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pageoneresults -> RE: WPG, URL Verification (9/11/2002 17:51:33)
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Hello Nancy, that was a comment that I made in another recent post. Many things affect PageRank or what is referred to as PR. It could be coincidence that something else is the cause and you just happen to be running reports at the same time. There is much more involved in just running one report with that feature checked. If it were a case of instant PR penalty, then competitors could easily run reports and have you penalized. No, it takes a little more abuse than that.
The main causes of PR penalties are...
1. Hidden Links
2. Heavy Crosslinking between Sites
3. Links to bad neighborhoods (Google slang PR0).
Those seem to be the most popular. There are others and you' ve got to be very careful when developing sites to rank highly in their respective industries. If you think its a trick, it probably is and I would suggest not using it.
In regards to WPG, just be careful how you use the program and do some online research about the Do' s and Don' ts. Google clearly states in their TOS (Terms of Service) that they do not want to be bombarded with automated queries from rank checking software and they will ban you if you get abusive. Its a drain on system resources.
The common consensus is that you should run the program at its slowest or optimum query intervals to prevent leaving a footprint. Queries should be performed in the very early morning hours 0001 thru 0300 PST (Pacific Standard Time/California). Keep the keyword list to a minimum and deselect Google from the search. Do those by hand and provide them to the client as an addendum to the report.
In reality, none of the SE' s like these types of programs. They are abused and just imagine what type of resources are needed when someone is performing searches for 100 keywords in the first 30 SERP' s (Search Engine Results Pages) at 10-20 second intervals. Now, multiply that by the number of WPG users which is quite high, I would call that a Denial of Service attack. You have to tread lightly and play by the basic rules.
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