Comments on: Is Pagerank really important?

By: Michael Busch

Michael Busch — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:30:58 +0000

Maybe another way to determine whether a link is a good link:
Does the link look natural, i.e. does it look like the owner of the website would have given it in this manner to recommend your site. If it does, it is a good link, no matter which general topic the other site has or what pagerank the page from where the link is given has…

By: Laurent@Acheter tissu

Laurent@Acheter tissu — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:15:50 +0000

I am learning seo and I am little confused about the importance of pagerank. Webmaster will accept to exchange backlink considering the pagerank. From what I read pagerank tha we see are maybe fake. Working for long terme the importance of pagerank is not really crucial, I prefer to get backlink from site in the same area

By: Devon@South Lake Tahoe Hotels

Devon@South Lake Tahoe Hotels — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:13:00 +0000

I wonder if you could use a page rank for a paper. As a student you use PR as an indicator that the information is correct an trusted.

By: Michael Busch

Michael Busch — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:46:48 +0000

Hello Manie

Yes it will, the exact explanation on how PageRank works can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_rank.
In short: the more high PR links you ganin the heigher your own PR will rise. But don’t make the mistake to believe that this has to correlate 1:1 with your rankings for specific keywords in the SERPs.
This can only be achieved by having lot’s of links with the right keywords on them and a bit of on page optimization.

Mike

By: Manie @bes -web site host

Manie @bes -web site host — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:39:15 +0000

Will it help to get PR quicker if you have links from social sites and bookmarking sites with high PR?
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By: Jefferson Cones

Jefferson Cones — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:54:34 +0000

Pagerank is important if you are selling links but in terms of SERP result or keyword ranking, it doesn’t contribute much.
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By: Ste@free iPod

Ste@free iPod — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:00:28 +0000

I think what pagerank is good for is boosting your ego! Plus of course if you sell links (which is naughty, google said…)

By: almir

almir — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:17:06 +0000

no its not but if you have a high page rank it gives you more of a authority aspect when it comes to other sites its more like bragging rights for the sites owner but that really doesn't have any effect on your traffic or anything else almirs last blog post..Vital Tips That Can Aid Any Blogger

By: Tony Lee

Tony Lee — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:55:19 +0000

In regards to page rank and how google issues authority or position, you may want to try this: site:yourdomainname.com and then try... site:yourdomainname.com/* The first results will give you BOTH indexed and supplemental pages and the second result will give you googles ACTUAL indexed pages. You can verify these results by experimenting with the keywords that are used on those pages. You'll notice that the results from the second query will rank higher. Tony Lees last blog post..Wholesale Designer Handbag Directory

By: Townsville MYOB

Townsville MYOB — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:56:46 +0000

I think you’re off track. I don’t believe Google crawls higher PR pages more frequently inless the content is changed regularly (new sites for example). The thing about links from high PR sites is that the links juice flows to the pages eventually increasing the target page’s PR. That’s what PR is all about.

By: Tim@Nesting Dolls

Tim@Nesting Dolls — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:52:43 +0000

Good to know.

It seems as if pages with a page rank of 3 or higher get crawled atleast a few times a week. So really, unless the sites are relevant to what you’re linking to, it seems like a waste of time to try to get inlinks from sites with high PR. Is that a popular consensus, or am I way off base?

By: Michael Busch

Michael Busch — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:03:56 +0000

Yes of course incoming links without the right keyword anchor help to improve your PR, and help to boost your ranking. but I am pretty sure that 10 links with the proper keyword will easily outrank 100 links without that keyword…

By: Edelweiss

Edelweiss — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:58:23 +0000

Googlebot crawl rate not only depends of PR. It also can be improved in Google webmaster tools. PR is important as part of ranking algorithm no matter does an anchor text of incoming link have relevant keyword or not.

By: ove@work from home

ove@work from home — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:47:26 +0000

I agree with the opinion that page rank is not very useful at all. However, one can use it as a guide for getting good backlinks.

