Basic Google Arithmetic: 0 + 6 - 1= 5
As we all have probably already heard (and now seen), Dr. Google has completed ranking updates and has applied the numerical values accordingly. When the first PR update that I have ever experienced hit back in late January, I was astonished and amazed. I had gone from a PR of zero to a PR of 6 and, although I had no idea what this meant, I assumed it was good news for ScottPot.
Despite the fact that recent changes to PR resulted in a deduction (of one point) from my overall ranking with ScottPot, I am still content with my PR for now and hope to maintain my standing for as long as Google algorithm allows (but, my Google toolbar looks so much better with more green in it 
). Plus, some really great news, the BIG Wallhogs Blog experienced a BIG jump in PR and went from a zero to a PR of 4!!! We must be doing something BIG!!
For those of you, like me, who are still a little shaky with this whole PR and the calculating there of, perhaps an article in wikipedia can be of further assistance,
PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of “measuring” its relative importance within the set. The algorithm may be applied to any collection of entities with reciprocal quotations and references. The numerical weight that it assigns to any given element E is also called the PageRank of E and denoted by PR(E).
PageRank was developed at Stanford University by Larry Page (hence the name Page-Rank[1]) and Sergey Brin as part of a research project about a new kind of search engine. The project started in 1995 and led to a functional prototype, named Google, in 1998. Shortly after, Page and Brin founded Google Inc., the company behind the Google search engine. While just one of many factors which determine the ranking of Google search results, PageRank continues to provide the basis for all of Google’s web search tools.[2]
The name PageRank is a trademark of Google. The PageRank process has been patented (U.S. Patent 6,285,999 ). The patent is not assigned to Google but to Stanford University.
In addition, Maki, in his post on DoshDosh, relayed some valuable content (like he always does) regarding PR and PR factors. Also, there are a couple of tools for those of you, like me, who anticipate the BIG PR update (this particular Google Page Rank Prediction tool seems to be sufficient). ScottPot, another Google PR update complete and, still, many of us are still in the dark, ill informed and ill advised. Google, talk to me, talk to us, what’s up with your PR? What’s really going on?
Your Reactions, Your Preparation(s):
How did you manage the update? How did you prepare? Did it result in what you had expected? What do you think about PR (and, perhaps Google in general)? Will you be ready for the next update? What you gonna do when Google PR update comes for you? Anything else you’d like to share, comment on?
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Congratulations to ScottPot! Tomorrow I will re-read this, to see how the whole PR googly-thing might be of relevance to my l’il blog one day.
Thanks, sugar smacks! The PR will come in handy with SEO and, if you are interested in advertisers, they like high PR, too. Thanks for stopping by again, see you around!
ps-your last post I read today about Katz, hilarious again! you’ve got a real talent, keep it up.
Hi,
I did not prepared to PR update at all, but I still got PR4. So I am very happy with that. In fact, I found my pr ranking from other blogger posts
Awesome, TJ, congrats! Yeah, I didn’t do anything special to brace for the update, I just did my usual blogging and linking out like I normally do. I am still confused on the whole process myself but, what you gonna do, you know? Thanks for the input, see you around!
I don’t even know what my PR is, that’s bad right?
No, Edgar, that’s not bad at all. Plus, your site is just a month old, right? You’ve already got plenty of great conent from what I have viewed. It took me like 29 weeks to get my PR from a zero. With the way you are going right now, I would imagine that the next Google update will have leave you with a stocking full of nice treats. Keep up the great work; it will all pay off in due time. Regardless, it’s just a Google number, it’s really no BIG deal.
Thanks again, take care, Edgar
ps, if you don’t have the google toolbar, it’s pretty nifty and it’s simple to get- search google toolbar or you can hit that link above.
I shot up two points! Not bad for a new blog. Thanks for the post. I’ve been a little confused as to how Google does the page rank thing.
Hey, Lisa, welcome to ScottPot and congratulations on those PR points, that’s awesome!! Yeah, apparently, it’s about that darn Google algorithm and them inlinks, outlinks, visitors and other search engines. Google ain’t telling nobody but there seems to be some sort of consensus regarding the whole process. But, honestly, I still don’t know.
Thank you very much for your reply, I hope to see you around.
-Scott
But again I still haven’t known when they will update the PR. Mine is still gray. Last time I check I have more than 2000 incoming links but perhaps only a few are indexed by google yet (from link:site search phrase)
Yeah, good luck with Mr. and Mrs. Google, it took me some time to get up from th zero spot, too. I had a goose egg for a while, then it jumped up to a 6.
Only google knows, only google knows. Keep up the great work though, Cherry, it will all add up.
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