Not having a great day!

Well my PR has gone down to a PR2???

I was so worried about installing vbSEO when I had 22K posts so I think that I penalized my PR for duplicates! YUK!!!

Has anyone else gone through this??

Does it bounce back??

PR is meaningless. Monitor your traffic levels and referrals from search engines.

Originally Posted by Keith Cohen

PR is meaningless. Monitor your traffic levels and referrals from search engines.

I agreee that PR is meaningless but some posters may not agree!

I had a PR4 and now a 2 so people are now questioning my SEO abilities which is BAD!

If vbSEO means that I have to comprimise PR then I am pulling it out and letting the time heal everything!

I am really upset!

And, I don't even know if it is running coerrectly in my site or not and the few sites in the Internet that are known for knowledge on vbSEO never respond or really care.

I tried to gain understanding on how exactly it is supposed to work but I cannot!

I know that I am whining but I am very confused!

PR is all about links. Google updates it's algorythims, devaluates links from certain known selling sites, etc. - vBSEO has nothing to do with your Pagerank, other than maybe insuring it flows properly through your site.

Originally Posted by mdvaldosta

PR is all about links. Google updates it's algorythims, devaluates links from certain known selling sites, etc. - vBSEO has nothing to do with your Pagerank, other than maybe insuring it flows properly through your site.

Well actually the fact that all of my posts and such are being seen by the engines in a different URL fashion, it most certainly DOES make a difference.

I would totally agree with a new install that vbSEO was put in but I had like 20K posts so I totally POISONED myself I think but I will try to figure it out.

Nothing is confirmed at this point!

I have the FEAR of the unknown right now so I think I have to either figure out vbSEO or I need to just pull it and wait for time to heal it but at least I will know that it will be functioning properly!

It could merely be a blip. If you're still having an issue a month from now I'd be concerned. Otherwise sit tight. You're probably getting upset for no reason. Use something like Google Analytics to trend your traffic and make an educated decision based on real data.

Originally Posted by ND4SPD

It could merely be a blip. If you're still having an issue a month from now I'd be concerned. Otherwise sit tight. You're probably getting upset for no reason. Use something like Google Analytics to trend your traffic and make an educated decision based on real data.

I just installed the code for GA a week ago and that's the thing that is confusing...

My traffic is up!

I will wait a bit and see, plus I need to upgrade to 3.7.0 Gold today so maybe it will get stable.

The vbSEO is AWESOME for indexing my pages but I guess I need to really get in-depth with how i need to set the Re-Write and the .htaccess up correctly but I do not know anyone that does it for a service.

I believe that possibly the way my vbSEO is set up, it might be getting me penalized but who knows!

Hmmm...

If your traffic is up then vBSEO is doing its job.

We'll see!!

I am an SEO forum and part of that world is PR!

I do appreciate your thoughts though!

I am just Venting!

i went from a 6 to a 0 probably a year and a half ago...

pr is worthless, meaningless, and does absolutely nothing.
If anyone wants to contradict that, prove your PRX gets more traffic from google than my pr0.

I agree that traffic is the thing but it would be nice to have both!

For instance...DP went to a PR7 AND they get mega tons of traffic.

I want to be That!

Then you're part of the problem, then again not for smart webmasters. I know you run a webmaster forum and most newbie webmasters are all about PR, but honestly it has nothing to do with traffic. I would rather have a PR3 with links from relevant websites than a PR5 with links from link farms, high PR directories that sell links, etc. - because it's not the PR of the link that matters, it's relevance. Of course, high PR + relevance is great but you have to figure did that page get PR because of relevant, or spam links?

All I'm saying is that until folks get out of the mindset that PageRank is a measure of their site's importance, or rankings, then they'll continue to blindly chase pagerank and be frustrated a year down the road when their website is still struggling to get traffic and thier competitors, with better content and less PageRank, are eating them alive in serps.

Originally Posted by mdvaldosta

Then you're part of the problem, then again not for smart webmasters. I know you run a webmaster forum and most newbie webmasters are all about PR, but honestly it has nothing to do with traffic. I would rather have a PR3 with links from relevant websites than a PR5 with links from link farms, high PR directories that sell links, etc. - because it's not the PR of the link that matters, it's relevance. Of course, high PR + relevance is great but you have to figure did that page get PR because of relevant, or spam links?

All I'm saying is that until folks get out of the mindset that PageRank is a measure of their site's importance, or rankings, then they'll continue to blindly chase pagerank and be frustrated a year down the road when their website is still struggling to get traffic and thier competitors, with better content and less PageRank, are eating them alive in serps.

Newbie Webmaster?? ha ha

If I understood the way that vbSEO worked then I would have better understanding!

NOT every skilled webmaster can get a good grip on vbSEO and that is what is going on here!

I read the thread and I've PMd support and they were very cool in Trying to tell me what I need but they offer no service to do anything.

I tried to go to recommended forums that do vbSEO but they never respond!

I guess that I shouldn't have gotten involved with something that I don't completely understand!

vbSEO is supposed to be able to be ran out of the box but there are choices and other issues such as re-write settings in the .htaccess that I am having a hard time with understanding on how the VB and vbSEO colide is all! If I could understand it, or if I knew my board was operating like it should as far as vbSEO there would be no cause for alarm!

vbSEO is supposed to be able to be ran out of the box but there are choices and other issues such as re-write settings in the .htaccess that I am having a hard time with understanding on how the VB and vbSEO colide is all! If I could understand it, or if I knew my board was operating like it should as far as vbSEO there would be no cause for alarm!

Absolute pants. By your own admission your traffic is increasing. vBSEO out of the box is fine, if you use one method for a bit and then decide to change the settings, that upsets rankings etc.

Let me get this straight. You want to pay $149 for something that you have proved yourself works and then let the support guys run your forum and add content, check for links etc while you sit at home looking to be as successful as DP, you should really wake up and smell the coffee.

If you were genuinely a SEO forum, this arguement / thread would not have appeared on this site, if you genuinely do not know how SEO works, you picked the wrong Subject Matter.

PR is pointless, as proven by hundreds of people using vBSEO. Content and regular updates, and relevant links is what you need. vBSEO just presents it better and more relevant to the search engines. It is not a sit on your backside and get rich or popular for no effort product.

Sorry for the rant, but you need to be told.

Originally Posted by gedsta

Absolute pants. B

Sorry for the rant, but you need to be told.

I am not even going to comment on that one..

When I started this thread I was merely asking if anyone else that installed vbSEO, experienced the same thing that I am going through and it immediately went to a debate on whether PR is worth anything or not!

Instead of getting experienced members calming me on this, I get an X on my forehead! Cool!

Whatever! I will seek advice somewhere else! Sorry to bother the forum. I certainly did not mean to be dis-respectful to vbSEO because they are a wonderful product but I am just having a thing! Please delete this thread if you would like!