I started an interesting thread over at Digital Point on my thoughts of the dependency of pagerank and it’s effect on the text link industry.

Here are some parts of the thread:

As the link selling business is getting more profitable, I have noticed a ridiculous trend among website owners.

No longer are people buying links and ad spots for pure traffic, at least most aren’t. It’s now turning into the power of the backlink and it’s pagerank.

Checked the Link Sales area and 18 of 30 (60%) Threads on the first page state in the Title the PR of Links they are selling.

Expired PR6 domains are going for upwards of $xxxx and the buyer sometimes has no idea that unless they maintain the backlinks, that domain will be worthless the next update. PR is blinding some buyers and sellers are cashing in… It’s now some kind of high if we manage to get a PR above 5 (sadly)

Read more at Digital Point Forums.