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DaleKing

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Jun 10, 2008 10:53 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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One of the questions I`m asked almost daily by my readers is how long does it take for Google to assign PageRank. If you`ve ever wondered the same thing, here`s the answer to that question:

It usually takes at least three full months for all of your inbound links to be calculated and counted as backlinks. Google`s PageRank is calculated based on the relevancy, quantity and quality of your inbound links, as well as the number of outbound links there are on your website. Generally speaking, the fewer outbound links a website has the better.

Conversely, the higher the PR of your inbound links, the more PR is assigned to your website. For example, a website with a very respectable Google PR of 5 or 6, but with many outbound links, might be assigned much less PR than a PR3 site with only a couple of outbound links.

Google establishes PR on a case by case basis, and there are simply too many variables to estimate what your particular PR will be. So you just have to be patient and wait and see what Google decides to do.

Can you increase your PageRank? Absolutely, but it takes time. The key is continually adding as many relevant, quality inbound links from respected websites as you possibly can.

Dale King

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Videography

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Jun 10, 2008 1:21 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks, Dale.

My current page - currently under total redesign due to a recasting of my business plan - has always had a PR of 1. About as low as you can get. I suspect that it`s because I used MS Word to gen the site and it`s full of WC3 errors and warnings.

GoDaddy is trying to get me to renew my domains for five years, claiming that Google looks at your renewal date as part of their PR formulae. Do you have any comment on this?

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Jun 10, 2008 2:51 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I`ve read many times that length of domain name, in terms of years, is a factor; the longer it has been around is a positive. I`m not sure that having it registered for that long in the future beforehand is part of it, but could be.

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DaleKing

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Jun 10, 2008 7:43 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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You`re quite welcome, Steve. Thank you! To my knowledge, the renewal date of your domain has absolutely nothing to do with your PR. However, the age of your domain is an important factor. Google definitely places more weight on websites that have longevity. Assuming you have all your SEO ducks in a row, websites that have been around for two years or more seem to have a distinct advantage over newer websites.

Dale King

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WebBizIdeas

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Jun 16, 2008 1:38 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Hi,

Google only calculates page rank about 4 times a year. First, that means that your page ranks is about 4 months old when it changes; which does not help webmasters or internet marketers.

Considering page rank has nothing to do with the actually ranking of a site in Google I am boggled that people spend so much time worrying about this. It is like the Internet Marketing Industry adopted Bush`s...lets scare everyone by using the word "terror" in everything I do tactic.

Don`t you agree DaleKing?

P.S. i read a lot of your posts here & on SmallBusinessBrief and do enjoy them.

jeff

DaleKing

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Jun 17, 2008 8:52 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Considering page rank has nothing to do with the actually ranking of a site in Google I am boggled that people spend so much time worrying about this. Don`t you agree DaleKing?

P.S. i read a lot of your posts here & on SmallBusinessBrief and do enjoy them.

Jeff, I appreciate your kind words and I`m glad you enjoy my posts. But no, I don`t agree with you. Over the last few months as I`ve talked to various, reputable SEO experts and become more and more educated about PR, I`ve discovered PR does indeed play a role in how Google ranks your site in the search engines. PR is a metric used in Google`s ranking algorithms. The only thing that isn`t known is how much of a role PR plays. Unfortunately, no one knows the answer to that except Google.

Dale King

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houseofjerkyjanie

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Jun 17, 2008 10:03 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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We have had a page rank of 4 forever. It doesn`t seem to have any relevance on where we appear on Google search. We were a 4 when it was much more difficult to find our site. For some reason, I would like to have a higher PR, but it doesnt seem to really matter.

DaleKing

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Jun 17, 2008 10:38 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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While you may not think PR matters, when you combine it with a variety of other factors, including the age of your domain it matters.

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houseofjerkyjanie

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Jun 17, 2008 10:48 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I didn`t say it doesnt matter, in general. But a 4 out of 10 seems the best it gets in the market I am in. Maybe that means others search for much more, than beef jerky, saving those rankings for 10`s

So, the 4 is okay by me, and I can focus on other things.

No argument Dale. Have a great day...

houseofjerkyjanie

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Jun 17, 2008 10:55 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Wrong..Jack Link`s is a 6, so I love it when we appear above them. Not sure how that happens either.

Anyway they`ve been around forever. And they are not what you`d call a small business!

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