Still dont get it

[OptWizard]

I understand google looks at links and other factors for rankings
but this page www dmcccorp org is on the second page and I cant figure out why. PR is only 4 (proves PR is worthless) and links are only 41 backlinks.

and now the two sites that everyone said to report to google which I do are now up to 2 and 3 I see reporting spam works well

Both those sites are PR 0 and backlinks are on a network of sites that this advertising company uses to sell links

[I, Brian]

It used to be the number of links that counted - but Google has been shifting its weight behind quality.

If you have two sites, one with 1000 links from low PR autogenerated spam, and another with a couple of low PR links from places such as SEW and theregister, odds are the second will fare better in Google.

[OptWizard]

I got to disagree with you....look at results for debt consolidation most of the sites have no PR and spam links

[I, Brian]

And you talking about debt sites with high quality links being beaten by spammy links? Or simply spammy links beating one another?

[OptWizard]

well take a look at results for debt consolidation you tell me

[Web Gazelle]

I have heard that google gives more weight to links depending on where they come from. Like a link from a .edu or .gov is going to be better that a .biz or .info. I think it is that Google sees the .gov and .edu sites as more reputable.