Pagerank optimization
-
Hi,
I know that pagerank is not of that much importance but still I got few question regarding pagerank that I wish to be answered by senior seomoz staff!
- I heard that the pagerank is used in determination of original content by different ways i.e higher pagerank site get indexed faster and have low chance of easily penalized
- Higher pagerank website entitles you to get your newly written content indexed/ranked well without any backlinks just based on internal links.
I would like to know in detail about above two statements, and lastly I would appreciate if I can get help regarding dmoz listing or any other listing that worth it in terms of pagerank optimization.
Most high pagerank websites are quite strict in linking to other sites, and those who sells link on the site doesn't seems worthfull!
Detailed insight is appreciated on each and every point.
Thanks in advance
-
Hi Salman,
If you haven't already seen it, there is a great Whiteboard Friday video from Rand about Pagerank and what you should and shouldn't use it for. In the video, Rand talks about the things that Ryan mentioned in his answer, the points you asked about and a few other things.
Here is the link: What is Google's Pagerank Good For?
Hope that helps,
Sha
-
I believe I mentioned it a month or so ago, but I will make an effort to log the next couple times it happens and pass the information along.
Thx Sha!
-
Hi Ryan,
The "lost" post is one of a couple of issues I have been talking to the help team about during the past week. If you haven't already let them know that it happened, might be helpful if you could do that.
Seems there's a little gremlin in there somewhere
Sha
-
Hi Salman,
With regard to dmoz, it took me a long time to get my website registered with them. Of course the first step is to go through their registration process. In my case, I waited a few months, and then I registered again. Then after a 3rd try registering, I sent an email to one of the editors that I found online, and I asked her why my sight had not been registered. No response from the email, but a few weeks later, my site was finally registered.
Brian
-
Hi Salman,
Welcome to Q&A! You've posted your question in the public Q&A, which is open to all Pro members. You'll get a variety of answers from the Pro community here. If you want your question answered by just SEOmoz staff, you'll want to edit this question and mark it as private and you'll be guaranteed that staff will review and respond (though it might take a few days).
-
I wrote a nice detailed reply which was somehow lost so I will summarize simply by saying:
Don't look at PR. Ignore it. If you are examining PR, you are looking at the wrong metric. First, it is one of over 200 factors which contribute to a web page's ranking. Secondly, the true PR which is used by Google is updated daily. The only PR figure which you can access is Toolbar PR which is only updated once every few months.
There is so much generic misunderstandings in your question it is hard to properly reply. For example, PR is applied to web pages, not web sites. If you are asking about PR in such detail, you would probably gain equal value to ensuring your meta keywords tag is properly optimized for your web page. In case you don't get the joke, meta keywords is given zero weight or consideration by Google. Nevertheless, because once-upon-a-time it was a factor, you still see brand new sites being created which use the meta keywords tag.
Best place to start learning about SEO is the SEOmoz beginner's guide to SEO.
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Site review : Should I finish on-page optimization before I start link building ??
Site Review am seeing slight improvement with a few keywords and have revamp site do i need to first on page before link building ? I was wondering do i need to complete all on page seo before i move on to link building & marketing content ?? Kindest regards, Stephen sportingdesires
Link Building | | sportingdesires0 -
Pagerank question
Hi, SEO friends I have a question and i'm very thankful if you could help me. My website was a pagerank 4 but recently I checked it, and my new pagerank is 0 or the result is: N/A, I don't understand what it's going on. Even this one has 4,627 external links. Could you help me, please?
Link Building | | Arkix0 -
What is the best way to optimize website for more than one city?
This is my first post in the Moz Community and I have to say, it looks like an amazing place to learn - I am excited to be here. My question is this. I have a client who would like to optimize his local business website so that is shows up in several different cities. For example, he has an office in Ottawa, London and Woodstock. What would the best way to complete the on-page optimization so that Google knows this site is relevant for his service in any of these cities? Is it just a matter of including each of these terms in the title, content and headings? Should I create additional website for each location? Create a resource page for each city on the main site? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
Link Building | | KickItDigital
Nathan0 -
Optimizing YP.com and Yelp listings for local business
I have a fairly new business and I have been citation building over the past year. I noticed that when I perform a search for my keyword and city that YP.com and Yelp show up high on Google SERPS. I have a listing on both of these directories but my listing is unfortunately buried. I have optimized my listings on these sites to the best of my ability. I have not upgraded to paid advertising on either. It's expensive and I here mixed reviews on the ROI. I will list both profiles: http://www.yelp.com/biz/care-wellness-center-margate | http://www.yellowpages.com/margate-fl/mip/care-wellness-center-465315829 | Can anyone offer any advice on optimizing or boosting these listings so I turn up in the first 3-5 instead of 20 or lower? Thank you Robert Herbst
Link Building | | TheAcupuncturist0 -
On Page Optimization to Rank For Multiply Cities
I have service that operates in western Massachusetts, and I'm targeting keywords that are "KEYWORD - CITY", i have over 20 cities, whats the best way to optimize my website for these keywords, should i create a one page and mention all the cities that we operate in? Thanks
Link Building | | vlad_mezoz0 -
On Page Optimization
Im working with a gutter installation company and they serve 2 states, so i want to optimize the website for these 2 states, what would be best thing to do in this case? create 2 separate tabs for each state and mention them in the content, and build links to each of them? or should i just create one page mentioning these keywords Thanks
Link Building | | vlad_mezoz0 -
Pagerank sculpting best practices for e-commerce websites
What is currently the best practice to not let pagerank flow to policy, contact and other less important pages on an e-commerce website? Pages have to be visible on the home page, (currently in the footer) so unfortunately they cannot be moved to a "single" url. How likely is that a PR5 home page can sculpt PR4 first category pages if the # of outgoing links are at a reasonable number and structured well? Currently the home page is PR5, but category pages are only PR3 - and not structured properly...
Link Building | | DancingWebmasters0 -
What could cause a drop in pagerank
Our home page pagerank dropped from 4 to 3. nlpca(dot)com What are the possible things that could cause this?
Link Building | | BobGW0