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Was the domain ever 301’d to another domain?
It’s possible to fake Page Rank that way
Use this tool to check the pagerank matches the correct URL.
Thanks, there are some very useful looking tools on that website – it says the pagerank is valid though. Wish I had known about predicted pagerank last month… though I know it isn’t the be all and end all it does greatly affect link prices.
By the way, I found myself in a similar position to you just a couple of weeks ago.
I bought a website with pre-paid banners on it, and the previous owner told me that the banners were due to expire within a week or two. Actually, they were already paid for a further 9 months.
Ignorant of this, I just removed them after two weeks and put in my own affiliate banners. A few weeks later I got a couple of emails from the sites which had purchased those banners, asking where they were and telling me that they had paid up to $1000 for them.
I replied and told them that it was not my responsibility and I had purchased purely the domain and content, and not any business or accounts.
They both said “fine, it’s not your problem” and I didn’t hear from them again.
Yeah I am already thinking of removing the paid links, which is a bit cuntish.
Could predicted pagerank be wrong? Is it based solely on number of backlinks, which are not that numerous, or quality?
owldeath2 wrote:Yeah I am already thinking of removing the paid links, which is a bit cuntish.Could predicted pagerank be wrong? Is it based solely on number of backlinks, which are not that numerous, or quality?
Don’t know. What I do know is that:
1) Pagerank (as reported by Google to end-users) is pretty meaningless anyway. It’s some general indication of quality, i.e. a PR 6 is probably a better site than a PR3, but the PR reported by Google is not the same PR used internally by Google’s algorithms. You might find a PR6 site that languishes on page 7 of the SERPs, and a PR0 or PR1 site that is ranking #1 for a competitive term.
2) With backlinks, quality is everything (definitely for Google, less so for Y and M). 10 links from .edus or CNN could be better than 1000 or 10,000 from new or spammy sites. I don’t see how a PR predictor could take into account quality, therefore I think PR predictors must be of limited use.So if your site has high quality backlinks, you may do better than a PR predictor might expect.
But the only real proof is in the results; if you’re already ranking for some decent keywords then you’re in a good position and that is much more important than what Google reports your PR as.
Oh, and:
3) Reciprocal links are nearly useless.All good info, thanks. But as far as selling links, the price is determined by PR surely, and I think most site income comes from text link purchases.
owldeath2 wrote:All good info, thanks. But as far as selling links, the price is determined by PR surely, and I think most site income comes from text link purchases.Yes, I suppose media buyers would look at PR, and also Alexa rank, when deciding which sites to purchase.
But if they were smart they should also look at SERP results for appropriate keywords, given that both PR and Alexa can be manipulated and aren’t terribly informative on their own.
The website you bought was an asset of the previous owner (business?).
The invoice ($5000 double payment) would have been made out to the previous owner, as you dont own the previous owner, you arent liable.
All you have done is bought an asset from a business, it’s always a good idea to have a generic contract which you can easily fill in and flick across – especially when it comes to taking control of business names, businesses, and accounts and what you are actually purchasing.
WOW! What an awful mess, I’m sorry for the stress it must be causing!
If it helps at all.. when I have done large media buys, they always asked for the name of the business.. which in my case sinse I have not registered an actual LLC, is my name, not my domain…
Unless the person registered their domain as a business, their business name is their name.. here in the US anyway..
I want to say.. geeez what n awful person that seller was! But heck, send me five grand to much, and you may have to beat me to the mall to get it back!
PM me your new URL and I’ll add some links here n there.. not all of my sites rank up there real high.. but it’s the best thing I can think to offer right now..
~LadyH
Thanks lady
No need to PM – I’ve had no response from him, he’s broken the agreement and I don’t know about america but here even a verbal contract is binding.
It’s Bryan who sold me broadbandpoker.com
I’ll be removing all links and reselling them.
sorry to all involved – if you already have a link you can get a 30% discount.
hmmmmm very messy – i know alot of people very recently bought alot of 6 month and yearly links from him – see this thread http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/pr-4-homepage-directory-links-available.14749.html?
i was also talking to him about buying that site but i have too much on already
Sorry for your situation owldeath2
So he not only burnt you but alot of CAP members too.
It is a brutal mess!
I would never purchase anything from a new member without a good word from a known member.
I saw alot of quickies being or trying to be pulled when this new U.S. law came into effect, and I know a few people who received a pretty bad deal.
:beatup:
You should post this story over at the PokerAffiliateWorld.com Forums. Bryan frequented there a lot, so it would be good to let everyone there know the type of person he is(saying that just based on the information in this thread – I dont know Bryan from Adam and don’t want to get into accusations etc
).From the looks of things he still has the affiliate accounts(as in they weren’t part of the sale), so based on his experience with OnGame, I’d be contacting the affiliate companies he worked with and letting them know about this, as I’m sure they wouldn’t want to make a double payment in the future by mistake only to have this happen to them.
my 2p worth….
I presume you bought the site and not the company – therefore you are not liable for the seller’s liablities. it would be treated as the same you buying a used computer from a company, you would not be expected then to pay for any of the company’s liablities.
of course if we were only talking about small money you’d probably honour their past deal/liability just to keep on the customer’s good side irrespective of who’s liable – but $5k is a different kettle of fish.
you shouldn’t have too much issue avoiding the seller’s past liablity but you’ve obviously been decieved.
Technically i’m sure you could sue him/her but is it realistic to bring it to court? i doubt so, i’m sorry to say – unless there’s some kind of chargeback you can perform on their bank
