Google PageRank, why should you care?

Filed in: Google, SEO Beginner — April 29th, 2007

Google PageRank 10Google is updating PageRank again recently. What is your PR? After chasing PageRank increment for years, I care less about it now. Why? Because it always disappoints me. Just kidding. :P

As a webmaster, one should know about PageRank but do not work for PageRank. Webmasters should not be the slave of Google PageRank. Afterall, you create website for visitors, not Google.

viggen says: “Do i need to know that? What does it tell me when i know it? Why would i care? Meaning, what purpose has the Pagerank for the mom and pop site out there?”

viggen, I think that’s a perfectly healthy attitude. If you don’t care about PageRank and your site is doing well, that’s fine by me. :)

Quoted from Matt Cutts: More info on PageRank

So, why people care about PageRank? We assume getting high PR will get higher rank in Google search results for any phrases (which is NOT truth), and, more importantly, higher PR means you can sell ads at higher price (Cha-ching!).

We always have nice PageRank articles at every PageRank update, read: What Is Google PageRank? A Guide For Searchers & Webmasters

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  • http://www.kennyp.cn/ KennyP

    No matter how you say or how your readers say, Advertiser look on that when they pay you :D

  • http://www.kennyp.cn KennyP

    No matter how you say or how your readers say, Advertiser look on that when they pay you :D

  • http://jake.blogsavy.com/ Jake

    I like being able to glance down at it occasionally. It seems to give a good feel for blogs especially. I use the SearchStatus toolbar to track Pagerank (so I won’t need the Google toolbar) and Alexa score.

    http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/

  • http://jake.blogsavy.com/ Jake

    I like being able to glance down at it occasionally. It seems to give a good feel for blogs especially. I use the SearchStatus toolbar to track Pagerank (so I won’t need the Google toolbar) and Alexa score.

    http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/

  • http://chanlilian.net/ lilian

    Liew, is my toobar wrong? I see a PR4?

  • http://chanlilian.net lilian

    Liew, is my toobar wrong? I see a PR4?

  • LcF

    @Jake: yes, I installed SearchStatus too. It is nice Firefox addon.
    @lilian: maybe. but my google toolbar still showing PR5.

  • LcF

    @Jake: yes, I installed SearchStatus too. It is nice Firefox addon.
    @lilian: maybe. but my google toolbar still showing PR5.

  • http://bloggingsecret.blogspot.com/ Louiss

    I think your toolbar are wrong bro, you are on the way back to pr 6, congratulation! maybe can give a small hug plus a link to my blog? :D lol

  • http://bloggingsecret.blogspot.com Louiss

    I think your toolbar are wrong bro, you are on the way back to pr 6, congratulation! maybe can give a small hug plus a link to my blog? :D lol

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  • http://www.buzzposting.com/ lee

    i am saw PR4.. i think from different datacenter :)

  • http://www.buzzposting.com lee

    i am saw PR4.. i think from different datacenter :)

  • http://www.papajoneh.com/ papajoneh

    funny, it still shows PR4 here. The PR5 i know of is without the “/blog/” in the address. The feeds we used to get to your post is still referring to your http://www.liewcf.com/blog/ … therefore it still showing PR4. I have a post on this funny PR. I hope Im wrong for we all know you got PR5 and it is no surprise if you go up to PR6. Please comment, friend ;)

  • http://www.papajoneh.com papajoneh

    funny, it still shows PR4 here. The PR5 i know of is without the “/blog/” in the address. The feeds we used to get to your post is still referring to your http://www.liewcf.com/blog/ … therefore it still showing PR4. I have a post on this funny PR. I hope Im wrong for we all know you got PR5 and it is no surprise if you go up to PR6. Please comment, friend ;)

  • http://www.wahlau.net/ Wahlau.NET

    I thought that liewcf had PR6 once. I think it is because you moved it to /blog/

    Anyhow, if you have reader, PR doesn’t matter anymore. But PR is a way to judge a page SEO, and it is one of many method which you can use number 1-10 to judge a page. So this will apply to website as well as blog.

  • http://www.wahlau.net Wahlau.NET

    I thought that liewcf had PR6 once. I think it is because you moved it to /blog/

    Anyhow, if you have reader, PR doesn’t matter anymore. But PR is a way to judge a page SEO, and it is one of many method which you can use number 1-10 to judge a page. So this will apply to website as well as blog.

  • LcF

    thanks for your concern on liewcf.com’s PageRank. PR4 or PR6 is fine, I will still do what I am doing and hope to serve better content to you all. :)

  • LcF

    thanks for your concern on liewcf.com’s PageRank. PR4 or PR6 is fine, I will still do what I am doing and hope to serve better content to you all. :)

  • http://www.papajoneh.com/ papajoneh

    Nicely said LCF. nicely said. yes. We expect better content from you. and so far, i have no complain. thanks.

  • http://www.papajoneh.com papajoneh

    Nicely said LCF. nicely said. yes. We expect better content from you. and so far, i have no complain. thanks.

  • LcF

    @papajoneh: thank you. Please feel free to hit my head when I am on the wrong track. ;)

  • LcF

    @papajoneh: thank you. Please feel free to hit my head when I am on the wrong track. ;)

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