July 13, 2005
Page Rank - Hype?
Mike Grehan has an article over at ClickZ questioning the importance of PageRank.
I get asked often how to improve PR. It happened many times last week. My stock answer, "PageRank isn't so important, so just forget about it," draws some very confused looks from people who somehow are convinced it's vital for ranking.
I seems that the feels that PageRank isn't so important.
"A link from a popular and well visited Web site can be invaluable if it sends you qualified traffic that converts. The true value of a link has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with PageRank."
I think before we get all worked up about PageRank, or any SEO Tip we need to remember one thing. Everything works together. A PageRank of 9 is great, but not so great if that site doesn't compliment what you 're offering. So, PageRank is important only in how it relates to your site. A PageRank of 9 on a site that complitments your I think would be a home run.
He pretty much says that it's useless.
What price PageRank? The price is actually based more on your own wasted time and effort if you honestly believe that little green meter on the Google toolbar counts for anything more than novelty value.
OK, I am no expert (funny remark here_____) but to me (remember you get what you pay for) all of the tweaking you can do to your site should work together to achieve your overall goal and every little bit can help.
Posted by at July 13, 2005 12:33 AM