Today I am going to do a short Q&A session and focus on the question that comes up a lot in the comments and in my inbox:
“What’s up with my PageRank!!! I don’t have any! What does it REALLY take to see some green on that bar???”
Let’s start with answering this question first: how important your PageRank really is to your high search engine ranking optimization?
Well, what it comes down to is the difference between the REAL page rank (PR) and VISIBLE PR.
What is Google PageRank?
So PageRank shows how important Google sees any given page, that simple.
What Determines PageRank?
The SEO consensus is the quality of the links pointing to your site from other high-quality authority sites will determine your PR.
What is “visible” PageRank?
It’s that green (hopefully) little bar in the Google toolbar that tells you how important Google deems your site to be on a scale of 1 to 10.
And here lies the problem.
This information is only updated about once in 3-4 months. In other words, you can point hundreds of quality solid links to your site and still not see any changes in your toolbar any time soon.
Side note: In one of my previous posts, I pointed out why Google PageRank is one of the link building mistakes.
What About Real PageRank?
The real PageRank is calculated quite often and yes, it’s supposedly one of the factors that will determine your search engine ranking.
Pandora’s Box: Does PageRank Matter?
As you can imagine, the opinions vary vastly. Instead of getting into the mix, let me tell you what Google says about it (of course, saying it and doing it…up to you to decide):
PageRank evaluates two things: how many links there are to a web page from other pages, and the quality of the linking sites. With PageRank, five or six high-quality links from websites such as www.cnn.com and www.nytimes.com would be valued much more highly than twice as many links from less reputable or established sites.
As a rule, Google tries to find pages that are both reputable and relevant. If two pages appear to have roughly the same amount of information matching a given query, we’ll usually try to pick the page that more trusted websites have chosen to link to. Still, we’ll often elevate a page with fewer links or lower PageRank if other signals suggest that the page is more relevant. For example, a web page dedicated entirely to the civil war is often more useful than an article that mentions the civil war in passing, even if the article is part of a reputable site such as Time.com.
Voice of reason: does it REALLY matter?
One way link building is what really matters to your search engine ranking and as you build your high-quality links, PR will come automatically… even if it’s in 3-4 months.
Why Does Traffic Generation Cafe have no visible PR?
(at the time of writing of this article).
This blog is only 2 months old. I am not concerned about it and neither should you be.
PageRank Marketing Takeaway
I am not about to waste my time worrying about my PageRank. My time is much better spent writing quality keyword-rich articles and getting links from solid sites.
Question: do you agree with me?
You are right: you don’t have to comment or retweet, but do it anyway; I love hearing from you!
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It makes me laugh every time I get an email from someone asking for a link exchange and they tell me they are going to give me a link from some “PR4″ page. The majority of the time I check it is an almost worthless link. I just don’t understand after all these years why so many people continue to place so much value on PR!
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Probably because there are not too many ways to measure site authority, Bill, and people like to have a solid number they FEEL like they can rely on.
Hi Ana, interesting discussion on pagerank. I am constantly confused by how Google calculates PR. We have sites that we have built that get almost no traffic and have 1 link from a site with no PR at all and they are a 2. We then have sites with hundreds of backlinks and great search engine rankings and they never move off zero. Like you, I try not to get too concerned about it and focus more on the rankings and the traffic.
It would be nice to know, Neil…
My blog was PR0 for a year while some crappy little blogs were gaining PR in no time.
Who knows and who cares, right?
Good question, Andy.
I’ve seen plenty of blogs that have pages with higher PR than the home page. Will those pages eventually push your main domain in authority? Possibly, but not necessarily.
Of course, these are all but wild guesses; in the end, only time will tell.
I am glad I found this post, I was looking at my PageRank and have none. But I have barely scraped 3 months with my blog. I am not going to worry about it. Thanks for the reminder on where my focus needs to be.
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If only we could crack the mystery that is Google Pagerank.
Google obviously do not want to be too transparent because it will leave people with ways to game the search engines to their advantage.
It is like their equivalent of the famous Coca-Cola recipe behind lock and key. This is definitely Google’s competitive advantage in the marketplace.
A few indicators of authority might be:
* How frequently your blog content is crawled and indexed.
