Pagerank Importance 4 Reasons
I’ve been learning about SEO much more lately and I have found this is a BIG reason why pagerank is important. Many will tell you that PR doesn’t matter, screw Google, etc, but the fact is it does matter if you’re a serious blogger trying to make money without a “paid post” blog. Here are 4 reasons why I think PR matters.
- The higher pagerank you have, the more likely Google will rank you higher in the search engine results pages. In other words, how many of you actually go past page 3 when you do a search for something at Google?? Frankly, I don’t even go past 2 unless I’m desperate for a piece of information. If you want people to find you, you need to have your site show up on the first 2 pages. Remember, Google ranks each page, not your site as a whole.
- Having a high pagerank shows others that you have a large number of quality incoming links, therefore encouraging others to click on those links to get to your site! Google likes that;)
- A higher pagerank also creates a “comfort zone” with readers. I mean that when someone see that you have a high pr, they feel like they can trust what you say and find the most relevant answers to their questions on your site.
- Having a higher pagerank encourages others to link to you, therefore driving traffic to you. You will gain exposure from this but I highly recommend that you offer a reciprocal link. Do unto others as you would have them to do you!
I really would focus on gaining traffic more than anything but keep in mind that having good pagerank can make this happen. They have to be able to find you in the search engines, right?! Also, you can make a great deal of money from advertisers when you have a nice pagerank so keep that in mind as well.
Focus on high quality incoming links, quality content, and good keywords and your blog will generate traffic on it’s own!
Great tips. I work on my PageRank a lot in addition to my ranking in the SERPs. About 33% of my traffic is from Google, I can’t afford for them to not love me. LOL
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The comfort zone seems to be very important, especially for new readers. They may have no interest in the SEO value, they just want to know if it’s a trustworthy site or not. Sadly, with some of google’s decisions, some very trustworthy sites got reduced to 0’s.
Great post!
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Thanks for the tips. First I also think that PR is not a fact. It was a joke to me. But the reasons you described has logic. Now I believe PR has great value. Thanks :)
I really don’t like the PageRank system. I think that it means absolutely nothing in terms of the useful information, or how good a website actually is. It seems that you are better off pushing out worthless repeated information with keyowrds targeting than actually being created. It’s a shame that people give so much value to a page’s PR, despite the fact that it is more often than not, incorrect and totally dispensable.
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We don’t need no stinkin’ page rank ;-)
Okay … it might not HURT, but darnrabbit I don’t have to like it! LOL
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Some people say that page ranks are very important and the reasons you have given are valid to some extent.But I feel they are of no use at all.
I think the page rank system is about as fair as it can get under circumstances, but it is a pain-a constant battle.
I couldn’t understand how Google give their rating for PR. I just hope there are some guidelines to it. I keep on working on my PR and it’s hardly show any improvement. I want to know what am i doing wrong.
I think the importance you place on PR is also very dependent on what you want out of your blog. one thing is that people should not get obsessed!!! Take a look at this video: http://whereisthatmoney.blogspot.com/2007/10/google-pagerank-food-for-thought.html
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Yes, Page Rank is very important. It takes time.
Great post.
Thanks,
Connie