2. This article was written in a simple language so you can
learn on how google is manipulating the pagerank. Pay
attention.
3. Recently Google did a major PageRank update where a lot
of sites were downgraded. Many experts believe this
PageRank update was Google's response to link selling -
sites which sell links lost points in their PageRank.
4. Google measures all web pages on a scale of importance
from 0 to 10, which is shown in a small green pixel bar on
browsers carrying the Google Toolbar. PageRank is
"supposedly" measured by the number of backlinks to
your site.
5. Online democracy in action, a link is a vote for your site.
The more votes you have the higher your site is ranked. At
least that's how it was supposed to work until a lot of high
PR sites started selling links and put a monkey wrench into
the whole system.
6. The latest update may be a smart move on Google's part
to curtail this practice; who's going to buy a link from a
PR2 or even a PR4 site? Besides this could be more than a
warning that your site will go down even further if you
continue to sell links.
7. Now this is more of a cosmetic change in PageRank than a
real change in your true rankings in Google. Just because
your PR goes down doesn't mean your keyword rankings
or traffic from Google also goes down.
8. I saw some of my sites go up, some stayed the same, but
my major site took a big hit - falling from PR6 to PR4. This
was more of a devastating blow than I expected mainly for
psychological reasons than actual consequences. After
years of building the best content you can muster and
constantly getting quality one-way links, to see that
PageRank drop was very disappointing and hits to the core
of your online work.
9. Google sometimes just slap you at the face without any
apparent reason. but lets keep it up.
10. I have been around for a while so I have experienced many
Google Updates - anyone remember the Florida Update? I
also keep my ears peeled to discussions of the latest
updates in Webmasterworld and Stompernet, and I even
read Matt Cutts when I get real nervous... so I knew not to
panic just because of the sudden drop in PageRank.
11. I also knew what most of the SEO experts were saying was
true because my major keywords stayed the same and my
Google traffic actually went up. But that's little comfort
when you're talking about Google; you immediately go
into overdrive and try to figure out where you went
wrong. What caused the drop - because whether
PageRank is meaningless or not, you're still going in the
wrong direction.
12. I saw many of my competitors drop too, but many stayed
the same and even a few increased in PageRank. What are
they doing right; what am I doing wrong? I don't sell links
but does Google think I am selling links was my main
concern? I even moved one external link from my main
page to another part of my site, just in case Google is
mistaking that as a paid link.
13. Welcome to webmaster's paranoid hell! Well, i believe
that every webmaster has becamed paranoid about
google one day.
14. For SEO reasons I have very few external links on my main
page. Can't see why Google downgraded my main site. I
have been at PR6 for years.
15. Herein lies my main beef, with Google you never really
know where you stand; you are constantly walking on
eggshells. No matter how good your content or your site is
- one misstep and you could be in the doghouse. All your
hard work can be taken away in a heartbeat.
16. It wouldn't matter so much if it was one of the other two
major search engines downgrading your site but this is
Google.
17. Free organic traffic from Google is vital to any online site
or business. I would take traffic from Google over any
other source of traffic on the web, except for traffic
coming from my articles on other sites, and even that
traffic probably originated from a search in Google.
18. Google and Google PageRank have always been important
to me - that's one of the reasons a sudden large drop
causes so much concern. There's another important
reason Google PageRank is important to me.
19. Most SEO experts mistakenly believe PageRank is
meaningless because Google is not giving us the true
ranking of any site or revealing all the backlinks, which is
supposedly one of the major factors in how Google ranks
sites. While this fact is obviously true, it has caused many
to jump to another conclusion.
20. Because Google is not giving us the real ranking, many
webmasters have dismissed PageRank as a vital element
in their sites. Don't make the same mistake.
21. Google PageRank is extremely important if you're doing
business on the web. The higher PR you have, the better.
But it has nothing to do with keyword rankings or first
page SERPs.
22. What many SEO experts fail to realize (not really their
business) is the whole "perceived" value of PageRank.
23. Google, hate it or love it, has become the most respected
company on the web in the eyes of the majority of the
web's users. It carries enormous weight and prestige. The
"perceived" value of a high PR7 or PR8 is extremely
valuable.
24. We are not talking about link selling; we are talking about
how a perspective business partner or customer will treat
your site or business.
25. Say you have two identical sites you want to do business
with online and you discover one is a Google PR2 site and
the other is a Google PR8 site - which one would you
choose to do business with? Honestly?
26. From first-hand experience, I know any online company or
marketer will get more business offers and be offered
more partnerships/joint ventures if you have a high
Google PR site than a low one. It will make a difference to
your bottom line.
27. PageRank is important. PageRank has meaning. Even if it
has little bearing on your SERPs rankings or Google traffic,
PageRank can greatly influence the success of your online
site or venture. Don't ignore or dismiss PageRank as a
meaningless relic that didn't quite work out as Google had
planned for it in the first place.
29. The day Google gives its own site a PageRank of PR1 or
PR2 instead of the current PR10 - that's the day you can
dismiss PageRank as truly meaningless.
