Google PR, what's the fuss?

[SJshah]

Teh higher your PR teh higher your site will be in Google, Simples =/

PR does not affect SERPs. Some people may think so because there is a general trend of higher PR : higher SERPs, but they are completely unrelated.

@UltimA
higher PR = higher importance (from google's point of view)

PR is an outdated way of ranking sites now, but its still useful when comparing two sites.

 

[UltimA]

Why are you selling then links at wjunction and you say : 'STRONG PR4 BACKLINK' and it doesn't matter?

(Also at all the people asking "why" I mention it)

People seem to factor in PR when making their decision to link exchange or advertise with a site. Just because I personally believe it's useless doesn't mean others do, so thus it's equally important to me because others view it as important.

Point of the thread is really to find out if there's any legit reasons for PR that I'm unaware of.

EDIT:

higher PR = higher importance (from google's point of view)

I thought similar, till on two occasions I received more traffic whilst PR3 than PR4.

 

[Webestrian]

I agree with Whoo

 

[SJshah]

I thought similar, till on two occasions I received more traffic whilst PR3 than PR4.

^ PR and SERPs are unrelated.

PR is outdated now and its only used to compare sites. So, you will get more money when selling a high PR site instead of a low PR site... It's just like alexa, your alexa rank doesn't count for shit since its highly inaccurate but people still use it when working out costs of ad spots, when estimating traffic, or when selling sites.

 

[StupidGlitch]

The way i look at it, when looking at sites be it a forum/blog etc.

The higher the pr the more chance of it being ran by people who are actually capable of running a decent enough site and sticking to it, which won't last like aweek and won't be ever seen again when you go back lol.

 

[DeLeTeD]

I wouldn't worry about it at all. It wont be around much longer

 

[Tinieblax]

as Ultima i don't see the point because most of my sites ranked much better before they got PR4's or PR3's... but as my respected whoo saidhttp://www.wjunction.com/member.php?u=565 is all about cash, I Can make much more money from my PR4 sites, and by that much more traffic by LE with more visited sites (wich leads google to visit my site more often) and so on.

 

[Elio]

to sell ads for more ?
why do u care abt high PR LE ?

 

[Phozon]

elio to get higher pr themselfs so they can make more on ads >.<

 

[McGrhill]

elio to get higher pr themselfs so they can make more on ads >.<

+1 demon

 

[Elio]

elio to get higher pr themselfs so they can make more on ads >.<

yea i know was just a rhetorical question

 

[Echo]

I once saw a 9 PR site , it has nothing special that is seen to the eye ... It's look even made me run away .

 

[-Im.z2ight-]

Totally not true. Google is phazing out the whole PR (Page Rank) as can be seen by it's removal from the Google Toolbar and the webmasters area of their site. It has no effects on your SERP (Search Engine Results Page) or how much traffic you get from Google.

What's even more interesting is the reason why Google is phazing out the whole PR. While Larry Page developed it and who the system is named after he or Google don't own the patent or copyright to the system. It's owned by the University where he studied and developed the system which is Stanford University. Google have the exclusive rights to the system but these exclusive rights will end soon and everyone will be able to use the PR system. That's why Google is phazing it out and creating their own better system so they'll still be on top and superior when their licence runs out.

On October 14, 2009, Google employee Susan Moskwa confirmed that the company had removed PageRank from its Webmaster Tools section. Her post said in part, "We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it's the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true."

Thanks for the information.