Simple PageRank User Script

This is a RePost after we lost some stories from our db. As an avid user of the Opera browser, one of my long time difficulties has been the lack of a Google Toolbar. Frankly, the only thing I am interested in on that toolbar is to see the TBPR (toolbar PR). So, without further adieu, here is a simple UserScript for seeing the PageRank. This will drop a little image in the upper left of each page you visit with the PageRank. When you mouse over the image, it disappears so you can get to any of the navigation that might be blocked by the image. // ==UserScript==<br /> // @name PR for Opera<br /> // @description Shows PageRank for Opera in Right Hand Corner. Disappears when you mouse over it.<br /> // ==/UserScript==<br />...

PageRank Sculpting is Dead, Long Live PageRank Sculpting

Update: This is a RePost after our Database Lost Some Recent Posts. Our suspicions have been verified. PageRank Sculpting still works, just not with nofollow. This is in accordance with the original intent of nofollow, which was to tag untrustworthy links. The links you create and control on your own site to pages you create yourself are inherently trustworthy. The search marketing world is all abuzz with the latest from Matt Cutts that PageRank sculpting no longer works via the SMX Advanced conference. What Has Changed I think what is actually occurring is a far more simple, straightforward and, frankly, obvious update on behalf of the Google search team. This is the question I immediately asked myself upon hearing the news: why should the NUMBER of internal...