Forgive me for ranting about a tired subject, but I think people who say "PR doesn't matter" just aren't thinking. I really don't know how anyone could get to that conclusion, unless it's jealousy?

• So what if I traded in my car to pay for links?
• It's OK to mortgage your house for more PR, you'll be happy l8tr
• Accept links from the devil himself, links = PR

Let's examine all the things having lots of PR will do for you:

• That green bar will keep you warm like a blanket when the company that owns your mortgage goes belly up.
• Your PR will put out even when your wife has a headache. Just visit your site, and the bar appears like magic. Nothing satisfies like PageRank.
• When a loved one dies, PR is better than drugs for being an anti-depressant.
• You can have duplicate content and stay out of the supplemental hell. If you're already spamming your way to the top, this is perfect!
• When you go, you better change your will so you can leave your PR to family members. Sure they'll be sad you're gone, but they'll have your PageRank to keep your memory alive.

I'm so greedy for PR I steal my wife's links when she's taking a bath. But only a few at a time, so she doesn't notice.

I woke up this morning needing to bring a smile to my face and this posts did it for me. Thanks for the humor.

As the only webmaster with a verified PR 12,654 site and the exclusive distributor of PageRank Pens(TM), I would have to state that in my unbiased opinion, everything that you said is true and more, John.

But you forgot some stuff.

PR interest is calculated at (Prime Rate + 15%), compounded daily. That means that PageRank grows exponentially as time passes, and old PageRank becomes even more valuable as a result. That's the key now...old PageRank.

Toolbar PageRank sounds like it has something to do with organic search results. It doesn't have anything to do with organic search results, but as long as it sounds like it does, that's okay.

PageRank is rumoured to be an officially recognized unit of currency by the World Bank by the end of 2011. 1 PR will be approximately equal to $54.95 USD...give or take.

PageRank will split off from Google and be an officially recognized stock (ticker symbol: YFM, short for "You F**king Moron") on the NASDAQ by September of 2008. The initial shares will be owned by anyone with PageRank in their toolbar, and the higher the toolbar PageRank, the more shares you'll own...that means I'm majority shareholder and you will all be my lowly minions.

Thank you for bringing this important news to our attention, John.

PR is scrap

Originally Posted by lajocar

PR is scrap

I hope you understood the joke!

Originally Posted by whym

I hope you understood the joke!

I don't get it what joke???

* sighs *

Sarcasm is so lost on the uninformed.

For one thing, if somebody gives you advice and follows it with "you'll be happy l8tr" you REALLY shouldn't trust them. Text speak is always a bad sign.

The thing is, everybody is always asking how to get a Page Rank, how to make it bigger, all kinds of silly questions about it. And intelligent people like Adam give up their own personal time to explain to the person why PR is unimportant at best, and a burdensome distraction at worst. I can't imagine how many hours Adam has donated to helping people understand this.

The humor is that on this web site, where honest people live, "PR doesn't matter" is as common as "I need PR 13 by tomorrow!" I'm refuting the good advice in a way that actually reinforces it. People tend to try inflating their PR by purchasing links, so the bit about how your PR will keep you warm while you sleep on the street - it would be pretty hard to not see that as a joke?

Let's examine all the things having lots of PR will do for you:

• That green bar will keep you warm like a blanket when the company that owns your mortgage goes belly up.
• Your PR will put out even when your wife has a headache. Just visit your site, and the bar appears like magic. Nothing satisfies like PageRank.
• When a loved one dies, PR is better than drugs for being an anti-depressant.
• You can have duplicate content and stay out of the supplemental hell. If you're already spamming your way to the top, this is perfect!
• When you go, you better change your will so you can leave your PR to family members. Sure they'll be sad you're gone, but they'll have your PageRank to keep your memory alive.

OMG I love that -- I absolutely love that! Thanks -- I, too needed a laugh and this was perfect!!!

hehe its funny, but you must admit that PR is important.

Its like cloths, if you dont have PR that means your naked and boys with cloths will runaway from you saying that your naked. But when you get decent cloths they all love you they all will put link on they sites and send you nice traffic.

So to get traffic PR can be good, many(if not all) webmasters with pr5+ dont want to even talk with naked sites.

So if this is not real then give me pr5+ link for nothing, you know you wont give me.

Originally Posted by dadaas

Its like cloths, if you dont have PR that means your naked and boys with cloths will runaway from you saying that your naked. But when you get decent cloths they all love you they all will put link on they sites and send you nice traffic.

