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PageRank is a link analysis algorithm. For more on the math, see the [[Wikipedia:PageRank|Wikipedia article about PageRank]]. | PageRank is a link analysis algorithm. For more on the math, see the [[Wikipedia:PageRank|Wikipedia article about PageRank]]. | ||
| − | Until October 2009, toolbar PageRank was a component of Google Webmaster Tools for a website. A Google employee said of this change that the PageRank metric really isn't important and that Google has been trying to get people to focus on it less. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank#Removal_from_Google_Webmaster_Tools] | + | Until October 2009, toolbar PageRank was a component of Google Webmaster Tools for a website. A Google employee said of this change that the PageRank metric really isn't important and that Google has been trying to get people to focus on it less. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank#Removal_from_Google_Webmaster_Tools] [http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/020960.html] |
Ted Ulle (Tedster) from WebmasterWorld [http://www.seobook.com/tedster-interview said in an interview], "What PageRank is measuring (or attempting to measure) is still very critical — both the quality and number of other web pages that link to the given page. We don't need to worship those public PR numbers, but we definitely do need quality back-links (and quality internal linking) to rank well on competitive queries." | Ted Ulle (Tedster) from WebmasterWorld [http://www.seobook.com/tedster-interview said in an interview], "What PageRank is measuring (or attempting to measure) is still very critical — both the quality and number of other web pages that link to the given page. We don't need to worship those public PR numbers, but we definitely do need quality back-links (and quality internal linking) to rank well on competitive queries." | ||
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| + | Matt Cutts and others tried to get PageRank removed from Google Toolbar way back in 2007. | ||
A 2007 post from [[SEOBook.com]] [http://www.seobook.com/archives/001985.shtml suggests that a website's last cache date] (when Google last crawled the page) is a better indicator of Google's algorithmic opinion of that website. To find out when a website's homepage was last cached by Google, search for the website (like example.com) in Google and click on the "cached" link below its result. If it was cached in the last couple of days -- or better yet, today -- it's probably doing well. If it was more than a week ago, Google may think that it's content is stale or less valuable. | A 2007 post from [[SEOBook.com]] [http://www.seobook.com/archives/001985.shtml suggests that a website's last cache date] (when Google last crawled the page) is a better indicator of Google's algorithmic opinion of that website. To find out when a website's homepage was last cached by Google, search for the website (like example.com) in Google and click on the "cached" link below its result. If it was cached in the last couple of days -- or better yet, today -- it's probably doing well. If it was more than a week ago, Google may think that it's content is stale or less valuable. | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 14 September 2010
We have this old definition page: PageRank
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-science-of-ranking-correlations
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-is-pagerank-good-for-anyway-statistics-galore
Ed from Facebook suggested "How to get a better Page Rank"
Google's internal PageRank is a part of the original algorithm and it's still important. It's being updated all the time and it's hidden in the black box that is Google. Public 'toolbar PageRank' numbers that we can see are updated about four times per year and they may or may not be directionally accurate.
Toolbar PageRank is displayed as a 0 through 10 number. Unranked. The majority of websites have a public PageRank of 0, with a bit less having PR 1, and a bit less with 2 and so on... up until just a handful of websites that have a PageRank of 8, 9 or 10. (Google, Facebook, etc.)
PageRank is a link analysis algorithm. For more on the math, see the Wikipedia article about PageRank.
Until October 2009, toolbar PageRank was a component of Google Webmaster Tools for a website. A Google employee said of this change that the PageRank metric really isn't important and that Google has been trying to get people to focus on it less. [1] [2]
Ted Ulle (Tedster) from WebmasterWorld said in an interview, "What PageRank is measuring (or attempting to measure) is still very critical — both the quality and number of other web pages that link to the given page. We don't need to worship those public PR numbers, but we definitely do need quality back-links (and quality internal linking) to rank well on competitive queries."
Matt Cutts and others tried to get PageRank removed from Google Toolbar way back in 2007.
A 2007 post from SEOBook.com suggests that a website's last cache date (when Google last crawled the page) is a better indicator of Google's algorithmic opinion of that website. To find out when a website's homepage was last cached by Google, search for the website (like example.com) in Google and click on the "cached" link below its result. If it was cached in the last couple of days -- or better yet, today -- it's probably doing well. If it was more than a week ago, Google may think that it's content is stale or less valuable.
Questions About PageRank
- If my website's PageRank decreases, does that mean it has been penalized? No.