hi I am a newbie and I don't know about anything and I am just learning the basics so can anybody please explain me what is PR and how much is important and can anybody provide me some links for reading also .. thanks
PR is not important. PR2 sites can rank higher than PR5 sites. There are many other things that google takes into consideration rather than just PR.
PR stands for Page Rank, a value assigned by google page ranking system, that is depends on quantity and quality of inbound links. It is important as name and fame.
PageRank (PR) - is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set. It will hurt your site if your reciprocate to a low or not pr site. (Assuming that your site is high PR).
PageRank is Google's property. They change the algo from time to time and PR 10/10 is the best Well, PageRank is not important when it comes to traffic and rankings. Like GameOver said, a PR2 website can rank high than a PR5 website.
Download the google toolbar (just google it), then in the settings activate the PR, it will then show you the PR for every site you visit, then you can judge for yourself how important you think it is. You will get conflicting views on here, keep your eye on your competitiors PR both on homepages and internal pages. I agree with many others on here that it is not important in itself, however it's good indicator of the strength of a site, although it is just one small part of the SEO jigsaw!
Some people say pr is nothing,some say it is very important,my suggestion is build backlinks to gain pr if you have the time.
PageRank represents the popularity of a website. Google determines PR, page's relevance or importance, for each site. It varys from 0 - 10. Ten is the highest number awarded.
PageRank IMO, gives the site a good Impression that this site that has a high PR than the others have the most related links that would help its reader from gathering information. Its not about fame its about relevant and informative contents.
Here you will find what google say about PR google.com/technology/ Anyway, concentrate on traffic, PR will not bring you traffic.
PR stands for PAGE RANK! The name Page Rank is a trademark for Google. It represents how important a page is on the web. I suggest that you must focus on bringing traffic to your site and getting links from other related sites. But Page Rank is also important because it is one of the factors that determines a page ranking in search results.
If you have a high PR, then it is nice to have it. But it is not so important. Only your traffic is important. I believe you should spend time to get real traffic from search engines.