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Google Page Rank Finally Updated - What's your blog's PR?

By Larry Wright

Real Estate Agent with nwRealty.Com

October 30, 2007 08:20 AM

After six months Google has finally released the update of its "Page Rank (PR)" data. This is but one factor used to determine your website's position in search engine results. Since starting this blog in July of this year I've monitored numerous indicators of direct value to our Washington real estate website. I view this release of PR data more as a report card of how my blog building efforts have progressed.

Google PR is rated on a scale of 0 - 10 with 0 indicating very little value and 10 indicating the highest (only the big mega sites get above PR7). Here's how our PR report looks ...

This blog has a PR2
My profile page has a PR3
Debi's profile page has a PR2
Debi's blog still shows "no rank available" which is not the same as PR0
AR's main page is PR5

You can use the tool at this link to find the Google PR value for any web page ... just enter the URL for your Blog, Profile page or website. For the community ... Please leave a comment with your blog's PR and how long you've been blogging.

Cheers!

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Brian Barringer

Century 21 M&M - Tracy, CA

REALTOR- Tracy, CA Real Estate

Check this out, something similar with google webmaster tools, https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

show the highest ranked pages and gives you a distribution of high/medium/low ranked pages on your site.

And it gives you a list of top searches and clicks for your website.

My site and blog got a 3. Page rank is somthing that is just there you cant really worry about it.

Interesting: http://scobleizer.com/2007/10/24/google-page-rank-is-dead-and-has-been-for-quite-some-time/

Oct 30, 2007 05:04 PM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Larry, thanks for the great SEO measurement site. I had a PR2. I wonder what it takes to get to 3 or 4 other than time, new content, traffic, or link exchanges?

Nov 03, 2007 02:16 PM

John Slocum

Premiere Property Group, LLC - Vancouver Washington - Vancouver, WA

Broker, SFR - Vancouver WA Real Estate

Hello Larry,

My AR account opened in April, 2007, and I started posting in late May. Profile Page = 3; Blog = n/a.

My main website has been on-line since late January 2007. Prior to the Google update, the "/" PR = 1; HOWEVER; the "/index.asp" (which should be the same page!) had a PR = 2! Now, post PR update, the numbers are reversed, with "/" = 2 and "/index.asp" = 1. Did Google have a "tentative" update hiding in the "/index.asp" page or, is there some other reason they have two values for essentially the same page?

John

Nov 05, 2007 12:58 AM

Dale Campbell

Virginia Real Estate - Mechanicsville, VA

Great post - This looks like a useful tool! Thanks for sharing!

Nov 05, 2007 10:55 AM

Sandy Nelson

Riley Jackson Real Estate Inc. - Olympia, WA

your Olympia area Realtor

Larry,

Great tool! My website only has a PR1, but my AR page has a PR2. What does it take to get a PR3?

Sandy

Nov 05, 2007 12:47 PM

Ginger Wilcox

Sindeo - San Francisco, CA

I am excited to even have a ranking. My other blog has a 2!

Nov 05, 2007 02:16 PM

Larry Wright

nwRealty.Com - Tacoma, WA

Many thanks to everyone for all of your great comments. I've taken a blog break for the last week and just now tending to some things.

There is considerable disagreement as to the value of Google PR for any web page. I think that most folks considering themselves "authorities" will agree that it is 1) a good indication of your link building success and 2) a good tool to compare your efforts with those of your competition.

Link building is only one factor in search engine marketing and (by itself) will not get you in the top ranked positions. But, it is a very very important factor that cannot be ignored.

Nov 10, 2007 05:51 AM

Debi Wright

nwRealty.com - Seattle, WA

Any idea why my profile page was granted a PR and my blog page didn't? Seems funny to me.

Nov 11, 2007 07:12 AM

Monica Bourgeau

Portland, OR

Authentic Marketing for Heart-Led Agents

So how do you improve your PR score?

Feb 26, 2008 02:52 AM

Edward W. Lui

Mars Hill Realty Group - Georgetown, TX

Georgetown Texas Real Estate

Wow, this is amazing:

Results for: your URL's

URL

PageRank

PageRank Bar

http://www.georgetowncustomhomes.com/

http://www.georgetowncustomhomes.com/blog

http://activerain.com/action/agents_secure/my_home

http://activerain.com/blogs/gsusned

I JUST started on active rain and for some crazy reason I have a PR of 5...however, my blogs are a big fat ZERO and my website and website blog are a measly 2. That makes no sense to me at all. Especially since my website and website blog have been around much longer then my active rain profile....what gives?

Feb 26, 2008 03:14 AM

Michael Fowler

Fowler Realty Quad Cities - Davenport, IA

Broker, Owner Fowler Realty

Great thank you Larry I will Check it out.

Mar 06, 2008 01:37 PM

Shannon Lefevre

John R. Wood Properties - Naples, FL

Shannon Lefevre, PA Your Naples Smart Girl

PR4..I've been blogging since last August. Woohhooo!

May 01, 2008 10:30 AM

Byron Lewis

Landmark Real Estate - Manhattan, KS

Realtor, e-PRO, ABR, CRS, Manhattan Kansas Real Es

I have a PR of 4 for my profile but nothing for my blog. Guess I don't have enough PR votes pointing to my blog?

May 01, 2008 02:13 PM

Edward W. Lui

Mars Hill Realty Group - Georgetown, TX

Georgetown Texas Real Estate

My blog and website just moved up to a PR of 3. guess this blogging stuff is working!

May 05, 2008 07:11 AM

Larry Wright

nwRealty.Com - Tacoma, WA

Thanks everyone for all your comments! It appears that Google started another "dance". We've been monitoring the number of indexed pages and backlinks very closely since late April and thing still don't seem to have settled down.

May 27, 2008 07:24 AM

Tara Camp

Keller Williams Western Realty - Bellingham, WA

Thanks for the great link. I'm new to this and it will be fun to monitor my progress.

Jun 03, 2008 05:11 PM

Anonymous

Not Yet Licensed

Thanks Larry!

That's a cool tool.

Jun 03, 2008 06:43 PM

#26

IMNJ - Internet Marketing Specialist

Internet Marketing NJ - Red Bank, NJ

John in Vancouver -

That is a great question. Internal links are extremely important and you want to make sure that all of your website navigation points to the same page. I always advise to point to / (root) not index.html. Consistency is key because you do not want to share the "value" of your homepage with tweo URLs. Stick with one and you will be fine.

Jun 03, 2008 10:07 PM

Richard Byron Smith, NMLS #184479

Mortgage Loan Officer, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation NMLS #2289 - Chattanooga, TN

Mortgage Loan Officer

That comment to John in Vancouver is good. I noticed Google analytics has two URL's for my home page. I had not considered the impact.

Also like your initial point about the difference between PR 0 and not ranked. Could you expound on that some, if you have time?

Richard

Jun 03, 2008 11:05 PM

Jimmy And Annette

RE/MAX Oceanside - Palm Coast, FL

Larry, thanks.....now I have another requirement to check...LOL. Good info, now I need to undersatand how to boost my PR. I've been blogging for about a year but only once a month or so.

My blog PR is "no rank avialable"....

Jimmy

Dec 05, 2008 04:59 AM