By: Bis@Debt Settlement

Bis@Debt Settlement — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:59:01 +0000

To prove your point you can see countless examples of pages ranking higher that have a lower PR than the pages they are beating. And this is for all kinds of keywords.

By: Ryan@Bellingham Homes

Ryan@Bellingham Homes — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:34:43 +0000

One of the problems with following Googles PageRank is the fact that it is only updated every few months. Therefore a website might show a PR0, but really be a PR3 that hasn't been updated yet. Personally, I do pay attention to PageRank, but I think that there are much better tools to discover what is really driving a website. There are some really good free Firefox plug-ins that are available. Ryans last blog post..Real Estate Bellingham Washington

By: John@SEO Packages

John@SEO Packages — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:49:13 +0000

What an interesting thought. If Google got rid of the PR system would link spam decrease?

By: Charles@Vegas Homes

Charles@Vegas Homes — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:15:36 +0000

I think it really doesn’t matter a whole lot. I know a lot of people get caught up in the fool bar ranking, but its the quality of the link that matters more. I’ve seen plenty of real estate sites that rank for tops terms and only have a pr of 2 or 3. BUT they have a great backlink base. Its far better to find a highly relevant link with a low pr than a high pr link from an unrelated site.

By: Holland Blinds

Holland Blinds — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:15:02 +0000

I think PR is getting less and less important. It would be very interesting to see what would happen to the SEO industry if Google got rid of the PageRank system completely and used a system that wasn’t so transparent. The link rental market would certainly be drastically changed. Maybe sites with older domains would dominate? Maybe Alexa rank would be more important?

By: Theo@Webdesigner

Theo@Webdesigner — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:39:41 +0000

Pagerank is also important on certain sites that list companies. One of the few ways to order them other than by alphabet seems to be ranking them on PR. If your site has high PR, it simply has higher visibility on those pages. Theos last blog post..Browser Statistieken van 2008

By: Sally@Rural Dating

Sally@Rural Dating — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:51:11 +0000

Woops very sorry, just found the keywordluv thing ... very nice, off to add it to my blog!! Sallys last blog post..What the Online Dating Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

By: Sally@Rural Dating

Sally@Rural Dating — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:49:11 +0000

Gosh am I the only person that frets over page rank? I lose sleep trying to work out shy one of my blogs ranks hugher than my site and the other blog (both blogs hosted on my domain). It's ok saying get good links with relevant anchor text but it's the how that's the problem. Articles are good for anchor text but even the commentluv you are using on this blog doesn't give you the opportunity to choose your anchor text. Maybe it's just me that's lost?! Sallys last blog post..What the Online Dating Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

By: Michael Busch

Michael Busch — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:24:14 +0000

Hi Joe

What you say sounds logical but has been proven wrong. It is easily possible to rank higher for a given keyword and even inferior content quality if you have a larger number of incoming links with the keyword to rank for as anchor text…

Mike

By: Joe@Slow Computer

Joe@Slow Computer — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:16:24 +0000

In my opinion when ranking for keywords the content matters most. But if there are several pages competing for the same keywords with quality content. Then the one with the highest PR ranks highest. Joes last blog post..How to Clean the Dust out of your Computer

By: Nick@whiplash compensation claims

Nick@whiplash compensation claims — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:13:04 +0000

I think people spend too much time worrying about page rank. As you said it can have an affect on serps, but its certainly not as important as some people claim. A lot of it is just a webmaster ego thing, or people who want to sell links. Nicks last blog post..Whiplash Compensation Claims

By: Matt@Optimizing Online Advertising

Matt@Optimizing Online Advertising — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:06:56 +0000

Interesting post, I too think nothing of Page Rank at the beginning and rely on other high ranked sites to link to me because of quality content. Glad to see others think the same. Matts last blog post..Finding Do-Follow Blogs is Critical to online Money Making Success. Find out how with simple new Do-Follow Tool.

