the algo is still the algo man...

What are the benefits of high PR?

Fewer issues of many kinds, I think. With enough PR (or perhaps because of the trust that accompanies that many inbound links) domains seem to acquire a kind of immune system.

I see sites with a high PR home page doing all kinds of things that could be suicidal for a domain with a low PR home page. I sometimes think that the algo cannot automatically penalize in the face of high PR, although we know that a human can certainly place a penalty or ban by hand.

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