Got Backlinks but no pagerank , FAQ’s Of Pagerank

I get lots of queries about pagerank from my readers. Some of the questions are really interesting and I try to answer them using best of my knowledge

What is Pagerank?

Pagerank is a rank assigned to a web page by Google, the search engine giant. Pagerank is calculated by an algorithm developed by Google which takes different factors into consideration and one of the major factor is the number of backlinks to that particular page.

How often is Pagerank Updated ?

I had a done a post related to the frequency of Pagerank Update, please go through that.

What is the importance of Pagerank?

This is a question which is debateable. Websites with high pagerank are of high commercial value. A high PR website means there are lots of other websites which are linking to that particular website or webpage. If a web page has higher pagerank, the chances of getting on the top of the Google SERPs is very high, but I would like to stress that it is not always. If a page has better information, Google algorithm will show a page with lower pagerank on the top of the result. Inbound links are not just enough to boost your pagerank, but inbound links from a related website and or a inbound link with related anchor text is very important. So in clear words, there are high importance of pagerank, but not always to get listed on the top.

Other advantages of having high pagerank are Credibility, Google Trust, which means that Google has trust in your website and Google Trusts your website only because, there are other websites which trust your webpage and linked to you. If you have links from trusted and aged website, you will get a better pagerank and the its important.

Advantages of high Pagerank?

If you website has high pagerank and you have unique content, then then you will surely perform well in the Google SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). Commercially, you will get good advertisers, people will contact you for buying text links to get the pagerank juice.

Why Google is against Buying and Selling Text Links?

Buying and selling text links are effecting the search results of Google and the noble cause of the Google pagerank algorithm. Google ranks a web page according the natural backlinks that a page has, but when webmasters and SEO experts started buying and selling text links and created artificial backlinks, the quality of the Google Search got effected. There are lots of webmasters who have made lots of money by selling text links. Google could have protected this by not disclosing the pagerank of any website and could have used it internally. Google says that you can buy and sell text links or go for paid reviews, but you need to use rel=nofollow tag

What did Google Do to fight buying and selling text links?

Google introduced something called rel-nofollow which is a tag to tell the Google bot to not follow the link and the pagerank juice is not passed to that linked page. Google started manually checking for web pages who where buying and selling text links and started penalizing those websites. Some websites were seriously effected and lost all the ranking in the search results.

How do I get a better Pagerank?

Content is the king as far as web pages are concerned. If you have really good content, you will get readers who will link to you and your pagerank will be boosted automatically. You need to follow the Google Webmaster guidelines. You cannot expect to have your Pagerank shot up in a month or two even if you have good number of backlinks. Google checks for the age of the backlink, the content or the category of the webpage that is linking to your webpage. For example, if somebody is linking from a page which is about cars to your webpage, which is about online trading, then don’t expect a hike in pagerank. My advice is not to go behind pagerank, just create good and unique content for your readers. This blog just has a PR 2, but ranks well from many high valued keywords.

These are a few questions which I could answer and its from my knowledge and experience. I cannot assure you that all the information I have given is true, but its true to my knowledge and information. If you have any experience to share, please post it as a comment.

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