How the Pagerank Works

FACT: The Page in Pagerank is actually referring to Larry Page the co founder of Google the inventor of the Pagerank algorithm and not the actual webpage, which is the most common mistake people make.

However, the Pagerank system does rank pages by importance on a scale of 1 to 10 but too many people focus too much on this system. A common Pagerank is a rank of 3. However, the distance between a Pagerank of 3 to 4 is harder to obtain than a Pagerank of 2 to a 3. This also increases the higher your Pagerank gets. A Pagerank of 10 is rare and very difficult to obtain and would take many years for most websites if ever to get. Google has a Pagerank of 10 but not even Amazon or EBay has achieved this coveted Pagerank.

How the Pagerank Works

Well actually no one knows how this system actually works but it is based on how many links come into that webpage from other pages. Some of the things it takes into account are the Pagerank of the page the link is coming from. The higher the Pagerank the more weight is given to that link. There are many factors that are taken into account and they are all built into an algorithm that only Google knows. It would be rather unfair if everyone knew how this worked and it would become ineffective.

Far too many people focus too much on their Pagerank to determine how their webpage ranks in Google. This isn’t how the system works; Pagerank is a product of good SEO. Just because you have a good Pagerank it doesn’t necessary mean your page will rank highly for a particular keyphrase. Just do a search for any keyphrase and look at the Pagerank of the pages, you will find the higher ranking websites don’t always have the highest Pagerank.

SEO and Pagerank

A good SEO firm will not focus on Pagerank; they will focus on the important aspects of good SEO. I have used this good ethical SEO Company for years and they have a great SEO Forum that has some great information on the subject.

An SEO company that says that they will increase your Pagerank is probably not a good company to go with, if you website is optimised properly your Pagerank will increase as a by-product of good SEO.