Improve PageRank By Giving Google What It Wants

by Igor Kheifets

in SEO

improve pagerankPageRank is a link analysis algorithm which was named after its creator – Larry Page. Google uses PageRank to determine the authority of any given website. PageRank often determines how high (or low) a website will rank in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) for any given keyword.

Sites with relatively high PR often outrank those with low PR. While many SEO experts will debate that statement, don’t let them fool you, PageRank is extremely important when it comes to SEO, Google and Organic Search Engine Traffic.

In this post, I want to focus on the factors that determine the PageRank of any given website and how you can deliberately focus on those specific areas of your SEO campaign in order to boost your website’s PageRank to get more organic search engine traffic.

How Google Algorithm is Calculated

For many years, large numbers of internet Heroes, Warriors and Vikings have tried to conquer Google PageRank Algorithm. Many of them have tried to crack the algorithm’s code, but there is yet to be found a man who is capable of such an act of bravery.

Google constantly keeps changing the rules as soon as someone gets even close to cracking their data. However, overtime, great mathematicians have discovered an approximate way of how PageRank works:

PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(t1)/C(t1) + … + PR(tn)/C(tn))

In simple terms this equation can be translated into:

a page’s PageRank = 0.15 + 0.85 * (a “share” of the PageRank of every page that links to it)

*Share = The linking page’s PageRank is divided by the number of outbound links

Factors That Can Improve Pagerank

Check out the list of things that can improve your PageRank and help you rank higher in SERPs:

  • Update Pages Frequently. Google bots are constantly indexing your website. Keep your pages relevant and up to date.
  • Add Pages Frequently. Google recognizes fresh content as a good thing.
  • No Broken Links. Broken links are a disaster. It notifies Google that you don’t care about your website and therefore it doesn’t deserve Google’s respect.
  • Good Neighborhood Directories With High PageRank Levels. Submitting your site to relevant, high PR directories gives you valuable high PR backlinks.
  • Monster Websites. I have no idea what this means, just copied it from another trusted website.
  • Quality Inbound Links. PageRank is all about the quality. 10 links from a PR 5 website is far better than 100 links from a 2 PR site.
  • Quality Relevant Links. Relevancy is Key. Keep your link-building campaigns relevant to your sites theme.
  • Everything Put Together. All of these will result in a significant PageRank boost.

Avoid These!

  • Bad Inbound PPSD Links. PPSD=Poker, Porn, Sex, Drugs
  • Low Quality Content
  • Link Spamming
  • Black Hat SEO
  • High Volume of Broken Links

Check Your Site’s Current PageRank

You can check your website’s current PageRank over at Smart PageRank. The best PageRank checking tool I’ve managed to find so far.

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  1. Improve Page Rank In 9 Easy Steps
  2. Google Search To Become Even Googlier
  3. High PR Backlinks – The Holy Grail of SEO
  4. How To Avoid Google Slap When Advertising With Google Adwords
  5. How To Avoid Google Stupid Tax When Advertising With Google Adwords

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1 Rohit August 10, 2009 at 07:37

Thanks for the tips… :smile:
Rohit´s last blog ..Airtel Net PC : Low cost computer from Airtel.

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2 Top Google Page Rank August 28, 2009 at 23:04

Thanks for the informative post.. and thanks for adding our comment to the blog.

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3 sanju October 2, 2009 at 08:52

I am alos looking for the PR improving tools.

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4 Motorcycel Gasket November 4, 2009 at 08:53

i think Google want good PR link building and back links.

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5 Igor Kheifets November 4, 2009 at 09:44

Google also wants to see user interaction and low bounce rates

Igor

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6 moneyindia123 November 27, 2009 at 03:58

it really works , information is very useful
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7 Igor Kheifets November 27, 2009 at 10:45

That’s great to know Money,

Thanks for commenting.

Igor

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8 Stop Worrying December 19, 2009 at 03:30

Thank you for your article, I found it to help out a whole bunch! Appreciate it.

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9 Igor Kheifets December 19, 2009 at 16:53

You’re welcome, glad you liked it.

Igor

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10 Jhangora February 23, 2010 at 00:02

Hi Igor,

This is the second time I’m visiting ur blog. Both times thru search engines. I think u have an engaging style of writing and a great analytical mind. Ofcourse sometimes u oversimplify things.

Monster sites = sites with a large number of pages, like BBC, CNN, etc.

My blog went upto pagerank 5 in 3 updates and then I stopped blogging for 3 months. It lost by 1 in each of nect 2 updates. Hoping for Pagerank 4 in the next update. Here are some useful links :

Technology Overview
http://www.google.com/corporate/tech.html

The Official Page Rank Paper by Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page
http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

Google’s PageRank Explained and how to make the most of it by Phil Craven
http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank.html

There was another nice explanation by Ian Rogers but the wesbite is no longer up.

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11 aashish March 21, 2010 at 08:05

Really great article, i will use this tips in my Nepali songs Download blog.

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12 web hosting pune July 5, 2010 at 09:55

Thanks a lot for useful info …… :)

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