I think that for the most part page rank is a joke...though, it DOES have SOME effect in things. Why is is it a joke then? Because it's rather unimportant and the masses have no clue what it means. With the fact that PR can seemingly be bought and sold though manipulating paid links then it IS pretty worthless as a grading tool. As for it being a fantasy, look up in the Google boards here and DP and look at the children post... the mythic world of Google is alive and well. I love the google bar, but I was one of the many that turned the little green bar off. I'd rather be cluless then obsessed.... and I turned it off because after asking friends and family I realized I was one of the only people I knew that knew what it meant. Outside of DP there are only like three others I know that have a clue... This post had a point when I started *shrug*