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How does a network of c**p such as http://www.crazynews.net/ have all the sites getting such high page rank?

I assume it paid to get listed in the Yahoo Directory (), but that alone wouldn't do it?

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Quick summary: PageRank started as a link-weighting idea, but modern Google combines many signals. A group of related sites can look like it "has high PageRank" because they exchange link equity, attract a lot of incoming links, or benefit from sitewide/footer links and syndicated content. As guessed, directory-style listings can help, but they are rarely the whole story; as and note, user interest and backlink counts do matter — however quality, diversity of referring domains, anchor-text mix, and link velocity matter far more than raw numbers.

How to evaluate a network quickly: compare total backlinks to unique referring domains; check for identical or thin content across domains; look for identical footer/sitewide links or aggressive exact-match anchors; examine sudden link spikes and clusters of links from the same IP ranges or C-class blocks. Use Search Console for your property and a commercial backlink crawler for cross-site analysis. If links look bought or manufactured, Google treats that as a link-scheme risk and may devalue or penalize involved sites — see Google’s guidance on link schemes and the disavow procedure (, ).

Practical takeaway: do not try to replicate low-quality networks at scale. If the aim is sustainable ranking, invest in unique content, editorial outreach, and diverse, natural links. If a detected network is harming a site, document the evidence and consider removal requests first; use disavow only as a last resort.

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Member Avatar for seogoat

I think people like it. It has loads of links.

Member Avatar for DiggleNamer

sometimes the simple answer is the right one i guess. To me it just seems like a useless site that would be easy to replicate, but i guess i was not thinking of the end users enough

Member Avatar for Azher

some time one link can be wonder as it has nice resource...

Member Avatar for x3mario

If your site is high in pr then definitely it has thousands of backlinks.

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