PR vs Traffic?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by olddocks, Feb 16, 2008.

  1. #1
    is PR anything to do with traffic? or traffic has any influence on PR?
    need your thoughts on this?
     
    olddocks, Feb 16, 2008 IP
  2. allout

    allout Prominent Member

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    #2
    Only if the links are relevant to your niche than they could help traffic. Traffic does not affect PR, it is based on your amount of back links and the quality of those back links. Here is a good article that may help.
     
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  3. DharmaSeo

    DharmaSeo Peon

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    #3
    NO RELATION AT ALL bwtween pr and traffic
     
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  4. jimbob

    jimbob Active Member

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    #4
    Not really - High PR used to mean doing well in searches for your site in Google Serps - Nowadays the lines are a lot more blurred. You can get a high visitor count and have a low page rank and visa versa.
    Note also PageRank is Google only so it has no effect on other site referrals, other search engines, directories, etc.
    If your getting plenty of visitors dont worry about it - if you aren't getting many visitors - forget about the pagerank and start to optimise your site a little better for your target audience.
     
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  5. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    #5
    exactly ;)
     
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  6. Possibility

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    #6
    A lot of people seem to think that PR is the end-all of web stats. As said above, it really doesn't mean anything. Traffic means everything.
     
    Possibility, Feb 16, 2008 IP
  7. Shazz

    Shazz Prominent Member

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    #7
    PR is just a number
    Traffic means everything!!
    2nd it
     
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  8. alienated

    alienated Active Member

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    #8
    PR != Traffic
     
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  9. dur0000

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    #9
    PR is the popular side of the story and it is only a one dimension of a several dimensional variable. Take this example: you have a web page and many people are linking to you. If that topic is too odd to be searched at all, then you should not expect traffic from search engines, only from linking web sites. In this case your PR will be high; but your traffic will be not.
     
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  10. Dreads

    Dreads Well-Known Member

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    Here is my say..

    PageRank -> higher serp -> higher traffic -> (with good content) , Link Baiting -> Backlinks -> Back to PageRank

    Once you get this cycle going, you are set lol
     
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  11. xsimulator.net

    xsimulator.net Peon

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    What about alexa rank mates?? i mean good alexa rank matters or not?
     
    xsimulator.net, Feb 17, 2008 IP
  12. redspace

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    #12
    with high PR you have higher chances to outrank your competitor although you have fewer backlink than them.
     
    redspace, Feb 17, 2008 IP
  13. enous

    enous Well-Known Member

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    #13
    They are too things...
     
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  14. boddah

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    #14
    Not really, Alexa rankings are mostly based through those Alexa Toolbars that users must install on their browsers,that's where Alexa tracks the visitors of a certain web site. IMO most internet users don't really install this toolbar, others don't even know what it is. Those who have Alexa toolbar on their browsers were probably webmasters or internet marketers who are familiar with Alexa and knows that the information it gives is important for them.

    So don't rely much on Alexa rankings, it's a good tool but it's not really that accurate.
     
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  15. wtlok

    wtlok Active Member

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    #15
    good pr is good for traffic ,buy good traffic is all from pr.
     
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  16. macG

    macG Well-Known Member

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    #16
    If PR is based on popularity, the traffic is somewhat related to it.
     
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  17. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    #17
    Don't bother with PR

    High pr means only high pr no hugh traffic or rankings

    Pr is influenced by BACKLINKS
     
    w3bmaster, Feb 17, 2008 IP
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    #18
    good content make more traffic.

    more backlink make more PR.
     
    chapicha, Feb 17, 2008 IP
  19. Bloomtools

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    #19
    Exactly,
    PR is not important, you just need to get indexed in SE's with high qaulity unique content.
    Than do promotion traffic will automatically come.
     
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  20. live-cms_com

    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    #20
    They do not affect each other but if one rises the other usually does too.

    Good backlinks means higher PR, higher SERPs and higher traffic.
     
    live-cms_com, Feb 17, 2008 IP