Sorry for posting this, I will agree I am a total newb, I just hope I don't waste anyones valuable time. I have owned websites before but mostly as a hobby and for self-education, I never cared too much about PR or even really getting traffic too much. Now, however I am looking to get some traffic and do care about my rankings. I have two websites CallCenterJunkie.com which is for call center employees to post stories about hilarious calls, and also VerbalBattle.com which is a forum set-up basically for people to debate and argue about anything they please. I have started both of them recently, Id say around the middle of June to mid July. They are both listed in google searching just the domain name, and when searching "Call Center Junkie" it is listed there as 1 of 1.8 Million or so sites. So, now that I have given soem background, I wantt o ask for someone to explain in terms a 5 year old would udnerstand what exavtly PR is, and what the updates do. I have read quite about it and, I thought my sites would not even be in google until a PR update, but from reading here I see the update has not happend, yet I am still listed. Again, I hope I am not annoying anyone or wasting anyones time, as I said I am just a newb, and a little confussed on exactly what the PR update is. Thanks Mike
PR is a constantly updating number that is published by google every 3 months or so. It's real value is debated, but it is seen of an indication of 'worth' of a website, and is increased by getting websites of a high 'worth' (pageranK) linking back to you. Working to gain PR, is not equal to, or as good as working to garner traffic.
Ok, thanks Andy, I was just really confused on the whole thing, now that I know PR and actually being listed in google are two seperate thigns it makes a lot more sense. Cheers!
Here's an explanation of PageRank: www.quantawebdesign.com/tips/pagerank.html It should answer all your questions! cheers ~ Denise