* How well you rank for keywords when you have not optimised as well as your competitors (on and off page)
Google also gives a lot of clues as to what it gives authority to on its Webmaster pages. Things like having a visible sitemap for humans.
It also stands to reason to me that if Google like to see Terms & Conditions, Disclaimers and Privacy Policy to pass your site in their AdWords programme, then they’ll take consideration of this in their search algorithm.
As a human, would you trust a site with those in place? I think so, so Google will give authority for having them in place too. After all, they’re only trying to provide relevant content, a high quality user experience to Googler’s and help them to build trust in their online activities.
Help Google and they will help you!
You’re right, Wayne. Thanks for your informative post!
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Ana,
Thank you for your in depth explanation of Google ‘Page Rank’.
Yours In Health!
G.E. Moon II
Page Rank is one of the least understood components of SEO. SO many people thinks it is the end all be all of SEO when it is just one little factor amongst hundreds for getting positioned by Google. There are plenty of sites that have low PR that do better than higher PR sites in the SERPS.
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I couldn’t agree with you more, Bill. Glad to see you here.
Thanks for pointing me to this post Ana
Its really funny, cause I know that Google hasn’t updated PRs for over 6 months, yet I still tend not to comment on posts with no PR
You do have a point though, I’m sure there are many quality blog posts that I missed commenting on that will surely have a good PR once Google updates it
Thanks for the advice once again Ana!
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You are not alone, Amr – I do it all the time as well although I know better!
There’s definitely something to be said about visual quality of a blog.
By the way, I wish I had your site available to me about 8 years ago when I moved to Germany for 3 years.
Will keep it in mind if I ever go back.
Hi, Ana- Great post, as usual!
I’d like to clear up a couple of misconceptions that some seem to have about pagerank (and toolbar pagerank, which is different, as I’ll explain).
First of all, pagerank is presently one of the most important single ranking factors in Google’s algorithm. It is computed by considering the quantity and quality of inbound links (also referred to as backlinks). The only way that age enters into that equation is in the age of the link. A link that was put up last week will have less value than that same link put up two years ago. However, that same link put up seven years ago would probably have less power than had it been put up two years ago. I say “probably” because nobody outside of Google really “knows” for sure.
To repeat: quantity and quality of inbound links, and NOTHING ELSE, determine a page’s pagerank.
Some SEOs perform extensive testing to try to figure out what Google thinks and does, and some of the trends they identify seem to be valid. But at the end of the day, it’s really all just educated guesswork.
In response to Jason’s comment, a site’s age may matter in ranking, but NOT in pagerank.
My second point is to clarify the difference between pagerank and toolbar pagerank (most of us in the industry refer to it as “foolsbar” pagerank).
Pagerank (“actual PR, if you will) is computed many times each day… constantly… and that is what is used by Google for ranking our position in the SERPs (search engine results pages). Periodically, Google will issue an “update”, releasing to the public a snapshot of the PR at some point in time in the past. That update is what you see on the foolbar.
Typically, that has meant that when an update was released, we were suddenly seeing what the pagerank WAS, not IS, at some day gone by. I’ve heard it said by some that the data was two to three months old when made public.
I disagree with that, for the same reason that you should, Ana. You and I started our blogs at about the same time. I noticed that my blog had climbed up to a smashing 0/10 about two weeks after I first went online. You’re also at 0/10, and I suspect you rose to that level (from “unranked”) just about a month and a half ago, as I did. That seems to coincide with a recent update, but it obviously isn’t two or three month old data. However, it WILL BE two or three months old by the time the next update is released. At this point in time, your blog’s actual PR may be a PR0, PR3, PR5… who knows? And by the time I finish typing this comment, it may change. But the foolbar PR will still show it as 0/10.
I hope that clears it up somewhat. I just hate to see people thinking that what they see on the toolbar PR indicator means something in the present. It’s just a snapshot from the past.
BTW, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least to see Traffic Generation Cafe jump to a PR3 or 4 with the next update. You’ve been doing a fantastic job at maintaining top quality content and marketing your blog. Keep it up!
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What a fantastic addition to the post, Sheldon – now I remember why I love it when you come by my blog!
I love your simple “accessible” explanation of the difference between visible and actual PR. Yet another reason not to worry about that green bar, but continue to build quality links to your site.
Thanks for coming by, Sheldon; truly appreciate your time putting this comment together.
