what is PR5 or PR4

[acegoet]

What does PR5 mean...or PR6???

[Vorty]

What is PageRank (PR)?

PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page's importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page's PageRank is calculated.

PageRank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one.

[etech-peter]

Pagerank evaluates and ranks websites according to a computed value determined by the number of other sites linking to them. A PR 5 or PR 6 link is generally considered good enough.

[acegoet]

So how do I determine if a site is PR5 or PR4? Is there a standard or somewere you go to get the designation??? OR is it something completely different?

[etech-peter]

You can use the following tools to check your site's PR

http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
http://www.iwebtool.com/pagerank_checker

[acegoet]

Ok...so I am starting to understand the basics...

now for the money question....How do I increase my PR?

[etech-peter]

The most important component for gaining a good PR for a site is the quality of links pointing to a website. PageRank is based on the IBLs and the PR of the sites that are linking to you. Updating your site's content regularly also helps in increasing PR.

[acegoet]

Thank you for answering my questions. I appreciate it.

I guess I am off to find some quality links....anyone want to exchange links or I do have banner space....

[lilian]

Google Pagerank