wah nice. actually got plenty of resources on PageRank.

CHECKING PR
if you're using Firefox browser, you can use the extension called SearchStatus.

or if you prefer the tedious way of using website, can try
http://checkpagerank.ws/
http://www.livepr.info/ <-- i like this one
http://www.prcheckingtool.com/ <-- love this one. checks many google datacenter!

This post has been edited by goldfries: Oct 2 2008, 01:26 AM

i think this thread deserves to be pinned.

http://www.livepr.info/

this one better.

sometimes have problem. usually don't LivePR can check PR for your internal pages. anyway i'm going to update my earlier post.

i would say higher PR normally just indicates your site is popular, not necessarily good content.

it could be crappy content but just entertaining.



from my observation so far, PageRank is just part of Google's really complex algorithm.

having higher PR doesn't give you higher ranking.

for example, search "pc buying guide" on google.com.my and you see goldfries's PR3 page rank above Cnet's PR6 page.

so clearly PR is not something that makes you rank higher.

see, that's common misconception IMO. No one knows PageRank better than the founder, Google being the founder knows that PR is just a matter of link votes, totally nothing to do with quality content or whether it is an indicator of the result is relevant to the search.



that would be in SEO thread.

that someone and you, need to read 1st page.

why not? index page is not related to other pages.

other pages rank just as high as my index page.

depends la. Google updates the PR like every quarter or so. I think the next on is in December.

hullabaloo_bard - it's interesting that you wrote about Page Rank part but you fail to see that the words PAGE and RANK must always be toghether, it's PageRank.

and secondly, that's pretty much like hijacking Darren's video and using it as if it's your own content. try writing some stuff in it, at least share your own thoughts or opinion in there.

well you could link it to youtube directly, or use the youtube feature available on the board.

right now it looks like you're just forcing people to visit your page to view the video. more like a not-so-sincere sharing.

you guys got it wrong.

in some cases where you're selling links, then GOOGLE will penalize you with PR drop because essentially people are paying you to contribute to their PR.

for normal links, have it to FOLLOW also nmind.

case in point, you can look at my site - all comments are given a FOLLOW link. so if you comment on my article, and if the article get PR3 some day - you're site will get the boost.

if i set to NOFOLLOW, then no matter how your site won't get the boost.

does this explanation help?

you have good content dude! one of the best among the forummers here.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Jan 24 2009, 02:56 PM

again PR is about links. you have traffic, means more people. and more chances of people liking your site and linking to it and that it's it. it's the link that contributes to PR.

if we go by that flawed logic
1. internet connection contributes to PR
2. web browser contributes to PR
3. people give birth to kids and teach them how to use internet also contributes to PR
4. without electricity, people can't visit your site and link to it.
5. without having a website, they can't give you a linkback.

blablablbala.....

in short, PR was never about traffic. PR has always been about link.

so please, let's educate people properly about PR. traffic and PR were never related.

again - have a read at http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/05...-know-about-it/

such well-known site also never state such nonsense thing about INDIRECT relation. because to state 1 indirect relation then we have SO MANY other indirect relations.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Mar 7 2009, 01:15 PM

yeah. unfortunately i also don't have any that does the complete job. i found one the other day but it's limited.

i prefer SearchStatus extension on Firefox.

ahh pagerank, pointless numbers that make site owners go happy.

Pagerank, get for fun only. E-penis for the most part.

high pagerank in the past is to sell ads and links, now high pagerank sell stuff also Google penalize.

so end up put there look nice only. the general public couldn't care about your pagerank or alexa rank or technorati rank or whatever - they just want your content.

pagerank does have a role in Google's SERP but it's just 1 out of the soooooooo many other more important factors.

1. show off to who? only the other people who treats Google Pagerank like E-penis would appreciate it. others who don't know what it is, it's just a number that doesn't contribute to their visit.

2. alexa also another E-penis.

in the end, most important figure is # of visitors and # of pageviews. nuff said.

man, seriously .......... do you know that Alexa ranking super uberly flawed?

have a read at

http://www.alexa.com/help/viewtopic.php?f=...4939326ac88a058

http://www.alexa.com/help/viewtopic.php?f=...4939326ac88a058



it's totally flawed la.

as long as your Alexa ranking is not below 100,000 you can forget about it.........



Alexa will never replace it unless they create something to install on the site.

when i talk about daily visitors and page views - i mean Google Analytics kind of tracking, no matter how new or little traffic, the data is as accurate as the script tracks.

better accuracy only, still inaccurate.