Comments on: Thoughts on Google PageRank

By: Louise

Louise — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:56:02 +0000

I couldn’t agree more regarding content being the number one priority. However, what good is great content if no one is visiting? There are tools available to make the ‘Google Tyrany’ work to your advantage. Check out Nemeas.com, for example. Putting PR aside is great in theory, but its not realistic if you want to have a successful site or business.

By: Web designer Fredrick

Web designer Fredrick — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:27:17 +0000

Wonderful post Owen. its very interesting to read this post. i am also searching for this kind of information about Google PR.

Andy: you are my favaourite blogger. i love to read all your post. i simply say that you are one of the Hero of SEO bloggers. i do have a question in my mind Andy, i do know that website will get good rank if it has really a good Valuable content but how about the link exchange? i want to know whether Link Exchange is playing any important role in increasing PR.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:26:55 +0000

Excellent post. As a fairly new blogger and an even newer paid to post blogger, I agree, content is so important. I also believe that as a blogger, it’s important to get out there and read other blogs, leave good, on-topic comments, be involved in discussions. It seems that many higher PR blogs have become caught up in their own blog and perhaps have forgotten to get out and visit in the blogosphere once in a while. I can have all the great content I want, but if I don’t let anyone know I’m around, “invite” them to my site, no one will come to read it.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:14:55 +0000

@Andy: I suppose it’s too early to tell whether the PR drop will have any real impact on the amount of traffic your site experiences. It will be interesting in a couple of months time to have a look at your stats and see if there was a real drop in traffic. My gut feel is that there won’t be a perceptible drop.

The question is: is it really right for website A to rank higher than website B if it has better PR, or if it has better content ?

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:08:20 +0000

Thank God! Someone who finally understands that we must make ourselves slaves to content instead of page rank.

By: Chad Smith

Chad Smith — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:57:32 +0000

Yeppers. PR was never meant to be static either. You should expect it to change. I mean, you’ve got new sites, new blogs, new content coming on every second. It’s a dynamic fluid place, this thing we call the web. And as new sites come online, and as established sites languish and die, and while thriving sites grow and improve – all those sites have to be taken into consideration for PR to have any meaning whatsoever.

BTW, my PR did drop. So I’m not saying this out of some kind of sense of superiority or anything.

By: John Hunter

John Hunter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:39:54 +0000

I agree. Publishing good content is the key.

By: Damien Guard

Damien Guard — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:31:19 +0000

It’s all very well sitting there producing real, valuable content… but if nobody reads it because it doesn’t turn up in searches and subsequently get linked to…

[)amien

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:14:29 +0000

It would be nice to think that this remains just a visual slur on a website viewable by I don’t know how many Google users, but the next stage might be penalties that search results.

I am fully aware of how PageRank works, how it can be cheated, and how it can be controlled for specific benefits.

Ultimately by controlling “Google Juice” on my site, I can rank fairly well for lots of things without really having to try too hard.

However the decrease does reflect in many ways how people react when visiting my site, whether I am trying to promote something, or just whether I am chosen for a press interview.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:47:05 +0000

Great article Owen… if not a little de javu for me.! You’re right though (as always) Content is King – unfortunately though, as Google has taken over the world – even if you have created the ultimate site – if it doesnt appear on those first couple of “golden” results pages then attracting NEW visitors is going to be an uphill struggle.

On the other hand – there’s always AdWords..!!