“What are you talking about Willis” made me laugh too. I can still see Arnold's lips when he said that! (I think his name was Arnold!)

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Determining the actual, real-time page rank of any website is done by estimating. You can compare it to other websites that rank for the same primary keyword phrase and get an idea of where that website stands with Google. (To determine real-time PR, you would have to have access to Google’s current set of search algorithms.)

Another way to check PR is to download a Page Rank Toolbar function. These are available directly from Google (by enabling it when you download Goggle toolbar), or from popular sites like SEObook. This function displays a page rank value for each website as it loads. However, this page rank toolbar value is only updated by Google every 3-5 months, so it is not always an accurate indicator of the actual page rank of a website at any given time. Depending on how the algorithms change, some websites have seen a drastic change in Page rank (seemingly overnight).

For example, a website with a PR=4 may “suddenly” drop to a PR=0, causing quite a stir on SEO discussion boards. In reality, the website’s PR had likely been dropping for several months as the algorithms evolved, but the PR Toolbar did not reflect this.

I think this serves to create some of the “mystic” surrounding SEO, when in reality, it’s not mysterious at all. It does serve some SEOs well, in that it confuses so many prospective clients that an SEO who can decipher where a website stands against its competition appears to be an expert.

Determining the actual, real-time page rank of any website is done by estimating. You can compare it to other websites that rank for the same primary keyword phrase and get an idea of where that website stands with Google. (To determine real-time PR, you would have to have access to Google’s current set of search algorithms.)

Another way to check PR is to download a Page Rank Toolbar function. These are available directly from Google (by enabling it when you download Goggle toolbar), or from popular sites like SEObook. This function displays a page rank value for each website as it loads. However, this page rank toolbar value is only updated by Google every 3-5 months, so it is not always an accurate indicator of the actual page rank of a website at any given time. Depending on how the algorithms change, some websites have seen a drastic change in Page rank (seemingly overnight).

For example, a website with a PR=4 may “suddenly” drop to a PR=0, causing quite a stir on SEO discussion boards. In reality, the website’s PR had likely been dropping for several months as the algorithms evolved, but the PR Toolbar did not reflect this.

I think this serves to create some of the “mystic” surrounding SEO, when in reality, it’s not mysterious at all. It does serve some SEOs well, in that it confuses so many prospective clients that an SEO who can decipher where a website stands against its competition appears to be an expert.

“What are you talking about Willis” made me laugh too. I can still see Arnold’s lips when he said that! (I think his name was Arnold!)

Page rank: well, if you are talking about Toolbar page rank (the number that shows on your google toolbar in your browser) it gets updated 3-5 times a year. (Some just say quarterly)

But your “real page rank”, meaning the level of importance that Goggle assigns to your website, is updated continuously. Every time your page gets crawled, your page rank may change.

So even though your Toolbar says you have a PR of 0, you most likely have a higher pr according to the SERPS. The best way to gauge this is to run a search for your primary keyword phrase and see what page ranks are assigned to the websites that rank higher than your website. That will give you a ballpark of where you actually stand.

Comprende, amigo? Or am I talking in circles, as usual.

Page rank: well, if you are talking about Toolbar page rank (the number that shows on your google toolbar in your browser) it gets updated 3-5 times a year. (Some just say quarterly)

But your “real page rank”, meaning the level of importance that Goggle assigns to your website, is updated continuously. Every time your page gets crawled, your page rank may change.

So even though your Toolbar says you have a PR of 0, you most likely have a higher pr according to the SERPS. The best way to gauge this is to run a search for your primary keyword phrase and see what page ranks are assigned to the websites that rank higher than your website. That will give you a ballpark of where you actually stand.

Comprende, amigo? Or am I talking in circles, as usual.

What about page rank? How often is that updated and what kind of difference will it make? If a website with a PR of 0 has solid SEO, what will happen with an update?

Oh and, “What you talking about Willis?” was awesome.

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What about page rank? How often is that updated and what kind of difference will it make? If a website with a PR of 0 has solid SEO, what will happen with an update?

Oh and, “What you talking about Willis?” was awesome.

Writer Dad´s last spectacular blog post..Petals Papered Our Lives Walls