There was a rumor going around that Google’s PageRank Toolbar display should only be used for entertainment, meaning that the green bar is not an accurate account of a site’s PageRank.
Relationship Between PageRank And Number Of Backlinks
On the forums or by email I am often asked the following sort of question: “How many Backlinks do I need to get in order to have PR5?”. The answer is simple and always the same one: “This question cannot be answered because the PR doesn’t only depend on the number of backlinks, it also and above all depends on the PR of each of those links…” Or to put it differently, a page can have PR5 with a single backlink whereas another one can have 3,000 backlinks and PR5 too.
Can PageRank Be Taken Away
When discussing a site’s PageRank, talk usually focuses on ways of increasing it; “How can I go from a PR 3 to a PR 7” or “If I exchange a link that has a higher PR site, will my site benefit”. Because of the public perception of Google/Stanford’s formula, rarely do you come across an individual looking for ways to lower PageRank.
Linking Psychosis is Treatable. Link Obsession & PageRank
Search Engine Optimization has become inextricably linked with linking schemes over the last couple of years.
PageRank: a True Commodity
What is PageRank Worth?
Whatever people are willing to pay for it. Nothing more, nothing less…
Toolbar PageRank: Over-hyped?
Last week, as Brittany tells us here, Google updated its Page Rank and backlinks. As I’m sure most of you know, every few weeks Google does a similar update and without fail -as sure as day follows night, the SEO community immediately starts humming with the excited chatter of their shiny new Toolbar Page Rank (henceforth TPR). When I see these updates and the ensuing furor that results from a little green bar moving 1/8th of an inch, four words come to mind: don’t believe the hype.
Banking PageRank For Non-Existant Sites
Our “New Google Bomb” discussion in WebProWorld is one of our most popular to date, but the question remains, how does this phenomenon affect search optimization?
Old Google Link Allows PageRank Sales
WebProWorld’s been buzzing with talk of a link on one of Google’s pages to a page (with PR 9) that sells links. That’s right – it appeared that Google was deliberately sending PR to a page whose business was selling text links to the highest bidder.
Google’s Broken Heart: PageRank Under Attack
“The heart of our software is PageRank.” This quote, from Google’s PageRank description page, contradicts opinions and hypothesis posted on forums, blogs and articles around the web. One search developer even called PageRank “a silly idea in practice.” Evidence points to Google not using “classic PageRank” in their algorithm at all these days, and many consider it all but dead.
Google’s Ghost PageRank
A thread at the HighRanking forum discusses a Tripod site’s rapid rise to a PageRank of 5. Jill Whalen, who owns the forum, suggested it could be a result of ghost PageRank.