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Page Rank Is Back!

by Pat Marcello on Monday, April 5th, 2010 | View Comments

I’m very pleased to type that the SEO News Blog has finally re-achieved page rank after all these months without it. At one time, we had a PR 4, but then, Google came down on paid linking. It’s understandable. They don’t like manipulation of their results like that and who can blame them? They want the best experience for their customers and so… well…

I had one link that had been paying me for a very long time, and I didn’t feel comfortable saying, “Hey… Google changed its mind and well… you’re out!” Not fair, right?  So, I just let it run, and when it stopped running, I canceled my Text Link Ads account.

Achieving page rank isn’t the most important thing in the world, as we’ve discussed her several times before, but it does help. I still have plenty of first-page rankings for keywords in my niche, and am getting a lot of that awesome, free, targeted traffic from Google anyway, but there’s something about page rank that does matter.

Unless you have a page rank higher than the person that wants to link to you by commenting or by adding you to their blogroll, they won’t do it. It makes little sense for them in terms of search.  So, few trackbacks or pingbacks worth mention. You need that kind of interaction to make your blog rank higher, it’s true.

But you can still get traffic from blog commenting. Rather than look at the page rank of the blog, why not check out the Alexa and see if the blog is getting traffic. I’d much rather post a comment to a high-traffic blog than to post to a high PR blog without traffic. I mean, it’s OK to do it once, but I sure wouldn’t waste my time on a regular basis. Would you?

Anyway, I feel pretty good about the road back to recovery. What do you feel good about today? Do an ad swap that worked out well? Double your blog traffic? What’s your positive focus for the day?

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  • themarketingprofessional

    Hi Pat,

    I loved this article, my current page rank is 3. Care to do a case study on how to raise it to 4? In my own opinion I get a moderate amount of traffic.

    Curious and thanks for the continued great content,

    Mark Edward Brown
    The Marketing Professional

  • http://TweetSuccessClub.com/wordpress Gregory Collins

    Were you going to tie this in to privacy policies too? I don't think I have one on all me blogs, so you got me thinking.

  • cindymakonin

    Hi Pat. Good article. Traffic seems to be the all important word. My blog seems to go in spurts for traffic.
    My positive focus for the day, however, is around horses. I am looking for a good trail horse for the area I live in. I used to be involved with horses, and want to get back into it. I saw a beautiful gelding today part quarter part thoroughbred. I'm just looking for a good fit.
    Anyway, hope you are having a great day now that the weather is starting to warm up.
    All the best,
    Cindy

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  • http://theSEONewsBlog.com/ PatMarcello

    Sweet! Sure, Mark… Get in touch with me and we'll go over a plan.

    Pat

  • http://theSEONewsBlog.com/ PatMarcello

    Know what? I forgot to change my title.

    Here's the scoop: You NEED a privacy policy on your blog. You can get one from the Better Business Bureau and modify it. But you need to have one, and if you read Anik Singal's post over at the Affiliate Classroom blog yesterday, it makes a difference in your quality score, too.

    So, privacy policies definitely improve your SEO position.

    Pat

  • http://theSEONewsBlog.com/ PatMarcello

    Awesome, Cindy! Glad you enjoyed the article. You should speak to our finance manager… Lindsey. She moved to Wyoming a couple of years ago so that she could become an awesome barrel racer and has two horses of her own. Cool!

    - Pat

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  • themarketingprofessional

    Hi Pat,

    I just mailed you back in reference to that plan.

    Thanks,

    Mark “The Marketing Professional” Brown

  • http://theSEONewsBlog.com/ PatMarcello

    Yep! And I hope you got my reply. I'd like to know your thoughts.

    Tell me what happens to your Alexa after implementing whatever of that you like, of course. My suggestions are just that… ideas. If they work out for you, I'll be very pleased. :)

    Pat

  • http://theSEONewsBlog.com/ PatMarcello

    Yep! And I hope you got my reply. I'd like to know your thoughts.

    Tell me what happens to your Alexa after implementing whatever of that you like, of course. My suggestions are just that… ideas. If they work out for you, I'll be very pleased. :)

    Pat

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