Page Rank
Page Rank is a useful indicator of how well respected a website is by Google. Wikipedia’s page rank for instance is incredible. Even Wikipedia began with a PR of zero many moons ago. Don’t overly concern yourself with just getting backlinks from sites with great PR.
Firstly they are unlikley to have the motivation to link to you when your site is brand new. And for another, your enthusiasm could take a big dent from the higher rate of rejections. If you want to grow a big tree, you sometimes have to start with the smallest seed. If you do want to find websites with a nice PR ranking, then read on.
There are a number of ways to find websites that have a high Page Rank, but we’ll cover just one of the simplest to get you going here for now. First off, I personally recommend using the Firefox browser – it’s just nicer than Internet Explorer, and you have access to thousands of addons and plugins to enhance your work or leisure browsing.
Search for, download and install the ‘Google toolbar’. I use it in Firefox all the time, and one of the nice little features is the Page Rank indicator on the toolbar. Simply visit a website, and you see a small bar in green if the site has any page rank. Hover over it with your mouse, and you get a score out of 10. Easy. If you don’t see the Page Rank indicator, right click your Google Toolbar > Google Toolbar Options > Tools > check the box for Page Rank > Save.
Armed with this toolbar addon, you can immediately check the page rank of whichever blogs or websites you’ve found that are most related to your business. As I said, don’t just disregard the smaller websites! Every website starts from zero, and a backlink you obtain today on a PR0 website, could turn into a link from a PR4 or 5 website as that site grows.
Now, let’s not also forget that PR is just one factor to consider when building your backlinks. Of course, this is a good indication of what level of respect Google gives the website. Also, think of relevancy. It’s no good shooting for a link from a PR5 page, if that page has no relation to your website. So apply a little common sense.
- Download Firefox & install
- Download Google Toolbar & install
- Search for web pages or blogs relevant to your niche
- Look in your toolbar – check the Page Rank score
- If you like it, go for a backlink!
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