1. I'm convinced that Google's decision to include PR on the toolbar basically ruined their index. It really helped the buying of high PR links and alot of other spammy tactics that hurts alot of the results in my searches I've done lately.

('ruined' might be a little strong, but it sure didn't help things.)

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Dave S.

2. GoogleGuy, an employee at Google who works to clear up issues such as this, has responded to this message, saying that it isn't true.

"I'd strongly disagree with the statement that the toolbar PageRank is for "entertainment purposes only"--millions of toolbar users use the PageRank display to judge the quality of pages. I think it's also a little irresponsible to quote JohnGalt claiming to talk to some random person at Google, and then for you to quote it as a reponse from Google, which makes it sound more official. I'm happy to refute that this is any sort of official stance."

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Hammond

3. By the way, here's the link for the above quote: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/001214.html#cm2270

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Hammond

4. The PR tool is, in my opinion, not legit. My site's pr rank would flucuate from one visit to the next, and would never stay at the same number.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Rick Abbott

5. I agree with the statement "entertainment purposes only".
Very new pages reffered by high PR pages usually have PR0 for 2 or 3 months.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Marian

6. I think Google is slow in updating PR on purpose. It was getting too easy to reverse engineer your way to top rankings.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Tom

7.
Page Rank is out of date. Relevant content is what drives search engine placement.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Edwards

8. Everytime I want to exchnage links with other sites they will never exchange links unless I have a PR4 or greater. The whole PR thing seems silly. If you have a new site no one will link to you, with out links you have little chance of ranking well in Google. This seems like a catch 22. This needs to get fixed.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Free satellite tv systems

9. Just check backlinks and you'll see how far out of date Google is. Links that I know Google has found still don't show.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Fred

10. I believe the page rank on the toolbar is a good guide for users. I beleive it should be updated more often. If it is not based on current info, then it is very mileading.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Kenda Gelling

11. Russian greatest search engine never shows anyone it's analogue of Google PageRank. Some webmasters guess that it's rather similar with PR value and look at PR before exchanging links. But the common opinion is that it's good to exchange links with high-quality content sites related to your topic, even if they are new and have a small PR. On the one hand, it can bring you some interested visitors, on the other hand, interesting sites will probably become rather popular in future, and it will be more difficult to exchange with them when their PR is 5-6. One russian SE optimizer has formulated such a rule: "Just forget that SE exist, exchange links as if you do it for your users only". It seems me to be very wise.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Dubr Cola

12. I'm convinced that Google's decision to include PR on the toolbar basically ruined their index. It really helped the buying of high PR links and alot of other spammy tactics that hurts alot of the results in my searches I've done lately.

('ruined' might be a little strong, but it sure didn't help things.)

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Dave S.

13. GoogleGuy, an employee at Google who works to clear up issues such as this, has responded to this message, saying that it isn't true.

"I'd strongly disagree with the statement that the toolbar PageRank is for "entertainment purposes only"--millions of toolbar users use the PageRank display to judge the quality of pages. I think it's also a little irresponsible to quote JohnGalt claiming to talk to some random person at Google, and then for you to quote it as a reponse from Google, which makes it sound more official. I'm happy to refute that this is any sort of official stance."

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Hammond

14. By the way, here's the link for the above quote: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/001214.html#cm2270

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Hammond

15. The PR tool is, in my opinion, not legit. My site's pr rank would flucuate from one visit to the next, and would never stay at the same number.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Rick Abbott

16. I agree with the statement "entertainment purposes only".
Very new pages reffered by high PR pages usually have PR0 for 2 or 3 months.

Posted at 6:05AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Marian

17. I think Google is slow in updating PR on purpose. It was getting too easy to reverse engineer your way to top rankings.

Posted at 6:06AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Tom

18.
Page Rank is out of date. Relevant content is what drives search engine placement.

Posted at 6:06AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Edwards

19. Everytime I want to exchnage links with other sites they will never exchange links unless I have a PR4 or greater. The whole PR thing seems silly. If you have a new site no one will link to you, with out links you have little chance of ranking well in Google. This seems like a catch 22. This needs to get fixed.

Posted at 6:06AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Free satellite tv systems

20. Just check backlinks and you'll see how far out of date Google is. Links that I know Google has found still don't show.

Posted at 6:06AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Fred