Ana
Wassup
I was a bit baffled by page rank myself. I read a lot about it. One blogger I noticed with a page rank of 7 offers a link on a post to your site if you sign up for his hosting affiliate. That is his main plug for his site. He guarantees this will help your page rank if you do this.
I almost took him up on it but he never responded to me or posted my comment.
That was when I was worried about page rank. Hey, I just wanna write goofy stuff and get a little traffic… A few people here and there click on an ad.
Strange, on some posts I have come up 1 or 2 for years on certain keywords. I put no effort in thinking SEO when they were written. For some reason Google like’s them. They get traffic every day… Heck, I’m afraid to touch them even tho the posts are kinda lame…
Yo, I “Dugg” yer post
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Those are the best posts, Dave – you never know what you’ve done right and here they are!
Thanks for digging my post, much appreciated.
I just got back from your blog, by the way; definitely one of a kind!
Ana
This couldn’t have come at a better time. I have been driving myself nuts trying to figure out why Google doesn’t love me like Yahoo does! Okay I’m only 2 weeks old, but still.
Glad I came across your site.
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You are so very welcome, Amy – I was just as impressed with your new blog!
Hope to see you back soon.
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Ana, I totally agree with you about pagerank. My blog has no page rank since it started and I couldn’t care less if I had 0 or 5. Of course it would be a good thing to see a green bar of any length there but I prefer to have good content anytime. . Networking and interacting with other bloggers is also much better time spend that worrying about your pagerank
I am with you, Bryan.
On the one hand, it’s great to have considering that a lot of your traffic will judge you by that since they don’t know any better.
On the other hand, if your content is good, your traffic won’t ultimately care about your PR.
Thanks for coming by!
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As you know, I don’t worry much about page rank, but you’ve described it here about as well as it could be explained. It’s too bad there’s no one figure that’s a direct correlation to how successful a website is that everyone can agree on.
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I don’t think such a figure will ever exist, Mitch. Google will make sure of it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Another great article Ana. I am not sure I understand the difference between visible and real page rank – thought they were the same.
I have added a link to your blog as I think it has such good information – in a style that is clear and easy to understand.
I appreciate the link, Peter – what a compliment.
Yes, they are essentially the same PageRank.
The point is that just because you look at the page and see a certain PR assigned to it (visible PR – since you can actually see it), it doesn’t mean that that’s what the PR actually is (real PR; Google knows that it’s there, but we can’t see it until it’s updated.)
I am not sure if I made more sense.
However, as I noted in the article, it really is NOT that big of a deal and should not affect us and what we do to market our sites in any prominent way.
Ana
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I have been a pr 2 for a while then went back to nothing for a long time. Now back to a 1 PR but would love to get to a 3 or 4 some day. I guess I just need more high PR links?
More high PR links will definitely help, Joy. However, I know you rank for some of your searches already, so who cares.
Yup@ Ana. I agree with you. PR is important for a blog.
Nice article Ana.
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Hey, Goutham – thanks for giving me thumbs up!
I stopped by your blog; lots of great info.
Ana
Too many people are far too focused on SEO in general, and unfortunately, people perceive that PR is a numerical representation of your SEO standing, which just isn’t true. If you follow the SEO basics (I saw this excellent writeup on Twitter this morning – http://blog.kissmetrics.com/seo-guide/, you’ll attract the readers you’re looking for and that’s what most important. Who cares how a computer rates you numerically?
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You are very right, Dave; PR definitely plays SOME role in your SEO, but it really is no indication as far as how well your site will do with search engines.
Ana
I took a look at the link you suggested, Dave – fairly basic coverage of SEO; my free guide covers all that and more
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Wow Ana,
Only 2 months old with this blog? Amazing action which backs you up all the way. I can definitely see the value of good relevant content and building of relationships through your online experience.
I appreciate your explanation of page ranking. I have never really dove into all the ins and outs of it.
Val
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You are very welcome, Val.
Yes, 2 months and I am very excited about the results; thanks for the thumbs up!
Ana
Hi Ana
You’ve touched on real PR, would you care to enlighten me as to exactly what it is and secondly where can one find this information.
Thanks
Venita
PS. I value your information, but am equally intrigued by your visitor’s most recent post titles, will have to add another hour to my day visiting all of them.
