Last Google Pagerank Update – December 2008
Well it appears Google has had their last pagerank update for 2008. From what I can tell it looks like the results are mixed with some bloggers moving up to pagerank 5 and 6′s. On the other hand there is also a notable amount of bloggers who have gone to a pagerank of zero….nasty!.
This blog has moved from a pagerank 1 to a pagerank of 2. Not bad considering we no longer bother actively going out and looking for links. In fact we don’t promote this blog at all anymore.
In contrast however one of our niche websites in which we actively look for links has moved from a pagerank 4 to a pagerank of 3. It appears that all our other sites have stayed the same.
How has this affected us? Well apart from seeing a difference in the green line on the Google toolbar it has made no difference whatsoever. Traffic hasn’t changed and rankings haven’t changed.
I used to be so caught up in the Google pagerank and would check constantly to see whether a new pagerank had come through. I got so good at it that even now I don’t need to hold my mouse over the green bar – I can tell straight away what the pagerank is by just looking at it. Fortunately I don’t do that anymore.
Old habits die hard however so every now and then I still glance at the little green bar at the top of the screen as I did this morning and noticed a pagerank change.
In my opinion the Google pagerank is really just a rough gauge as to the value of a website – it’s nothing more than that. Don’t get too caught up in it.
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It is so easy to get caught up in pagerank. I am the same – always checking the little green bar. Now that I think about it, I should probably turn the pagerank indicator bar off!! Moves up, moves down but really you have no control over the result.
To a great 2009 Paula and Wanda. Thanks for sharing your successes and the goodies you find along the way.
Hey Charlotte – good to hear from you. Lets hope 2009 is an especially successful year for us all!
Hey Paula,
I am glad you had an increase in your PR. At least it shows you linkbuilding and marketing effort has paid off. Congrats and happy 2009 to you!
Ben Pei
Better not to get obsessed with stats including rank. Keep writing strong content and work to build your audience. The rest falls into place.
am still at PR0 , i have everything that Google needs – don’t know why Google hates me and never give any rank. Lets hope i will get back my lost dignity from big G
I do not know if Google updates the pagerank, but I already has over 1 years with a PR4, every time Google does not put it more difficult to attract visitors to our site, Google wants all the web traffic for them, is not just be left to compete and I am trying to get by with Google Adsense.Pero really earn a pittance if you have it 5 to attract more visitors.
Greetings.
My pagerank jumped from 0 to 3 in the last update and I am aiming for 5 in the next one. Do u think it is possible. I understand page rank won’t guarantee traffic but it’s has a show off value
Anything is possible but it is a lot harder to get from pagerank 3 to a pagerank 5 than it is to get from pagerank 0 to pagerank 3.
PR4, but traffic is the same, slightly going up every week … likely because of adding fresh content, of course. That’s what to focus on.
I agree Chris. Fresh content on a consistent basis is absolutely vital.
I love your gardening blog by the way…great job!
oh i am surprised to know, that i dont feel that there was an PR update