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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Bloggers, what's your PageRank?

Looks like we're a 5 on a scale of 10. (Via On the Vig.)

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Some important things to keep in mind:

1. This is *in theory* Google's measure of how important LINKS from your site are. Not to be confused with the total factors that determine your site's importance/rankings.

2. This isn't Google's internal PageRank number...which may be totally different from what they show you, and what they DO use to help determine your site's rankings.

3. Unless you're buying, selling, or trading links based on the perceived 'value' of your site, you can safely ignore the PageRank number Google shows you. It's about as valid as the initial tram cost estimate.

I would add a fourth caveat: These days, Google has been actively customizing search results based on the geography of person doing the searching -- and possibly even, based on past search histories.

So, a search for - say - "sky tram" might have a highly-ranked result that's here at bojack.org for someone sitting in Portland - but that same search result might be much lower-ranked for someone sitting in, say, St. Moritz or Whistler.




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