Hello,

I was focusing on my website PR, but few of my friends told me PR is not valid any more. also for web directories.

is it true?

Tool bar PR never, ever was "valid"

Thanks Chris!

How can i check my PR?

ha ha ha what is it page rank is always and will be valid till google is on there.Well you can say it in this way that we can't trust the toolbar showed page rank..well due to the hack which makes the pr to seem valid..

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/the-go...important.html

Chris told you it wasn't valid...

You acknowledged it...

Then asked how to check what yours is??!!

PR as a measure of the inbound links, is always valid. Toolbars PR may not be the most accurate (no decimels) and latest(updates only once in 3 months, where as google internally update it very frequently) but is a measure of how google see things. PR is always valid, but it is one of the many factors that affect page rank. Content matters, age of site matters, quality of incoming links matters and so on. PR is one of the many factors that affect site ranking.

You are right, bharat, pr is not valid anymore.

Page rank is a rank for a web page and not a website and since its a main criteria which reflects the quality backlinks which you have. PR does play an important role otherwise Google might been banned it some times ago only.

PR only symbolizes the quality of backlink that you have. I have never noticed its importance in SERP.

It just doesn't sink in at all does it.

PR is NOT an indicator of anything other than the PR.

NOT "Quality".
NOT "importance"

NOT anything other than the PR of the pages that point to the target page.

Originally Posted by weblover50

PR as a measure of the inbound links, is always valid. Toolbars PR may not be the most accurate (no decimels) and latest(updates only once in 3 months, where as google internally update it very frequently) but is a measure of how google see things. PR is always valid, but it is one of the many factors that affect page rank. Content matters, age of site matters, quality of incoming links matters and so on. PR is one of the many factors that affect site ranking.

agreed, pr is not as important as it was, but still valid to indicate the backlinks one site receives, and it contributes to your rankings as well.

right.

Does it mean that PR now is just for display and some "ego-puffer" but niot really that useful when it comes to SERP?

Originally Posted by esdee

Does it mean that PR now is just for display and some "ego-puffer" but niot really that useful when it comes to SERP?

Yep, as it was since day 1...

SERP and PR do not depend on each other. I would prefer has better SERP position then PR.

Some people say it's valid. Some people say it isn't. It can get pretty confusing if you try to look for reasons on who to believe. Just work on having a great site with a lot of great content. Then go look for targeted traffic. To quote stOx:

"People need to realize that PR is the effect of a good site, Not the cause of it."

PR has to influence result some what. If I search keywords in my industry, high PR sites are listed above lower PR sites. HOWEVER, there is one site that is PR0 that ranks higher than a 5.

PR is not the only deciding factor to get ranking but it definitely is one of the factor google takes into account. I would say what is the harm in improving the PR, IT ONLY HELPS

Hi,

PR is not important for our site. But if our site have PR then other sites linking to our site. Our site get more credibility.