Articles in the Page Rank Category
Google, Page Rank »
It’s getting harder to get higher page ranks anymore – back in the day, a fairly new blog could hit a PR6 within a few months. Not anymore! It takes some effort these days – regular posts, back links, comments, etc., which is really the way it should be.
I found a nice article by SEO Gurl about the Google PR Update last week. She has some good reminders about the importance vs. non-importance of Google page rank and how it all works. I especially appreciate this point she made…it’s something …
Content, Page Rank »
Is Content really King?
No.
Content is important – you bet it is! I always advise clients to have plenty of keyword-rich content on their sites, especially the home page. You must take care of the on-site basics – titles, meta tags, content, H1 tags, alt tags, properly named URLs and graphics, footer links, deep page contextual links. This especially works for lower tier keywords. Medium to highly competitive search terms need more aggressive methods.
And now we come to the real power behind the throne: Inbound Links and Anchor Text.
This is …
Google, Page Rank »
Since last week, when Google “disappeared” about 60 business directories, I’ve noticed that many sites seem to have lost all page rank, with the bar at zero. However, if I use the Firefox SEO tool, it still shows the most recent page rank for the site. On some sites it returns with their page rank intact after a few hours or days.
Is Google is playing games with the PageRank bar? Is this a move to warn us that they’re taking it away? The page rank that Google claims is for …
