I guess Pagerank still important in other way, maybe not that important in serp but still helps in other ways like getting site or pages crawl faster.
I think Pagerank sure is important for getting a great number of people very excited! I did a sarcastic little post on my blog about this: http://future-phobia.blogspot.com/2007/03/google-will-soon-increase-pagerank-to.html Let's chill out and just love each other, and the Pagerank will take care of itself, man!
Page Rank is not really important. However, it would help in link exchange as some sites accept websites with a certain page rank.
The answer to the age-old PR question: http://forums.seochat.com/google-page-rank-47/theory-behind-page-rank-120525.html
Is PageRank an important factor in the ranking algorithm ... no I don't believe it is ... is PageRank important in terms of how Google views a website yes I think it is. When evaluating a site one of the first things I look at is PageRank to give me a fair idea of how Google see's it, then obviously I carry on and look at all the elements like Meta Data, Content, Code Bloat, Navigation etc. The other thing I look at PageRank for is when establishing links I would rather gain a link from a relevant (that's the keyword here relevancy) PR5 site than a relevant PR0 site ... that being said I would consider the link from a PR0 site just my priority would be the PR5 site if that makes sense. Just my tuppence.
Regardless of how this thread goes, I think an underlining element is that pagerank is of some importance whichever way you look at it. It might not be the ultimate website evaluating factor, but it sure does have an impact in 'todays' internet world. How relevant it will be in the future???..., only time will tell.
You are assuming all sites are created equal as long as they have a good PR. There are many PR0-1-2-3 sites I would rather get a link from then PR5-6 sites which are both 'relevant'.
Wtf? I thought you were leaving. Much like the evolutionists comment, anything you come back to argue after that statement highlights what a complete and utter ass you are. Weren't you going to say something to Shawn on the way out? Which is great. Now stfu and go hang elsewhere, would ya? Damn. -Michael
When will you guys stop listening and start processing? Do your own research. Work on your own sites. If you did 80% of you right away would realize the utter uselessness of PR.
Visio is like genital herpes... he never really goes away... If you want to see Visio's idea of "research" (sic), read his sorry blog or have a look at his forum. "Research" to visio means "Aaron Wall said it" or "I have no evidence but I believe it to be true with no basis in reality whatsoever". That will also tell you why he's so dedicated to telling people that PR means nothing - he's a self-styled "SEO expert" and he can't get his own sites above PR2.
Ooooo! The Pagerank flame-war is hotting up! Swords are being drawn! This is almost as exciting as "my Commodore 64 is WAY better than your Spectrum" (it was, and still is, just for the record).
Spectrum's rock ... I still have my 128K +2 up in the loft with a sack of games .... 30 minutes to load, hypnotised by the lines across the screen, about 30 seconds to crash ... how can you beat that ? Commodore ... Pffft !! Anyway back to topic ... PageRank's importance is never going to be truely known and is always going to be the point of massive debate, personally I don't think it deserves it, there are so many other more important factors to worry about.
Now hang on a minute, don't try to change the subject! You are not seriously suggesting that the C64/128, with its hardware sprites and amazing 3-channel, ring-modulation sound chip was in some inferior to the Spectrum...!! Nice try there, try to change the subject to some nonsense about, what is it again...? Pagerank? BTW, I feel so strongly about the subject (not!) that I did a spoof blog entry about Pagerank, and at least one person actually took it seriously!
In short words: Pagerank is just a page rating, but since people exachanging/buying these "notes" it's not so much relevant. PR means something, but... take it easy.
Ok ok ... I wasn't lucky enough to get a Commodore 64 I was palmed off with a Spectrum +2, I'm just jealous because I used to spend hours and I mean hours typing in the lines and lines of cheat codes from magazines just for the bloody thing to crash on me .... Microsoft Windows ... ahhh nothing changes !! (had to remove your link in the quoted text I'm not special enough to post links yet even though I didn't post it lol)
PageRank = Money So to me, PageRank is very important I guess it all depends on your point of view..... PR is a measure of a websites popularity ... not a measure of how many people actually visit the site or where it is ranked for SERPs. You can have a very successful website even with a low PageRank. I guess the flip side of that would be if you had two sites offering the same stuff ... which one would you visit first? The one with PR1 or the one with PR7?? I know which one I would choose Cheers .... Gerald.
Its not important. If you get your site listed in niche directories where people go to first for information then your straight. Google might be someone's homepage but if they have a good idea what they are looking for then they will hit a directory site soon after.
How would you know which one had higher PR? It's not going to be visible in Google's search results. The average surfer isn't going to know what PR even means and it certainly isn't going to be a factor in their decision as to which site to visit or do business with. Frankly, the two most important factors for most people will be position in the search results and the displayed snippet and/or page title. The average surfer does NOT go first to a directory, not even a niche directory, to find information. The average searcher goes straight to Google or MSN Search or Yahoo! Search. And the average surfer never goes beyond his/her favorite search engine.