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Old 05-09-2008, 08:36 PM
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Default Re: Can inbound links really hurt you?

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Originally Posted by Terry Van Horne View Post
Yeah... and back then that published pageRank algo paper indicated they counted every link... recip unrelated or otherwise... to think that paper is very relevant today is IMO, a giant leap of faith, it is relevant only in that it was a starting point but... lots has changed and that could include the zero value since back then they pretty much did penalties with hand jobs and all or nothing banning.

It must be borne in mind that the PR algorithm is not the sum total of either Google's indexing or search results display engines.

Said algorithm, as published, remains mathematically sound regardless of what other algorithmic and/or non-algorithmic processes are employed by said engines.
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