Hi list > This year, the only PR-6 meteorite website is > the Meteoritical Society. Meteorite Market and MeteorCrater.com were > both demoted to PR-5.
This tends to prove that Science is taking over Business in meteorite, at last, hopefully! Best regards Michel Franco IMCA 3869 Met Soc Member. -----Message d'origine----- De : meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] De la part de Paul Harris Envoyé : lundi 23 décembre 2013 08:11 À : meteorite-list Objet : Re: [meteorite-list] 2013 Meteorite Website Pagerank Report I wouldn't be concerned about moving down a point. PageRank is not really a priority anymore and updates only come once or twice a year. Matt Cutts of Google said the following on Twitter on the 16th. "it's not unusual to see PR shift up or down slightly, due to recalibration + it's possible that sites are right on a borderline." PageRank is only a small part of what Google uses to determine rankings in their search results. I just did a top 10 report for "meteorites for sale" (the results can be seen in the image link below). The second column from the right shows PageRank and has values from 1 to 5 which do NOT correlate with the search rankings. This is the way PR has been behaving for years. http://www.meteorite.com/images/gpr.jpg Happy Webmastering! Paul On 12/22/2013 6:21 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote: > Greetings Meteorite Dealers, > > Three years ago, I released my first report of Google Pageranks for > Meteorite Dealer Websites. If you missed it, I will briefly summarize > what it was. I tracked down the URL for every meteorite dealer I > could find - 89 of them. I then logged the Google Pagerank for all of > those websites. Finally, I gave some details about what Google > Pagerank (PR) is and why it is important for online sellers. I also > gave some advice on how to increase your site's PR. > > In the three years since then, the meteorite world has undergone some > changes and Google has changed it's PR formula. Both of these things > are normal and inevitable. Google regularly tweaks it's PR formula to > combat PR-cheating and to optimize the value of their search results. > In essence, Google is constantly moving the goalposts, so to speak, > and they are very secretive about how their PR formula works - this > keeps web developers guessing and cheaters on their toes. > > Well, in the three years since my report, meteorite websites have > taken a hit from Google. Apparently, Google does not think much of > meteorite dealers, because it has punished a good number of us with a > reduction in PR. Why? I have no idea, other than the fact that it > obviously has something to do with the change in formula. > > I charged money for the last report. I am not going to charge for > this one because this is not a full-blown report like the first. > Also, I do not feel right charging for something that is not going to > clearly benefit the buyer. While the advice in my first report was > valid, Google decided to reduce many sites' PR for no apparent reason, > so much of my advice was in vain. (Although, much of the advice is > still good to consider.) > > So, let us cut to the chase. Listed first is the Google PR for all of > the websites in the original 2010 report. Following that is a list of > the current PR for those same websites as of 2013. Lastly, I will add > some comments. > > First, the 2010 list : (sorted by PR and alphabetized) > > meteoritemarket.com - 6 > meteoriticalsociety.org - 6 > meteorcrater.com - 6 > aerolite.org - 5 > meteorites.asu.edu - 5 > meteorite.com - 5 > meteorite-times.com - 5 > meteoritecentral.com - 5 > meteorlab.com - 5 > meteoritemen.com - 5 > nyrockman.com - 5 > imca.cc - 5 > arizonaskiesmeteorites.com - 4 > bimsociety.org - 4 > encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com - 4 > galactic-stone.com - 4 > impactika.com - 4 > kansasmeteorite.com - 4 > meteoritesplus.com - 4 > meteoriteman.com - 4 > meteorites.com.au - 4 > meteorites.com - 4 > meteorites.tv - 4 > meteoritehunter.com - 4 > meteorite.fr - 4 > meteoriteguy.com - 4 > meteoritestudies.com - 4 > meteorman.org - 4 > meteoritelab.com - 4 > meteorites-for-sale.com - 4 > mhmeteorites.com - 4 > michaelbloodmeteorites.com - 4 > minresco.com - 4 > mr-meteorite.net - 4 > planetbrey.com - 4 > spacerocksuk.com - 4 > schoolersinc.com - 4 > sv-meteorites.com - 4 > bigkahuna-meteorites.com - 3 > carionmineraux.com - 3 > catchafallingstar.com - 3 > chladnis-heirs.com - 3 > fallingrocks.com - 3 > fernlea.tripod.com - 3 > haberer-meteorite.de - 3 > illinoismeteorites.com - 3 > jensenmeteorites.com - 3 > lunarrock.com - 3 > macovich.com - 3 > marmet-meteorites.com - 3 > meteoritecollector.org - 3 > meteoris.de - 3 > meteorite-lab.de - 3 > meteorite-shop.com - 3 > meteoritesusa.com - 3 > meteorite-mirko.de - 3 > meteorite-identification.com - 3 > meteoritelabels.com - 3 > meteoritefinder.com - 3 > meteoritica.com - 3 > nakhladogmeteorites.com - 3 > nevadameteorites.com - 3 > niger-meteorite-recon.de - 3 > outofabluesky.com - 3 > paleobond.com - 3 > rocksonfire.com - 3 > rocksfromspace.org - 3 > rocksfromheaven.com - 3 > saharamet.com - 3 > smf.com.ar - 3 > stevearnoldmeteorites.com - 3 > spacerox.net - 3 > star-bits.com - 3 > tektiteinc.com - 3 > wanderingstarmeteorites.com - 3 > caspermeteorites.com - 2 > cosmichighway.com - 2 > kdmeteorites.com - 2 > meteoriteblog.com - 2 > meteoritenhaus.de - 2 > mitterling.com - 2 > strufe.net - 2 > thetricottetcollection.com - 2 > meteoriteclub.com - 1 > qmig.net - 1 > emeraldislemeteorites.com - 0 > historicmeteorites.com - 0 > mhcmagazine.com - 0 > sahara-gems.com - 0 > > --- > > Now the 2013 list. The first number is the 2010 PR. The second > number in parentheses is the current 2013 PR. > > meteoritemarket.com - 6 (5) > meteoriticalsociety.org - 6 > meteorcrater.com - 6 (5) > aerolite.org - 5 > meteorites.asu.edu - 5 > meteorite.com - 5 (4) > meteorite-times.com - 5 (4) > meteoritecentral.com - 5 (4) > meteorlab.com - 5 (4) > meteoritemen.com - 5 (4) > nyrockman.com - 5 (4) > imca.cc - 5 > arizonaskiesmeteorites.com - 4 > bimsociety.org - 4 > encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com - 4 (5) galactic-stone.com - 4 (3) > impactika.com - 4 kansasmeteorite.com - 4 (3) meteoritesplus.com - 4 > meteoriteman.com - 4 (3) meteorites.com.au - 4 meteorites.com - 4 > meteorites.tv - 4 meteoritehunter.com - 4 meteorite.fr - 4 > meteoriteguy.com - 4 meteoritestudies.com - 4 meteorman.org - 4 (3) > meteoritelab.com - 4 (3) meteorites-for-sale.com - 4 (3) > mhmeteorites.com - 4 (3) michaelbloodmeteorites.com - 4 minresco.com - > 4 mr-meteorite.net - 4 (3) planetbrey.com - 4 (3) spacerocksuk.com - 4 > (3) schoolersinc.com - 4 sv-meteorites.com - 4 > bigkahuna-meteorites.com - 3 carionmineraux.com - 3 > catchafallingstar.com - 3 (4) chladnis-heirs.com - 3 (0) > fallingrocks.com - 3 fernlea.tripod.com - 3 haberer-meteorite.de - 3 > illinoismeteorites.com - 3 (2) jensenmeteorites.com - 3 lunarrock.com > - 3 macovich.com - 3 marmet-meteorites.com - 3 meteoritecollector.org > - 3 meteoris.de - 3 (4) meteorite-lab.de - 3 (2) meteorite-shop.com - > 3 (2) meteoritesusa.com - 3 (2) meteorite-mirko.de - 3 (2) > meteorite-identification.com - 3 (4) meteoritelabels.com - 3 > meteoritefinder.com - 3 (2) meteoritica.com - 3 > nakhladogmeteorites.com - 3 nevadameteorites.com - 3 > niger-meteorite-recon.de - 3 outofabluesky.com - 3 (2) paleobond.com - > 3 rocksonfire.com - 3 (2) rocksfromspace.org - 3 (0) > rocksfromheaven.com - 3 (0) saharamet.com - 3 (0) smf.com.ar - 3 (1) > stevearnoldmeteorites.com - 3 (0) spacerox.net - 3 (2) star-bits.com - > 3 tektiteinc.com - 3 (0) wanderingstarmeteorites.com - 3 (2) > caspermeteorites.com - 2 (1) cosmichighway.com - 2 (0) > kdmeteorites.com - 2 meteoriteblog.com - 2 (3) meteoritenhaus.de - 2 > mitterling.com - 2 (0) strufe.net - 2 thetricottetcollection.com - 2 > (4) meteoriteclub.com - 1 (0) qmig.net - 1 (0) > emeraldislemeteorites.com - 0 (2) historicmeteorites.com - 0 (2) > mhcmagazine.com - 0 (2) sahara-gems.com - 0 (1) > --- > > Now for a little analysis. In 2010, Eric Twelker's Meteorite Market > was the king of dealers in PR. Eric's site ranked a 6, which is quite > high and was higher than any other meteorite dealer. The only other > meteorite-related sites that ranked a 