Clearing up some things about PR and SERP ranking.

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GreyWolf said:
madoctopus started another thread which I think compliments the info in this thread as well.
He has diagrams and charts explaining how powerful backlinks are worth depending on the PR of the pages you get them from. I think the charts apply to this thread as well so I'm quoting them here. I don't know how accurate the charts are, but they give a good idea of the comparison between links from pages of various PR levels.

If you like these charts be sure to check out his thread and leave him some thanks.
PageRank Illustration - Now You Know Why It's So Hard
Here's one of the charts:
Here's the other one:When looking at these charts, remember what was said earlier. This isn't about increasing the PR of your pages, the value is in the power those high PR pages give to the backlinks you get from them.

Check out that second chart. One backlink on a PR2 page is the same as getting 101 backlinks on PR1 pages. Even more impressive, one backlink on a PR4 site is the same as getting 3044 backlinks on PR1 pages. That doesn't mean getting backlinks on PR0-PR1 sites is bad, just that the higher the PR of a page the more valuable a backlink on that page will be for your site.

The only problem is it's not always easy to get backlinks on a lot of high PR sites. That's why it's still good to get backlinks on PR0-PR1 sites. Since those comprise the bulk of all pages on the internet, the PR0-PR1 sites are also easier to find and get backlinks from.
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HAdnt seen these before. Very interesting, shall refer to these in future.
 
Thanks for the nice information. I was confused about PR but now.
 
Hey,
What about Alexa directory? How does it affect at the whole PR picture?:confused:
 
Btw the OP's post is from 2011, it might have been true then (probably not) but it's certainly not true now. PR is an indicator of links which can be seen as very vague indicator of a site's authority. Authority domains receive significant ranking preference in SERP results.

For example, Wikipedia doesn't rank #1 for hundreds of thousands of keywords due to backlinks to each individual page. You just need to check some of its pages in ahrefs or another link research tool. No, it's the authority of the whole domain which just about guarantees every single page top SERP ranks no matter how few backlinks that particular page has. The PR 9 is a reflection of this authority.

The idea that individual pages rank in isolation from the rest of the site is outdated. That said, the page rank metric in general is also outdated. No one seriously cares about the page rank of their site anymore because it means so little and is usually so far out of date.

There are much better metrics out there for predicting SEO ranking power/trust/authority and they sure as hell don't come from Google.
 
thanks for the explanation- always something good to read on this site
 
The problem is, we can't see the PR at this very moment. I had a PR2 blog and I ranked for some quite tough keywords (my competition was socialmediaexaminer) and I didn't even expect that I'll rank so high for these keywords.. This is a great thread, I'll bump it again :)
Edit: Oops it's a sticky thread haha
 
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This whole thread great learning about PR and SERP. But i've one doubt about this section. When i purchase fresh domain after 3 - 4 months without build backlinks got PR 1. How it will come? Possible ways ? 1. Content ? 2. Development ? or 3. Google Factors ? Which one ?
 
Many thanks Greywolf,
Simple is the best, and your post was excellent in terms of explainig in a nutshell. Your argument is rational and I agree as well. But on the other hand (ironically) there is another accurate statement in support.google (/toolbar/answer/79837): "Pause your cursor over the PageRank button to display the importance of the webpage you're viewing, according to Google. Webpages with a higher PageRank are more likely to appear at the top of Google search results."
Now I am still confused :confused:
 
Actually I have noticed this thing for quite awhile. I have seen some websites rank higher in SERP for certain keywords even though they have lower page rank than the other websites. I think your argument is quite justified in this regards.
 
Never thought page rank was so important anyways. but thanks, i still learned something valuable :)
 
Thanks a lot man I remember when I started a shitty WP blog and got a 6/10 PR for a year after writing five custom articles...
 
I find it very informative that PR and SERP both impotent for SEO without both we wast our time doing SEO:angel10:
 
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Think there's a lot that still needs cleared up on PR vs SERP's.


When I post 500 word articles onto the homepage of a PR5 blog, I can visibly see the number of places I go up in the SERP's, thanks to that article.


As that article gets bumped off the homepage and onto an inner page with much lower PR, I can visibly see a dip in the SERP's.


PR plays a huge role in the value of IBL's. In fact, I'm finding bigger boosts from high PR backlinks than I am from quantity or relevancy of sources - so much so that now high PR blog posts are my #1 tactic for rankings
 
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