My site is fairly new, 6 months or so, and I haven't really been working on it very much as to SEO, more toward building content. I actually started writing on HubPages, and then decided to get a domain. My landing page only has a page rank of 1, but the page I started initially on HubPages, which is a subdomain, has a page rank of 3. I was thinking of moving that page to my site, but it seems to get more traffic where it is, so I've left it there. The page actually gets me some traffic to my other pages elsewhere, because I've moved most of them to the site, but the launch page for that section of the site has stayed on Hubpages. I'm afraid that if I move it, I won't get any traffic at all. Is it common for one page to get a better page rank than the site page itself, or is this just because HubPages is Google's darling right now? Should I concentrate on building SEO for the main page right now, and not move that page to the site until I get a higher page rank for the main page? Any traffic is good traffic, I guess, but I'm really wanting to get more traffic that goes through the launch page.
It's common for a page to get better rank than the main page itself. It depends on the content and keywords stuffing including also backlinks. Hmmm...but I'm not sure about Google regarding Hubpages as darling. Many people say the same as well. You have to ask Google about that.
Yeah that's not abnormal, the high PR page may have more deep links or have a link from a high PR site.
Thanks, that makes me feel better. The main site page is actually just a launch page, not much content at all, so what you're saying makes sense. Naw, can't do redirects from Hubpages, so I'm just gonna try to build up some traffic to the main page and see what happens. If at least one page is doing pretty well, considering, I might just leave it like that. Most of my content is actually on other sites, as it's mostly blogs. Most of the pages are subdomains of the main site. I'm trying to move it all to Blogger eventually. In the meantime, I'll go see if I can beef up the text on the main page.
Sites don't have PageRank -- only pages do. People often attribute the PR of the home page as being the PR for that site, but it's not technically true. You're simply saying that one page has a higher PR than your main page. It's somewhat unique, but not uncommon at all. No, no and yes. Content and keywords have nothing to do with PageRank. It's all about links. However, your actual ranking in the SERPS (which is really what matters) is certainly affected by those other factors, so they're worth considering.