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Old 08-17-2007, 03:31 PM Does google cheat on there page rank?
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this right here says google has a ten does google cheat?

http://pr.blogflux.com/pr2.php?s=http://www.google.cn
and this say that the chinese google has an 8

but how they are essentially the same thing but in different languages.

so why is the page rank different and why don't they get their rank dropped for duplicate content?

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Old 08-17-2007, 03:33 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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Not that it matters, but probably not. Google has earned a whole bunch of organic links.
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Old 08-17-2007, 03:35 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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Think how many people link to google, Google are subject to their own algorithm and as one of the biggest sites in the world don't you think they deserve a 10.

And who cares anyway, if google had a 0 they would still be bringing home the $

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Old 08-17-2007, 03:37 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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Since you edited the post, I'll add to my comments.

Google.com and Google.cn are two totally separate entities, and much as other sites with multiple TLDs, are treated as separate sites.

I'm not sure which "rank for duplicate content" you're referring to, either.
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Old 08-17-2007, 03:41 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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i found something they don't penalize for duplicate content of the same language and it also talks about duplicate content in general
so why don't they both have a 10
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Old 08-17-2007, 03:44 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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because google.cn doesn't have as many backlinks. Whenever I use google i use the international version, i hardly ever use the .co.uk version as I am sure .cn is the same. When linking to a results page I always use the .com as well. This is the simple reason.

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Old 08-17-2007, 03:50 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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They have different ranks because they have different URLs - they're different sites. On PotteryBarn.com you can buy couches and lamps and things for your grandma to set out. On PotteryBarn.org you used to be able to buy prostitutes. Three itty bitty letters change everything.

Think of all the times on this site where someone asks a question, and someone else answers, with links to the results of particular Google searches. You know this isn't the only place that happens.

Remember "Miserable Failure?" Everybody and their dog linked to them over that one.
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Old 08-17-2007, 03:55 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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Like Jamie said...they're two different sites, and are being treated as such.

Try this question from a different angle. Look at http://www.hp.com and http://www.hp.ca . They look very similar on the surface, but when going into the site you'll realize that the products, prices, and other information are different on each site. In other words, they're two different sites and should be treated as such.

The same concept applies to Google.com and Google.cn and Google.ca and Google.co.uk and Google.whatever.
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Old 08-17-2007, 03:56 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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They have different ranks because they have different URLs - they're different sites. On PotteryBarn.com you can buy couches and lamps and things for your grandma to set out. On PotteryBarn.org you used to be able to buy prostitutes. Three itty bitty letters change everything.
Good example! I forgot about that idiot.
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Old 08-17-2007, 04:04 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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I don't think I'll ever forget THAT fool. I wish he'd come back and dance for us some more.
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Old 08-17-2007, 08:12 PM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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I am pretty sure it is impossible for google to cheat on pagerank. I mean they write the rules...
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Old 08-22-2007, 05:13 AM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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Well, I am sure about google can not cheat...and as you mentioned I would like to let you know that Google.com and Google.cn are totally different sites...also it may possible that you can get little different results in different google domains like google.com, google.co.uk, google.ca. google.in etc...
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Old 08-25-2007, 10:03 AM Re: Does google cheat on there page rank?
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to be fair they probally done but i would have thoguht if they really wanted they could go into their astronomically big databases and manually higher the rank of all google sites. but everytime it reindexes its self it would proally change it back

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