Comments on: New Toolbar PageRanks coming http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/ neat fun stuff Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-463139 James Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:59:24 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-463139 Seems that Im not the only victim of the vanity bar aka the Google Pagerank Toolbar, I find it very useful as a site assessor and tend not to take sites seriously if they have a TBPR of 0, Have seen plenty of sites that are nearly brand new / pre-launch get a TBPR of 2 which amazes me sometimes, would like the TBPR updates to be a bit more frequent, surely all your new hardware allows you to do this now. Seems that Im not the only victim of the vanity bar aka the Google Pagerank Toolbar, I find it very useful as a site assessor and tend not to take sites seriously if they have a TBPR of 0, Have seen plenty of sites that are nearly brand new / pre-launch get a TBPR of 2 which amazes me sometimes, would like the TBPR updates to be a bit more frequent, surely all your new hardware allows you to do this now.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-462591 Kirk Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:59:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-462591 I too have seen sites PageRank drop, I've also seen others go up. I guess you could assume that if yours goes down that the type of techniques you're using to get your site out there are not looked upon well by Google. Or... perhaps you had sites that were linking to you and their PR went down, thus causing your site to also go down. Or perhaps yet another option could be that they added way more links thus diluting the PR that was pushing to your site. In other words. Build out good quality content that people actually like and you'll be well rewarded for it. I too have seen sites PageRank drop, I’ve also seen others go up. I guess you could assume that if yours goes down that the type of techniques you’re using to get your site out there are not looked upon well by Google. Or… perhaps you had sites that were linking to you and their PR went down, thus causing your site to also go down. Or perhaps yet another option could be that they added way more links thus diluting the PR that was pushing to your site.

In other words. Build out good quality content that people actually like and you’ll be well rewarded for it.

]]> By: David Spaedy http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-459202 David Spaedy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:20:23 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-459202 Hi, I have seen a few sites drop in Page rank since December and I was wondering what the reason was. I guess we all need to work on getting quality links to our sites from reputable and authoritative sites... I am also interested to hear what Matt thinks of how to move up from 2-3 or from 3-4... Your input is much appreciated...!! Hi, I have seen a few sites drop in Page rank since December and I was wondering what the reason was. I guess we all need to work on getting quality links to our sites from reputable and authoritative sites… I am also interested to hear what Matt thinks of how to move up from 2-3 or from 3-4… Your input is much appreciated…!!

]]> By: dorinn http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-458432 dorinn Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:35:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-458432 i saw a PR update in october and in december . is PR update now monthly or once every 2 month ? i saw a PR update in october and in december . is PR update now monthly or once every 2 month ?

]]> By: Joe Ensor http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-446402 Joe Ensor Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:37:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-446402 I just noticed that Google adjust the PageRank of sites within the last hour or so, as evidenced by the change in the Google Toolbar. I have worked tirelessly to add credible and informative data to my site, and to earn backlinks from authorative sites. Yet for some reason my site's pagerank went down, from a 3 to a 2. This is surprising, as I have seen other sites that are brand new start out with a 3 as of tonight that were previously unranked. This is odd, since I know we have way more credibility in the world than these new sites, yet they are ranking higher with regards to toolbar PageRank. Could you provide some insight on how to move from a 3 to a 4, instead of from a 3 to a 2? I just noticed that Google adjust the PageRank of sites within the last hour or so, as evidenced by the change in the Google Toolbar. I have worked tirelessly to add credible and informative data to my site, and to earn backlinks from authorative sites. Yet for some reason my site’s pagerank went down, from a 3 to a 2. This is surprising, as I have seen other sites that are brand new start out with a 3 as of tonight that were previously unranked. This is odd, since I know we have way more credibility in the world than these new sites, yet they are ranking higher with regards to toolbar PageRank. Could you provide some insight on how to move from a 3 to a 4, instead of from a 3 to a 2?

]]> By: jeremy ehrenthal http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-446370 jeremy ehrenthal Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:14:26 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-446370 Did anyone else notice a pr update today 12/30/09? I cleaned up my internal linking structure by adding the backslash to all internal links to make my site uniform and my site jumped 2 spots on the same day. Is it possible that I had my pr split among the different pages that had slashes and those that didn't? I am very keenly aware of the canonicalization problem though spelling it has been a challenge, and I am pretty sure that because of this experience, that everyone should be keeping better track of their internal links. Did anyone else notice a pr update today 12/30/09? I cleaned up my internal linking structure by adding the backslash to all internal links to make my site uniform and my site jumped 2 spots on the same day. Is it possible that I had my pr split among the different pages that had slashes and those that didn’t? I am very keenly aware of the canonicalization problem though spelling it has been a challenge, and I am pretty sure that because of this experience, that everyone should be keeping better track of their internal links.

]]> By: tina http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-445343 tina Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:02:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-445343 Hi, This is great post and thanks for telling us about google updates but I want to know next update I have some new websites and I hope they got pr 3 . Hi, This is great post and thanks for telling us about google updates but I want to know next update I have some new websites and I hope they got pr 3 .

]]> By: Jonathan Wood http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-410210 Jonathan Wood Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:14 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-410210 I think there are good reasons why Google doesn't want everyone to know how their algorithms work. Google's main goal is to try and order results according to how popular sites are. People are doing all sorts of things to manipulate the algorithm as it is--it would just get worse if everyone know exactly what triggered the algorithm. Google is in a funny position. On the one hand, it wants to rate sites naturally based on how popular they are. But on the other hand, just the act of rating a site now affects that site's popularity! I know some people downplay the importance of PageRank these days but I have concrete examples for some of my sites where a PR bump would mean more traffic. And the main reason I came here is that I too am trying to find out why there hasn't appeared to be any PR updates forever. At least, none of the sites I monitor have shown any change. What's going on? I think there are good reasons why Google doesn’t want everyone to know how their algorithms work. Google’s main goal is to try and order results according to how popular sites are. People are doing all sorts of things to manipulate the algorithm as it is–it would just get worse if everyone know exactly what triggered the algorithm.

Google is in a funny position. On the one hand, it wants to rate sites naturally based on how popular they are. But on the other hand, just the act of rating a site now affects that site’s popularity! I know some people downplay the importance of PageRank these days but I have concrete examples for some of my sites where a PR bump would mean more traffic.

And the main reason I came here is that I too am trying to find out why there hasn’t appeared to be any PR updates forever. At least, none of the sites I monitor have shown any change. What’s going on?

]]> By: Erik Ehresman http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-392859 Erik Ehresman Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:50:48 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-392859 It seems like pagerank is a mystery to all but those who look at and write the algorithms for it. I have been looking for a reliable guide as to what Google would like to see, so as to reward your hard work with a good pagerank. I haven't found one yet. However I do appreciate the updates as to the update of the Google pagerank toolbar. If there is a guide to help regarding best practices for increasing pagerank though I would love to have that information. It seems like pagerank is a mystery to all but those who look at and write the algorithms for it. I have been looking for a reliable guide as to what Google would like to see, so as to reward your hard work with a good pagerank. I haven’t found one yet. However I do appreciate the updates as to the update of the Google pagerank toolbar. If there is a guide to help regarding best practices for increasing pagerank though I would love to have that information.

]]> By: Cookie Monster http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-pagerank-update/#comment-390799 Cookie Monster Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:35:08 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=996#comment-390799 Zenil: Over a month? Try over a year. Zenil: Over a month? Try over a year.

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