By: Jonty from Press Release 001

Jonty from Press Release 001 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:17:19 +0000

Oh boy, do internet marketers get hung up on PageRank…

For me, the most important aspect of linking is relevancy – make sure it is the same subject.

This will only ever be a bigger factor as time goes on.

PageRank can be a sign though of a site’s ill-health

If a site has a PageRank of 0 then it is worth finding out why. It may be the case that it is new, or it may be because Google has penalized it.

If it is the latter then it is best to avoid it.

By: Michael Busch

Michael Busch — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:42:44 +0000

Hi “Australian Blog Network”
This is a Keywordluv Blog, please make use of it!
The problem is: How does google know whether a site changes quickly or not? For the beginning Google will take the PR into account.
Of course there are other factors, too. For example if you use a sitemap.xml that tell google that your content changes rather seldom, they will visit rather seldom. If you have a low PR site but an increasing number of incoming links to new pages on your site every day, then google will visit often, because they follow those links. If your site is a blog and pings a lot of blog directories, you might even get several visits per day from the spider as your pingback is found on the directories.
So like with everything in life there are a lot of exemptions to the general rule

Mike

By: Australian Blog Network

Australian Blog Network — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:31:04 +0000

I thought Google reindexed sites based on how quickly a site changes rather than its PageRank? I have some low PR sites that get spidered every day because there is fresh content every day whereas I have other sites with PR4 that only get spidered every few weeks.

By: Gigi@Wholesale Massage Equipment

Gigi@Wholesale Massage Equipment — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:25:08 +0000

I've had some pr0 sites indexed very fast. All you need to do is to have a regularly updated content and search engines will find you in no time! Gigis last blog post..Cheap Beauty Salon Equipment

By: Joe@online casino games

Joe@online casino games — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:50:25 +0000

I take PR as just a general indicator of a page’s link worth; basically any page with PR1 or above is worth getting a link from. PR0 sites don’t hurt either.

By: Sid@Software Reviews

Sid@Software Reviews — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:55:32 +0000

In my opinion PR only matters when the keywords that you are targeting are very competitive. If both you and the competition have good relevant content and trust. Then the one with the highest PR gets the SERP. Sids last blog post..Sound Editing Software

By: Kevin@ Eiffel Tower

Kevin@ Eiffel Tower — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:56:37 +0000

I am of the opinion that page rank is not very useful at all. It is only a guide for getting good backlinks as you say. It seems we are in agreement!

By: Alex@Beautiful Pics

Alex@Beautiful Pics — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:34:15 +0000

I've found that PageRank is "important" when you're selling advertising space or selling your website / blog. It doesn't (as far as I can tell) affect your SERP ratings at all. I also have a blog that is PR0 that ranks very high for semi-competitive search terms, even ranking higher than websites with PageRank. Alexs last blog post..Hospital Restaurant

By: Cathy Banks

Cathy Banks — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:07:32 +0000

If you can get a lot of decent links to your site fast it helps a lot when it comes to getting spidered. For new sites article marketing and do follow blog/forum posting are probably the most effective and easiest ways of getting quality back links quickly. Once your site is more established then you can focus on trying to get the high pr links.

By: Michael Busch

Michael Busch — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:55:29 +0000

Hi Terry

The problem with PR0 is: Is it really PR0 or doesn’t it have any Pagerank at all. You can make a short test, go to google and do a site:domaininquestion.com search.
If there are no pages indexed at all, then I’d reckon, It will take even longer…(or google completely ignores that site and doesn’t visit at all, possible too.)

Mike

By: Terry@Back Pain Relief

Terry@Back Pain Relief — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:49:37 +0000

Good wrap, didn't realise it can take so long for a PR0 to be spidered by Google. Thanks for the link to that article by Ian Rogers also, is a good read. Terrys last blog post..Preventing Back And Neck Pain