Say goodbye to PageRank… forever…

Posted by multippt

A source comfirms that this is not true. However, it does give insight to how Google may actually improve on PageRank.

In a bid to prevent people from selling links because of high PageRank, Google decides to abolish the PageRank ranking system altogether. Here are some new measures planned by Google:

1) PageRank reset

All sites will have their PageRank resetted to 0. After that, PageRank will be replaced with a blue bar called VisitorRank (VR). VisitorRank is similar to PageRank, except it does not rely on links alone. VR is incredibly difficult (if at all) to cheat provided if there are some additional measures. VR can measure traffic activity (another worry for privacy? Ask Alexa), ensuring you have an accurate vote. Visitors get to vote for the site, similar to StumbleUpon.

2) No backlink information

Google has plans to abolish the “link:” feature in its search engine. This may prevent people from showing that their links have plenty of backlinks (but then again, Yahoo does have the Site Explorer feature).

3) “Do-follow”

Google implemented the “no-follow” feature. However, few were using it. Thus Google decided to do the reverse, ensuring you get “genuine” links. All links without the “do-follow” relevance attribute will not be counted.

These changes are estimated to be out by mid-November.

Via GoogleMill