PageRank and Backlinks Oh My

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 | Tech Corner with

It’s all about PageRank that most web authors work towards achieving. We work hard everyday to create a niche and to build a fan base that will frequent our web site daily. The money maker to me is achieving a high Google PageRank. This is far more important than an Alexa Ranking, though Alexa is still important to gauge your sites overall rank amongst 16+ million other web sites.

What is a PageRank?

Google assigns a numeric weighting from 0-10 for each web page on the Internet; this PageRank denotes a site’s importance according to Google. The scale for PageRank is logarithmic like the Richter Scale and roughly based upon quantity of inbound links (backlinks) as well as importance of the page providing the backlink as indicated in the first paragraph.

You can get a prediction of your Google PageRank by visiting IWebTool.com or click here to see what they predict your site PageRank will be on the next Google update. There’s also many other webmaster tools you can use at IWebTool.com, such as Alexa Rank, Keyword Density, and so much more.

Need Free Backlinks?

There’s a new site called Qassia that provides free backlinks. The site is still in beta and is invite only, but they have over 12,000 members already. If you would like to get started just click on this link > http://blogzilla.qassia.com/. Once you create an account you can begin to add your web site and create Intel. Visit Qassia for more details on how to get started.

Comments

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Jonathon // March 25th, 2008 at 11:43 am

I have used, and still use, IWebTool.com a pretty good bit; however, their PageRank prediction tool is not always accurate. Other than that they offer a lot of useful information.

How long have you used Qassia? How many backlinks does it give you?
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blogzilla // March 25th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

Jonathan,

I am still testing Qassia to see how many backlinks and referrals I receive. I have tested 6 adverts so far and this being the 7th one. I hope it makes a difference. The last 5 days my uniques have gone through the roof to the point that I had to research to see if they were real visits or not, and they were according to two sources.

My Alexa rank is going to break that 100K, at least it looks that way. My pagerank will or should be 4/10 soon.

My average Uniques per day have been 1784. That would be like 53,520 per month. It’s weird, but I guess I must be doing it right.
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Acadia // March 25th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Cutts says not to freak about Page Rank too much.

Matt Cutts Said,

October 3, 2006 @ 9:08 am

Oy, enough PageRank questions! My advice is not to obsess about PageRank too much; it is one of more than 100 different factors in how we score documents.

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/more-info-on-pagerank/
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Acadia // March 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

This is old, though - and I don’t pay attention, so maybe things have swung back around?
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blogzilla // March 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

Acadia,

You ever hear of the bell curve? The pagerank applies the same like everything else in life. There was a blog site based on WP Themes that sold for $66,000? It had a PR7 and that my friend made it more appealing.

The Bell Curve:

20% May say it doesn’t matter
60% May say it does some what
20% May say it matters a lot

Every statistic counts no matter what!
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Acadia // March 25th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

I never said it didn’t matter, I actually said just what you said, backed up by Cutts. It is a piece of the puzzle.

You said: “It’s all about PageRank that most web authors work towards achieving.” and all I was saying that it is not ALL about PageRank.
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blogzilla // March 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

Acadia,

I am saying that we as web authors want that ultimate rank. I appreciate your comments!

Thank you
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Acadia // March 25th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

I wish I could get above 4, but since I don’t even know what my site is about, I can’t expect them to. =/
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blogzilla // March 25th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

Acadia,

Just convert to a blog with tags and you will rule.
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search engines // March 26th, 2008 at 4:09 am

iam from seo field i would like to collect all the important point which tell about seo tactics and how to get page rank and back links to get more traffic to our clients website.
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Yi Song // March 27th, 2008 at 7:24 am

Hi,

I am from a SEO field but I am lacking in the knowledge for Page Rank. Can u please suggest me the tips which can increase the PR of my site.

Thanks
Yi Song
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blogzilla // March 27th, 2008 at 7:40 am

Yi,

It’s all about getting inbound links (backlinks) from other web sites in your niche. You can start by asking others for link love or link exchanges same thing.
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Yi Song // March 27th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Hi,

Can anyone provide me the list of the directories which shows the backlink instanly within few hrs.

Blessings
Yi Song
http://www.hollibalance.com
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Jerry James Olender // March 28th, 2008 at 10:54 am

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Sincerely yours in pleasing God…Jerry James Olender
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small business idea // April 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am

back links with your anchor text will be so power
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JP // July 26th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

I’m wondering if anyone knows when Google updates its Page Ranking and if that is predictable or can happen at any time
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Web Backlinks // August 12th, 2008 at 5:32 am

I tried to use the Google PageRank Prediction a few times but I got the server error message. After the 5th try I got the “Unable to retrieve prediction at this time”. Oh well, I guess I’ll try again later.

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