Hi, Venita:
If you need more information on PageRank, the best thing to do is go to the source: Google. I would check out MattCutts.com and do a search on PR there.
I know – most of my visitors deliver high-quality information; definitely worth checking them out!
Ana
Hi Ana,
Yes I do agree with you. Page rank is something I need to concentrate more on so thanks for the kick in the pants.
Chat with you later,
Jerome Ratliff
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Just keep doing what you are doing, Jerome – building links and providing quality content. PR will come if you do just that.
Ana
I do agree on most points you have mentioned Ana. Age also matters when it comes to Pagerank, the longer a page as well as its links pointing to it stays on the web, the higher level of importance that Google sees in it. I’m also quite excited with the next PR update, it has been 5 months already since the last update (April 3), though I don’t really care how much Google will give to my blog. The important thing is to deliver quality content to your readers and to stay authoritative on SERPs, since it’s the best way to measure trust from search engines and people.
Regards,
Jason
PS: Cool layout by the way
I just saw your blog through Cori, good thing I dropped by.
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Glad you stopped by as well, Jason. Cori rocks!
Age does play an important role in PR, no question about it. Sounds like Google is due for a PR update; does not really matter that much, but still something to look forward to.
Ana
Hi Ana – Yes, definitely agree with you. It actually makes my stomach turn a little when I see developers and others telling (literally, telling) newbies to skip blogs with PR1 or 2, or even 3. One in particular comes to mind and it makes me so mad that he does that.
PR comes when it comes. I’ll tell you what I’ve not seen – I’ve not seen a brand new blog ever with a PR5, 6, or 7, that’s for sure. Some sites have been around for years and their age is a huge contributing factor. Case in point is that my original blog which is almost 3 years old now is still at PR2 even though I took almost 13 months and did absolutely nothing – not a single inbound link or a single post, while BizChickBlogs is PR2 and has been around since the end of February.
So, like I said, it comes when it comes and it comes by just being reputable.
Cheers,
Tia
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Very true, Tia – PR will almost inevitably come with age, no question about it. I had the same experience with one of my previous blogs.
As far as avoiding lower PR blogs… what a bunch of hogwash. Don’t they realize that more high PR blog posts have been written some years ago (again, age comes into play) and the comments are most likely closed? Instead, leave comments on newer blogs/posts and watch their PR rise with a little bit of time.
Thanks for your input, Tia!
PR does not really help me, as a blogger. I focus on Google traffic; how they found me (keywords) and if they found what they were looking for (time on page).
Well, high PR will most likely help you to get higher search engine ranking for your keywords, so it really does help us, bloggers, to get more Google traffic.
As I said in the post, I don’t worry about it, but I don’t discount it either.
Thanks for coming by, Roy!
What annoys me are people that say “Page Rank Is Useless” but “Link Building Is Good”…Believe it or not there are ALOT of people out there that think this. The problem is that Page Rank is based on back-links! Duh! So if you think back-links help your rankings then you must believe Page Rank Does as well.
Thanks for pointing out the difference between real and visible page rank – this is another thing people do not understand or realize.
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Very true, AJ. Proper link building WILL increase your PR – with time. Focus on that and PR will go up and up and up.
I do believe though that PR still plays an important (although not decisive) role in your SERP standing. Agree?
Ana
Hey, AJ – is this the only blog you run? What’s your Twitter ID?
I’ve seen your comments here and there and I must say you always bring up interesting points.
Actually I only run this website which I started for fun but has turned out to be a money-maker
. Besides that I have a full time job doing all the web development, online marketing and SEO for a company.
I do own several domains such as (simpleblogger.com) but I do not have the time to work on them. I like to buy domains out of impulse but ultimately focusing all your effort on one website is better in the long run.
Anyway, I like what you have going here…so you will see me around.
Oh i just realized something cool. I honestly have never added my twitter url in the “website” field but apparently it grabs your latest twitter feed. That is sweet!
Domain shopaholic!
Sounds like you’ve got a lot on your plate, that’s for sure.
So SEO is your business. No wonder I enjoy your and value your opinion.
Awesome find about Twitter! I’ll have to mention it in one of my future posts.