6 were the Meteoritical Society > and MeteorCrater.com. This year, the only PR-6 meteorite website is > the Meteoritical Society. Meteorite Market and MeteorCrater.com were > both demoted to PR-5. > > The PR-5 group of websites shrank from nine to six. Aerolite and > Meteorite Market are the only dealer sites that still have a PR-5. If > I had to guess why, I would say this is because Geoff Notkin has a > television program and Meteorite Market is one of the oldest dealer > sites on the web. Notoriety and longevity apparently go a long way > with PR. > > The PR-5 group did gain a couple of new members - Meteorcrater.com is > now PR-5 and the Encyclopedia of Meteorites is also PR-5, a gain of > one over it's previous PR-4. > > The PR-4 group saw the most change. Many meteorite websites were > demoted to PR-3, but a few also improved and saw their PR increase to > four. My own website, Galactic-Stone.com was one of the victims. My > PR dropped from four to three. This is despite the fact that I gained > several new high-PR backlinks and I greatly expanded the non-sale > content of my site. I have thought long and hard about my drop in PR > and cannot explain it. I obeyed all of the rules and did what a > webmaster is supposed to do to increase their PR without resorting to > cheating. Many other websites suffered the same fate. The following > sites dropped from PR-4 to PR-3 : > > galactic-stone.com - 4 (3) > kansasmeteorite.com - 4 (3) > meteoriteman.com - 4 (3) > meteorman.org - 4 (3) > meteoritelab.com - 4 (3) > meteorites-for-sale.com - 4 (3) > mhmeteorites.com - 4 (3) > mr-meteorite.net - 4 (3) > planetbrey.com - 4 (3) > spacerocksuk.com - 4 (3) > > (yes, even Bob Haag got hit. If he gets demoted, what hope do the > rest of us have? LOL) > > Not all of the news is bad. Some PR-3 sites were promoted to PR-4 : > > catchafallingstar.com - 3 (4) > meteorite-identification.com - 3 (4) > thetricottetcollection.com - 2 (4) > > Congratulations to Jim Strope and Dr. Arnaud Mignan for being amongst > the small group of sites that actually saw their PR increase. > Arnaud's jump of two points was the biggest gainer of the entire > group. Nobody gained more than two points. > > What was really interesting to me was how many websites saw their PR > decrease by two or more points. Some sites were slammed with the > dreaded PR-0, which is the search engine kiss of death. > > Sites that saw their PR decrease to PR-ZERO : > > chladnis-heirs.com - 3 (0) > rocksfromspace.org - 3 (0) > rocksfromheaven.com - 3 (0) > saharamet.com - 3 (0) > stevearnoldmeteorites.com - 3 (0) > tektiteinc.com - 3 (0) > cosmichighway.com - 2 (0) > mitterling.com - 2 (0) > meteoriteclub.com - 1 (0) > qmig.net - 1 (0) > > The reasons for a PR-0 are many, but it's usually a punishment handed > down by Google for sites that are caught cheating the PR system, or > for sites that are deemed to contain dangerous or illegal content. > Dangerous content can include viruses, malware, or links to sites > known for viruses or malware. Another reason for PR-0 is a website > being brand new and unknown on the web. Since none of these websites > are new, we can only assume their PR was penalized for some reason. > > The PR-0 club is not a good place to be. It knocks your website down > in the search results and hurts your overall traffic. But, it's not a > permanent dungeon and sites can pull themselves out of the PR-0 hole. > Listed below are the sites that were promoted from PR-0 to a higher > ranking : > > emeraldislemeteorites.com - 0 (2) > historicmeteorites.com - 0 (2) > mhcmagazine.com - 0 (2) > sahara-gems.com - 0 (1) > > If your site is not listed above, you can check your PR at this link - > http://checkpagerank.net/ > > If your site has been penalized to PR-0, you might try contacting > Google and asking them why. There might be a problem you are not > aware of and it could be fixed to restore your PR. > > Let us hope that 2014 is kinder in terms of PR and meteorite dealers. > :) > > Best regards and Happy Hosting, > > MikeG > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - > http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list