This kind of dimwitted thinking will stop your brand new site from ever getting links.

Believe it or not, some people actually link to pages because they think they would be beneficial to their visitors - regardless of PR.

yes i agree with that, but my problem is that i want to exchange traffic/links with familiar sites and they dont want to do it unless i have some kind of Page rank.

So for my business page rank is needed to get traffic(links on high traffic pages).

And PR have enough importance now, i dont know what else can be important if you have high PR?More traffic from google? Actually what people that rant about PR importance want from PR?

Originally Posted by dadaas

yes i agree with that, but my problem is that i want to exchange traffic/links with familiar sites and they dont want to do it unless i have some kind of Page rank.

You are probably trading with the wrong people. I exchange links with sites similar to mine because I KNOW my visitors will appreciate the links. E.g., I have a local church site so I add the local town web site to my links page and he does to his. I had no pagerank, but the guy running the town site knew it would benefit his visitors to have the link to my site there, and vice versa. The purpose should be to add links to your site to improve the whole visit for your visitors - link to good content instead of exchanging links to get pagerank.

Originally Posted by dadaas

So for my business page rank is needed to get traffic(links on high traffic pages).

Pagerank does not come with a guarantee! I've got PR3 on several sites yet they actually do not receive that much traffic (they are small sites though so I wouldn't expect them to be overwhelmed.) Low PR sites often outrank high PR sites, based on relevance.

Originally Posted by dadaas

And PR have enough importance now, i dont know what else can be important if you have high PR?More traffic from google? Actually what people that rant about PR importance want from PR?

Pagerank isn't that important! Quality traffic should be your aim. As I said, PR does not guarantee a volume of traffic, or even quality traffic.

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

Yes, it happens to me. I send email to someone requesting for link exchange but when he reply, he said that my request was rejected because of no PR yet. So meaning that PR is important.

yes i agree with that, but my problem is that i want to exchange traffic/links with familiar sites and they dont want to do it unless i have some kind of Page rank.

They're idiots. And so is anyone who wants to exchange links for SEO purposes with these idiots.

Yes, it happens to me. I send email to someone requesting for link exchange but when he reply, he said that my request was rejected because of no PR yet. So meaning that PR is important.

No, it means that PageRank is important to those who create a false marketplace for "SEOs" who know no better.

Originally Posted by dadaas

So for my business page rank is needed to get traffic(links on high traffic pages).

Doesn't your site offer anything worthwhile to link to, regardless of PR?

Maybe you should take responsibility for the position your site is in. You say that potential linkers won't link to sites with low PR. But new sites with PR=0 accumulate links all the time. Could those sites have some magic bullet? Yes, high quality content that is worth linking to.

Originally Posted by sheena

Yes, it happens to me. I send email to someone requesting for link exchange but when he reply, he said that my request was rejected because of no PR yet. So meaning that PR is important.

It's up to the individual to think what they like. Some people worship PageRank and it is their goal for their site - other's aren't bothered. Exchange links to boost the content for your visitors and to improve quality traffic - not for pagerank

Originally Posted by sheena

Yes, it happens to me. I send email to someone requesting for link exchange but when he reply, he said that my request was rejected because of no PR yet. So meaning that PR is important.

That's a very simplistic way of looking at things. And conveniently it exempts you from all responsibility for their rejection.

How about making your site better? How about asking different people (better prospects) for links? How about asking in a better way? Whatever you are doing you can do better. You simply have to look around you and notice that other new sites with PR 0 are successfully collecting links. Why them and not you?

Originally Posted by dadaas

hehe its funny, but you must admit that PR is important.

Must I? Why? I'll admit PR is important to not get obsessed over.

Originally Posted by dadaas

Its like cloths, if you dont have PR that means your naked and boys with cloths will runaway from you saying that your naked. But when you get decent cloths they all love you they all will put link on they sites and send you nice traffic.

What on Earth are you talking about? I'm sorry, I just don't see ANY connection between exposing your genitalia publically and having a site that doesn't have many important links.

Originally Posted by dadaas

So to get traffic PR can be good, many(if not all) webmasters with pr5+ dont want to even talk with naked sites.

My wife won't let me talk with naked women, except of course her. Maybe this is what you're talking about?

Originally Posted by dadaas

So if this is not real then give me pr5+ link for nothing, you know you wont give me.

No, I won't. You have to EARN links from me. That means you have to create something worth linking to, something I can be proud to show my visitors.