What is page rank algorith?

[MyRentals]

Of course not! The problem comes when you finally figure out how to beat the Google algorithm. You then use your secret knowledge to get to the top of serps for, "Buy v14gr4 online", and the money starts rolling in. But your secrets are no longer secret -- SEO experts have descended on your site like a pack of wolves; your HTML is visible, and your backlinks are traceable. Just as your competitors copy your techniques and start to catch you in serps, you squeeze the last money from your system by selling an ebook: "Copy my system for being Google #1". Then everybody knows your techniques, and Google change their algorithm. So you start all over again...

I like this summary of the situation
In a cynical way... you are on to something. Let me know early on if you ever plan on selling an ebook ! Hence, I can make good money before it gets totally splashed everywhere and before Google feels that it needs to redress the balance.

I agree with Steve, PR is even less than it was 2 years ago... Its still there for sure. Sites went nuts on backlinks from anywhere just to compensate on mass against high PR sites. I know of examples where that actually worked to the annoyance of one of my clients back in 2008.

[mjtaylor]

How many is quite a few out of the people who are trying to take part here? I would guess that it isn't very many and I don't think for one moment that it is what the OP was asking.

Dollars to Doughnuts the OP was asking a question for the pure sake of asking a question, and not with any desire for knowledge. I would have deleted the thread if I had found it before there were responses dignifying a post to post, though I might have offered this and then closed it:

Page Rank - Clearing Up The Confusion - or PR 101 and Beyond

[weegillis]

What irks me and probably many others is that the OP is nowhere to be found, and never did return to this thread to respond. We do our best to give folks the benefit of honoring their question, but to no end sometimes. From now on, S-S-Q is going straight to the trash, no disrespect intended.

Thread closed.