I think you just overtook the top spot for the dumbest thing I have read recently. This thread gets better with every post.
i've been quite concerned with some of my sites having PRgray, and with the latest PR update, they became PR0 and subdomain a PR3. well yes, it gets me excited whenever i see the green bar though i am most concerned with the traffic.
Not too bothered with PR but in some ways it is good as it can give you a sense of achievement when you first start out with seo. Can make you feel like your hard work in getting back links has been validated in some way - although it is better vaidated by getting high rankings in the search engines.
PageRank is the heart of Google.... and PageRank will always be ONE OF THE MOST important part of SERP determination. A website is NOT ALWAYS about making money. Just my honest opinion.
wrong again, but thanks for playing. If pagerank was so important then why would Google deem one of my worthless splogs PR6? It gets maybe 10 visitors a month, ranks for virtually no keywords, and provides nothing of value to the internet and Google gave me a PR6. With your theory I should be climbing to the top of the SERPs. I can't believe how many of you are still holding onto the dream that PageRank holds all this value.
Actually, that's where YOUR wrong. Page Rank is part of the many smaller algorithms that make up Google's whole ranking process and it DOES play a part. That said, Tool Bar (Pseudo Page Rank) means absolutely nothing at all and DOES NOT play a part in ranking or anything else. No one knows "true" PR, only Google themselves. KP
when did I say in my post above that PageRank is not part of the many smaller algorithms? when did I say in my post above it doesn't play a part? Did you even read my post above? I was replying to the statement that the poster above me said "PageRank is the heart of Google...". So actually, I'm not wrong because PageRank isn't the heart of google.
Well, It matters to me because I sell links on my site, which helps me to keep my site up. Good pagerank = good money.
Google PR does matter for me .. I am not that big Link seller and google PR do not effect my sale a lot as there are a lot of other factors behind link selling but a long green bar on my site give me a pleasure .. that's what I like ..
People make money from sites all the time with no pagerank. PR will just affect your sales if your only selling links.