Ana
Ana, I know I need to work harder at getting quality links but right now my focus is on content and building relationship with my readers. Inch by inch, I’m implementing more and more into my business. Thank you for all the guidance, tips and resources! I always learn something new when I visit your blog!
Heather
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You are welcome, Heather.
By the way, I absolutely agree with you and that’s precisely what I did in the beginning.
Focus your time on creating GREAT content, like you already are doing, build relationships, increase traffic. Start working on your SEO a bit after that; that way you’ll at least have a life.
Some might not agree, but I am all for prioritizing.
Ana
Hey Ana cool post, there is a lot of opinions on this topic, for me is 50/50 I spend 50% of my time writing quality posts, and 50% getting quality links. As long as you give amazing content to your readers and Not go crazy about PR you be fine,
Marios
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Precisely, Marios. Let tomorrow take care of itself.
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Hi Ana,
I did three year’s of Statistics at University and the most important thing I learned ironically was not to worry about detail but to rather focus on trends over time.
I think the Alexa dilemma fits this totally!
~Marcus
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Three years of Statistics? Sounds exciting…
Ditto on Alexa. Isn’t that amazing that we know it means nothing yet still pay attention to it?
Thanks, Marcus!
Yes exciting indeed… not too different from eating endless sawdust really!
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Endless is the word, Marcus.
People are really benefiting from your articles Ana. All of this stuff takes a while to learn and to really sink in.
I would like to add that nofollow links do not pass PageRank. So, if you are building links specifically because you want more PageRank (for whatever reason), then you want to make sure that the links do not have the nofollow tag attached to them.
Google also ignores the anchor text of links that use the nofollow tag.
This information is important because a lot of the blogs out there use the nofollow tag. So, you are probably not getting the kinds of link power that you might think you are getting from a higher PageRank page that uses that nofollow tag. Those higher PageRank pages with nofollow can still be valuable for other reasons, but the page topic must be relevant to the page you are linking back to.
If you have never heard of the term nofollow before, make sure you Google it and learn how it works.
Very good practical advice, Kathy.
As you said, nofollow links are still useful for different reasons. I’ve even heard some argue that nofollow still passes PR (http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/does-nofollow-follow/).
I will check out your post to see what you had to say about it.
Pleasure to see you on my blog, as always.
I am sure your hard work will pay off, Lou. Thanks for coming by!
Hey Ana,
Thank you for shedding some light on this subject. Now I don’t have to worry about my PageRank. Although I think achieving PR 4/10 for my blog in just a few months is not too bad
All the best,
Mavis Nong
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There is nothing more you can do, but wait, Mavis. Providing great content and generating activity will definitely help you see that 4 you are looking for.
Ana
PS Looks like you beat me to writing the post about CommentLuv
. Will check it out later.
I have already achieved PR 4, Ana
I just had to share the CommentLuv tip right away!
Talk soon,
Mavis Nong
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Silly me…:) PR 4 – I need to go spam your blog a bit more.
LOL!!
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HI Ana, Great article. I have read that a PR1 is worth 1000 PR0 backlinks! Google’s algorithm weights these high quality backlinks very heavily. If you are interested, I am working on a post, on how to find these PR1′s, 2′s, and 3′s with a google search algorithm I have used for some time. Visit my blog at http://www.playingbiz.com. The post should be up later today.
I did have a question, what plugin or software are you using to find your PR?
Thanks for the great content, keep it coming!
Kris
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Hi, Kris:
Check out your new blog post. I also use SEO Quake to find high PR pages.
I also have a few more Google commands here: One Way Link Building
Thanks for coming by, Kris.
Spot on, Ana, ITA with what you’re saying. Of course it’s nice when you can craft good PR especially for resale value, or to sell links (pretend that wasn’t frowned upon), but it does take a bit of on-page factors as well to reduce leaking link juice, etc.
Traffic pays. Conversions pay. PR is a long shot, and arbitrary…although I’ve been able to build it with article submission services on a few blogs.
Good article! Thanks for solving the mystery.
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Resale value? You mean as in selling the blog?
Question for you: why are you directing your SEO PowerSuite keyword to your home page?
Later.
Re: Resale value – yes in the potential future (just to keep all options open). I’ve no plans of that at the moment.
Re: SEO Powersuite – I was using the keyword luv dealie yo as a newbie…er…because I forgot to change my website address…
LAME is the answer I was shooting for! Let me try another.
