mean? We know 02 = oxygen but engines burn oxygen rather than creating it. What about Subaru and their symmetrical suspension... the car isn't symmetrically balanced once the driver sticks his fat arse in the seat.

Sadly, all PR ever was and ever will be is an poorly-engineered avenue for people with junk websites to elevate the standing of those sites. Google thought they were doing everyone a favour but that is not the case.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Watchdog

PR is not important for anything except to use as a marketing tool to attract gullible people. It reminds me of sales gimmicks from car manufacturers. Some years ago all Toyotas had the '02 advantage'. What's that mean? We know 02 = oxygen but engines burn oxygen rather than creating it. What about Subaru and their symmetrical suspension... the car isn't symmetrically balanced once the driver sticks his fat arse in the seat.

Sadly, all PR ever was and ever will be is an poorly-engineered avenue for people with junk websites to elevate the standing of those sites. Google thought they were doing everyone a favour but that is not the case.

Exactly, PR by it's very nature (and the fact it is abbreviated to a 2-letter acronym) shows it is purely marketing speak.

There is actually a car ad currently running in Australia, where this bloke just churns out jargon to a mate who looks perplexed...

"it's got BBT, with ATI, and EBD with EST!", then his girlfriend says "that just means it's energy efficient"...

They baffle us with these big words (or big acronyms as the case may be), but at the end of the day are car is a car. A steering wheel, 4 tyres, petrol tank and an engine. The rest is just fluff.

We should look at our websites the same way, and remember that we need to get those "must have" components right (the steering wheel, etc) before we can even begin to pile on the fluff. Plenty of time for fluff once all the other important stuff is taken care of.

It's why it is amusing (or cringe-worthy) to see webmasters marketing half-finished websites. It'd be like trying to market a car with only 2 tyres and no engine... Oh but it's gonna be finished real soon, and just wait it'll be awesome!

Yeah, but would you buy a car with 2 tyres and no engine? What about if it had a beautiful red body that makes it the envy of every other car on the road? Still no? --- you've just learned why PR is useless then

[mimika]

Originally Posted by Dan

sitelinks don't equate to authority.

Exactly what G. says.
GWT clearly state that G. adds sitelinks to help users to find useful pages.

AMRAY had them for years and what we had 2 years ago is not the same what we have now the fact which proves that sitelinks are about convenience and have nothing to do with authority.



mimika

[bendust]

There are many discussions about this subject here is a quote:

Improving ones site seems to be a strong contender when it comes to getting Sitelinks to appear in your site’s results. Only when your site has enough authority will Sitelinks appear in search results, having inbound links carrying authority to your site will help better your chances of Google’s algorithm noticing your site.
This algorithm looks at your site’s structure and tries to locate the most relevant sections of the site to link to. If your site’s structure is tied in closely with the main navigation, it may be possible to have the more important sections of you site appear as the chosen Sitelinks.

http://www.seoconsult.com/seoblog/go...-the-mist.html

having sitelinks may not make you authority but i think it means quality or value about google

Thanks for all comments

[CReed]

Originally Posted by bendust

There are many discussions about this subject here is a quote:

I'd rather like to believe what Google says they are rather than what other people think they are.