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Oct

Apparently, Google cares about page rank. And, so do the other search engines. A lot of bloggers care, too. I don’t. Maybe, I should…

Today’s Lesson

What is page rank? According to Wikipedia,

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.

That’s a mouthful.

If you take the time to read all of the matrix behind gaining a high page rank, the most important, is getting high ranking sites, to link to your site. And you want many high ranking sites, linking to your site. The more, the better. This apparently “shows” Google and the other search engines, that your site is one of high authority. After all, why would a high ranking site link to your site, if it wasn’t? Right? Not necessarily.

Links can be bought. Links can be traded (reciprocal linking).

Page rank ranges from 0/10 to 10/10. I would guess, it’s next to impossible to get a 10/10 page rank rating.

When the page rank of a site begins to increase, oftentimes, the author of the site will stop linking to lower page ranked sites. Why? It could drop their page rank. BooHoo!

It doesn’t matter if low page ranked sites links to a high page ranked site, as that is beyond the control of the author. However, those outgoing links, are controllable by the author, so oftentimes, they won’t link.

Let’s look at this. My page rank is ~~0/10…or in other words. I am not even ranked yet.~~ Now if I have this figured out right, my ranking can only go up. Right? (UPDATE: My page rank on the home page of this blog, is now 1/10.) So, why worry about page rank. After all, I have a blog to be concerned about. My readers are counting on me. And, I don’t believe my loyal readers really care about my page rank.

Today’s Assignment

Since we are talking about page rank, let it be known that, page rank is something that takes time to acquire. But, having a high page rank is not the only way to get your blog discovered.

1) Write posts, using unpopular keywords. You may not get a lot of traffic, but you should get some. Try to get your post indexed within the first three pages of a search.

2) Submit you own posts to Digg. Digg has a high page rank. If you submit your post to Digg, remember to include your keywords in your description of the post. Do not submit every post to Digg. Submit the ones you think are “news worthy”. Your post may get indexed higher, through the Digg website.

3) Submit your posts to De.lici.ous, Stumble Upon and Technorati, and other social networks. This could help.

4) Leave meaningful comments on other blogs.

5) Post, post, post, and continue to get your blog crawled.

6) Submit your posts to blog carnivals. One of the popular ones is BlogCarnival.com

7) Submit your blog to blog directories. There are many free ones online. Submit only to those that would pertain to your blogging subject.

8.) Submit your posts to online “articles” sites, such as Ezine. Most will let you include a link back to your site.

9.) Insert your URL in your emails, and company or personal correspondence, as well as on your business cards.

My thought on page rank………..,if blogging comes to worrying about page rank, count me out.

Earlier I wrote another post about page rank, it can be found here.

Category: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Linking, Page Rank Tags: Blogging, Blogs, digg, google, Page Rank, social networks, technorati, wikipedia 13 Comments

Jul

Google Page Rank – Chasing That Elusive Dream

Barbara Swafford

Google Page Rank. If you blog, and have done any research on linking, you’ve probably read that you want incoming links to your pages from sites that have a ranking of 4 or above. This apparently, will help your Google Page Rank., which, in turn, increases your position in the search engines. It is written, that a higher position in the search engines, means more traffic to your blog. Talk about a domino effect.

It’s all about links. Should you buy links? Should you sell links? Should you beg for links?

Or……should you pursue reciprocal linking from a blog like mine–a blog that hasn’t even gotten a ranking yet? Some, will tell you “No”. I, say, “Yes”.

Here’s the philosophy behind my thinking.

I currently have a blog that has no ranking, or 0/10 on “Google’s Page Rank”. My blog, and all new blogs in their infancy, get the same ranking. But….blogs grow. Their ranking increases. So….if you link to my blog, which has a ranking of 0/10 now, and it grows, and receives a ranking of 4/10++, that will affect your ranking as well.

So, what I’m saying is, “Don’t be so shallow, and so selfish, that you won’t link to an infant blog” That could be compared to not dating a girl or guy, before they go through an “extreme makeover”. You know the ones. In high school, they were the geek or ugly duckling. You may have snubbed them, or made fun of the. Then, at your class reunion, you didn’t even recognize them, because they had gone through a transformation. Now, they’re “hot”. Maybe, rich. Or, both. Maybe they’re Bill Gates. Can you blame them, if they won’t even give you the time of day?

A new blog, is like the geek, or ugly ducking, in high school. The blog is so new to blogosphere, it doesn’t even “deserve” a ranking. How sad. But, blogs grow up. The authors may become “probloggers”. They transform, and start getting lots of attention., i.e. traffic and a higher ranking. Then….. you want some of that “link love”. But, no matter how hard you try, you can’t get any. Poor you! Maybe, you should have paid some attention to them when they were in their infancy.

Are you going to be saying, “woulda, shoulda, coulda?” when you see a new blog, mature into a well renowned blog? And, now you want a link from them? Or, are you going to start supporting blogs, in their infancy, not caring if a link to them, lowers your Google Page Rank?

Stand up! Be the “first kid on the blogk” to send some “link love” to a new blog. Go online, and find those new blogs. Give them support. Link to their blog in one of your posts.

Fast forward….years from now, you’re at that blogging convention of probloggers, and one of those “ex-newbies” (now a problogger) is speaking of how they succeeded in blogging. Your name, and your blog’s name is mentioned. What a proud moment that will be.

Spread the link love!

I set up a “page”, I’ve named “Blogging Buddies”. I provide a link back to every person (with a blog) who has left a comment, or has linked, to either this blog, or my OM blog. Want your blog added? Leave me a comment, or, share some link love with me.

Comments will be moderated, and I visit every site before posting a link on my “Blogging Buddies” page.