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Need a cup of coffee?
Hey Ana,
I think that I asked you this question a few months ago, I have learned as you pointed out that it takes three or four months for the information to be updated. I have been working on many things with my blog, and been taking many pointers from everyone on the subject. The problem there are so many pointers and so many different things to do, I have picked a few to do here and there and have been building tons of links to and from my blog. In joining and meeting everyone here in the comment world, it has definitely helped my links and comments.
I also know that as I write and provide more valuable information, more people will help filter it out online for me and those that will benefit from the information. I have really figured out the best way to help others is to learn something new, watch a video, read an article and then turn it into my own words and educate others. It will be very interesting on what and if my PR comes back better than the n/a I have had for months.
I also figured out the whole feedburner and rss feed tools – this should help tremendously.
I think you are hitting all the right points, Robert. Plus, considering that you recently changes your URL, you just reset Google clock.
Once again, not that it matters THAT much in your situation.
You hit a nail in the head with content. So many people complain that they don’t know what to write about. It simply means that they don’t read enough. If you constantly read other blogs and educate yourself, there will never be shortage of great ideas to write about.
Ana
Page rank is important if most of one’s traffic is coming from search engines and you are competing for coveted search terms.
Since most of my traffic comes from social media and I look for search terms with little competition then I am less concerned with page rank.
When people get obsessed with page rank they start to do bad things, like comment spam.
So it is no mystery to me, unlike what dress I am suppose to wear out, I thought a nice shirt and pants would do
Peter
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Very true, Peter, but once again, we cannot control Google – unfortunately.
I am glad you actually get dressed when you go out.
Ana
PS The RSS plugin you suggested works like a charm; thanks again!
Hi Ana,
I fully agree with you – I don’t worry about my page rank. Thanks to your post, I now know why I don’t need to worry about it.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care
Oliver
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Good attitude, Oliver, just as it should be!
Once again you’ve provided some valuable information Ana. I’m thinking that pretty soon you are going to become so knowledgeable about all things “Google” that they will want to hire you!
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Ana
Ana.. I agree, creating content that both your readers AND the search engines love is time well spent.. (although I don’t do enough of this :0/ )
Thanks for sharing this with us.
talk soon
Hector
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Glad to see you here, Hector. We all can always do something better than we are now
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Another great post. PR is important, but will come naturally and is never something that you should “fret” about. Even though I ‘know” this I look at relatively new sites of mine and worry a little.
It is very nice to be reminded that PR is really one of those, “if you build it they will come” situations.
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I know how you feel, Steve: sure I would love to see that green bar above my blog, even knowing that it’s not that big a deal.
Amazing how our nature works, huh?
Thanks for coming by!
Ana
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Thanks Ana. I was always told PR is important and it does take months to move up. With each of your blog posts, I’ve been focusing on high quality one way links and articles and will continue to do so. Thanks for your valuable information.
You are welcome, Amelie.
If you continue to focus on that, your PR will rise naturally and in time.
Ana
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Excellent post Ana. We don’t pay too much attention to it because Caffeine and personalized search results have really changed the SEO landscape overall. We have been trying to create good content that our niche of backup and data storage users might find useful and informative. Your recent post on .EDU and .GOV links was a real eye opener, and we have been working on building those kinds of links. As always, thank you for such interesting and informative help.
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Any time, Gary.
And you are absolutely right: anything SEO related can change in a blink of an eye; however focusing on factors that are more likely to stay around for a while, like link building, is the smartest thing to focus on.
Ana
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Hell yes I agree with you!
PR matters, but then so does the dress you wear out. BUT its not going to affect your evening. OK bad analogy but you get it
worry about what you CAN affect, not what you can’t.
My blog is just shy of 6 months old now and only last week ( I think) did I move to a PR2, so as you say…whatever.
btw…
Two months old?!? WOW Ana, you are one to watch this year.
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I love you analogy, Alex – always love reading your quotes, as I love reading your blog.
Yours is 6 months old? Not too shabby…
Ana
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Alex, you’re everywhere
He has a way with words, doesn’t he Ana?
It’s funny because I was reading about Page Rank yesterday. And Alex is right. So far, I’ve loved reading the content here, it digs deep and answers are straight-forward. Great job, Ana.
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