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elgato · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 16923 Location: Texas

Google has quietly gotten rid of PageRank in Webmaster Tools. Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable points to a thread featuring an explanation from Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa.

"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," says Moskwa. "We removed it because we felt it was silly to tell people not to think about it, but then to show them the data, implying that they should look at it."

Search marketers are wondering why Google tells people not to focus on PageRank and removes it from Webmaster Tools, but still keeps it in the Google Toolbar. "Back in 2007, Google wanted feedback on removing PageRank from the Toolbar," says Schwartz. "I felt it was a good idea but the idea died out. Google cannot remove PageRank from the Toolbar, it is too much of their branding. No matter how much Matt Cutts and the Google search quality and webmaster trends team want it removed, I cannot see Google's executives allowing it."

Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim says the role of PageRank has been reduced to nothing more than a "comfort blanket for SEO Noobs." He adds, "I say this, with a high degree of confidence that most experienced SEOs pour over the data in Google Webmaster Tools, whereas those new to the industry likely let the toolbar be their only guiding light."

He also notes, however, that PageRank data can still be useful. For example, it can be a good indicator of a site's behavior in Google's index. "Any green means 'go.' No green, means there's something to investigate," says Beal.

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Brandr · Joined: 07 Mar 2010 Posts: 137

Nothing really matters for a good Google ranking other than original, quality content; amount of visitors; and a well designed (coded) website using 'legal' seo techniques. The 'amount' of visitors is the hard part. Kind of a catch twenty two. How to get visibility in order to atract those visits in the first place. Marketing rather than design is a Webmasters biggest challenge.

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GeraldC · Joined: 07 Nov 2010 Posts: 3

Here are some ways on how to get good ranking in search engine...

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John23 · Joined: 11 Nov 2010 Posts: 25

As of me These days I don't pay too much importance on PR, so it really does not make much difference to me with Google's recent decision. At the same time, it's not surprising that Google will keep the PR application within the toolbar for the main reason it's what made Google the icon of all search engines.