Could you please share what sites you use to check Page Rank, Predicted Page Rank and backlinks? I am having a hard time finding any two that give me the same reliable results. Thanks!
I use the live PR checkers by Ezer and digpagerank. Ezer also have a PR prediction tool which has always worked quite well for me, although PR prediction isn't an exact science. You might like to try the tools that Online Utility have in their collection - good for back link, geo-SERPs and anchor text information.
don't pay too much attention to those pagerank predictor tools, no one knows google's algorithm and all they do is guess.
For checking PR - http://www.digpagerank.com For checking Backlik - http://www.backlinkwatch.com I am not using any PR prediction tool as I am not believe in the same.
I usually use http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php works great for getting current pagerank.
Oral my friend U try and U try I sit and I wonder – o why? O why? The Cult of PR is stronger than you Just LGB watchers, what can you do? Both U and I know about toolbars and such We know - in reality - they just don’t mean much So be happy in knowing, wherever U are This ain’t PageRank Mate – It’s ToolBar PR
There are also several tools that can check backlinks for you, like SEO Spyglass and SEOBook's Back link Analyzer.
Yahoo site explorer to check incoming links, Google tool bar to check PR and Cache dates. backlink watch is also good.
It's taken on a life of its own.....I don't know why people are so obsessed with Toolbar Pagerank.... We should release an ebook that addresses this phenomenon