What is a Page Rank

Posted in: SEO FAQ by Jazz on August 14, 2009 | Comments Off

What is a Page Rank / PageRank / Page Ranking / PR ?

Simply put: Search Engines need to know which page/site is better than the other.
They have a mathematical way to do so, which we dont need to get into. Google uses a patented way “PR” to do so.

So each site and its pages have a PR. The higher the better. It starts from 1.
A way to check sites PR is using Google tool bar or websites like prchecker.com

Factors that influence page rank

1. Back links – how many sites back link to the page

Note: any sites such as linkfarms or blackhat sites are discounted. Google understands that you may not be able to control who links to you, but it can remove them from calculation.

2. How many  sites you link to.
So try not to link out to too many sites.

Detailed Explanation – http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank.html