Well Oh my google! instead of god! Pagerank can be faked. I knew this before but came across this again.

Now, how is it done? and how to check a website for fake PG? Here are answers to such questions!

First to clarify the truth in this, a quote from wikipedia:

False or spoofed PageRank

While the PageRank shown in the Toolbar is considered to be derived from an accurate PageRank value (at some time prior to the time of publication by Google) for most sites, it must be noted that this value is also easily manipulated. A current flaw is that any low PageRank page that is redirected, via a 302 server header or a “Refresh” meta tag, to a high PageRank page causes the lower PageRank page to acquire the PageRank of the destination page. In theory a new, PR0 page with no incoming links can be redirected to the Google home page - which is a PR 10 - and by the next PageRank update the PR of the new page will be upgraded to a PR10. This spoofing technique, also known as 302 Google Jacking, is a known failing or bug in the system. Any page’s PageRank can be spoofed to a higher or lower number of the webmaster’s choice and only Google has access to the real PageRank of the page. Spoofing is generally detected by running a Google search for a URL with questionable PageRank, as the results will display the URL of an entirely different site (the one redirected to) in its results.

Direct link => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank#False_or_spoofed_PageRank

Amazing right! a 302 server head and done, you have PR 10.

Another way of doing this is from http://www.monetizers.com/fake-pr.php

Faking Pagerank

Sites fake PR by looking for the Googlebot, then redirecting it to a high PR site, like Yahoo.com. Google sees that users actually land on Yahoo.com and the PR Bar in turn reflects the PR of the Yahoo.com rather than your site.

Here is an example of what Fake PR code looks like:

/* insert a cloaking script here to detect whether the visitor is
Googlebot */
if (Googlebot) {
echo ‘‘;
exit();
}
else {
echo “

My PR10 page!

“;
}
?>

So its not that difficult fake a PR.

Now where did it all start from?

It was started by SEOdarkteam. This trick doesn’t work anymore but is worth reading. http://seoblackhat.com/2005/07/26/how-to-fake-a-google-page-rank-10-or-any-pr-you-want/. I don’t know how but their demo at http://www.pr10.darkseoteam.com still works.

So how to check a site for fake pagerank?

use Google’s cache. It always shw the real PR.

Don’t get scammed. Check for fakes before buying links on a site wth high PR.

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