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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
think about that for a second genius. all top SEO guys ONLINE buy links. based in large part on ... what factor? Thats right. Everyones spending 100's of millions of dollars or more buying links in mainstream because they're just confused and it doesn't help.
maybe you've got it all figured out. or maybe the idiots making similar statements have zero clue what they're talking about because they don't spend all day, everyday building networks, building links, buying links and going after competitive phrases.
the thing that idiots in this industry don't seem to grasp is that PageRank used to be a stronger factor in a page ranking for all kinds of ancillary bullshit in addition to its primary targeted phrases. now, higher PageRank doesn't automatically equate to more traffic as it did in years past. that doesn't mean its not important. its extremely important and its the single measure of the quality and quantity of inbound links to a page which CAUSE it to rank for ANYTHING REMOTELY COMPETITIVE AT ALL. Its how Google determines whether a page is important or not and to what degree. 0 inbound links = 0 importance. The quality of inbound links are measured almost solely by the PR they pass. Its what Google is. Google IS PageRank. Of course their are other factors. But PageRank is THE factor which drives the search engine. MSN and Yahoo use similar methods as well. Yahoo started with HITS which failed. MSN uses WebRank (i think they call it) which is basically the same thing, measuring the same thing.
Its totally fucking insane to me that people don't even grasp the most fundamental, core concepts of search engines.
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You're confusing the term "pagerank" with algorithm. Pagerank is not the same as the algorithm used to determine what sites appear in what order in the SERPs. Frankly pagerank isn't even the same as link popularity as you imply. Talk about lacking "fundamental, core concepts of search engines."
What is insane to me is that people are still buying into some of these long-standing SEO myths. You're not alone but I would urge you to experiment a little and you will see how irrelevant the little green bar really is today.