Ok, my freebies site (middle link in my sig) has a PR3. When I search for my top keyword in google "free stuff" my site is on page 13 or something like that. Yet there are other similar sites that have PR2 that appear on page one. For example http://www.deadsetfreestuff.com has PR2 but is page 1 on google for "free stuff". What are the main factors that put other sites in the first few pages? Is it having lots high quality backlinks? What other factors are there? I'd love it if someone could help me understand what is involved...I've read articles on SEO...I use SEO All-In-One plugin for Wordpress. Thanks
I had a site with pr 0 but was on the first page of search results for phrase "free website templates"...Then I receive pr 4 and go down to 4 page of results. You need quality links with your anchor phrase - that my opinion.
Your pr and your rankings in the search engine are not related in any way, you should focus on your on-screen seo and build high quality backlinks to improve your position in the search engine reports pages.
Use The keyword that you are targeting in your description as many times maximum you can . And also strat your description from targeting keyword only.
Important factors: external: Backlink Anchor text Relevance of the backlink (from same niche) Authority and Age of domain of backlink internal: Age of the domain Site structure / internal linking of the site error free site Unique content update freequency PR not that important