You’ve heard the jokes: “Never eat Chinese food when you are starving because you’ll just be hungry in an hour”. And here is this fortune, opened by my daughter last night. Perfect. Truth that is simple and plain often is the most well received.
So, what does this fortune have to do with the new Google Toolbar PageRank update? Plenty. Are we every fulfilled with information? No. It seems that once we get a data update, all we can talk about is the next one. This one is no different. If you have been following my link building advice, you should have achieved a nice push during this update. My inbox is flooded with reports of higher PageRank. How much better? The majority of my readers had an increase from a PR4 to a PR6. A pretty significant jump. In fact, my main site, Web Marketing Now, has a PR6 for the first time since 2003.
What can you do to improve your PageRank for the next update? Here are a few tips:
1) Review my SEO Tips for the New Year which covers some link building strategies.
2) Submit your site to Best of the Web directory. And yes, if you submit there I will get paid a commission, but my testing proves that it is by far the best directory. I list all of my sites there and it is a strong reason why my sites all received an increase in PageRank during this update.
3) Get a press release written by Dr. Kevin Nunley and distribute it with your favorite service. My testing doesn’t show one better than another, but Kevin is a great writer and great writers are very hard to find these days.
If you didn’t get a nice push this time around, or if you lost PageRank, you can always review my Google Best Practices Guide. While it is more of an SEO guide than a complete link building tutorial, the information in it will improve your site.
dean says
jerry, i have always followed your info and i know this seems like nothing but its a start, my site got a PR1 with the update, this was purely from following your few tips, i didnt even try that hard to be honest. keep up the HONEST work, its sets you apart from everyone else
Faust says
im happy pr updates for april 3, 2010 are up..
baton says
I didn’t feel update myself: 2->2 and 0->0
will work harder
Sujith@techlineinfo.com says
My page ranking doubled to 6!
Johnathan says
Hi Jerry,
How are you, i have read every article of yours, after a good deal of work finally i am able to get a page rank 0->1 within 2 months and 15 days of hosting my website.
Thankyou for all the useful tips about SEO and Google PR.
Keep the good work going,
Harry Gilliam says
Jerry,
I just checked and our formerly PR 4 is down to zip. But I found our formerly PR 4 site, is down to zero. I also found quite a few other sites, formerly with some PR are now zero. Is is possible that the Google re-ranking process just takes awhile?
Harry
Jerry West says
Hey Harry.
Googe updates their PageRank information daily, but only shows the updated information on the toolbar four times a year. I would do a complete audit of the site that tanked. I am sure you will find a few things that need fixing on it to get it restored.
Annemarie O'Bea says
Awesome, my main site is up to a whopping PR1 from 0, and my blog is a PR2. Gotta start somewhere! Thanks Jerry, you rock man.
Jerry West says
That’s right Annemarie … you have to start somewhere. Keep link building and you’ll realize to focus less on PageRank and more on the conversions for your money keyphrases.
Rick says
Jerry,
Following much of your advice and apply it to our new site which was just built in Jan ’10 is now PR3 right out of the box. That is awesome. Thanks for all your great teachings.
Rick
Tom Tyler says
Jerry, thanks for the post. One of the websites I tested jumped from PR1 to PR3. Powerful stuff. I will try BOTW directory. Thanks again for good info.
Jerry West says
Tom,
Nice! That is a nice jump. Keep working on your links and you’ll see steady progress.
Ele?tirel Haber says
h? my site pagerank is now 1 or 2 for many websites. how can ? know my real pagerank. can you give me a result if ? give my website.
Jerry West says
Google does not disclose that information. When the toolbar PageRank is updated, the data is usually about three weeks old.
Jay says
We went from 0 to 3 pretty amazing thanks for the update.
Elestirel Haber says
anybody answer my question. How can ? check my real pr.
Jerry West says
Your question was already answered. Google does not disclose that information. The PageRank data on the toolbar is between three weeks to four months old. There is no way to get your current PageRank.
Mark@CornwallRooms.com says
Hi, my site (running since last November) went from PR0 straight to PR3, thanks for your advice, keep up the good work…
Hu23 says
a lot of personal gain tricks not many useful info here.
Harry says
Jerry:
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Well, we checked Google Webmaster Tools, and found nothing there. Aside from a more aggressive link-building campaign for the past 3 months, nothing much has changed. You got a “complete audit” format somewhere? Does it help that I know Freddie & Joyce or hurt?
Harry
eric chen says
So.. happy 2 month effort was rewarded from PR 0 to PR4, need some advice effort required as compare from PR 4 to PR 6 easy or PR0 to PR4 easy?
eZaroorat says
My PR jumped from 4 to 5 :)
Stone says
It’s also wise to remember to keep a frequemtly updated site. One with great original content. The google crawler eats it up.
Jerry West says
So what if Google eats up the content? It doesn’t mean the content is going to rank, get clicked on, or convert. I hate the “just create a site with great original content…” commentary. It is BS. You need need good MARKETABLE content with a killer offer and a clear CTA. This is marketing people not an essay contest.
Sculley says
What are your thoughts about submitting a directory (a camp directory) to Best of the Web? I read the criteria and I am afraid it would not be accepted because it is a directory but would love your thoughts.
Jerry West says
You might want to submit that question to the owners of Best of the Web.
Warner Carter says
was happy my blog went from pr1 to pr3. writing more and adding more links. Mostly blog commenting because I like to read and talk about seo.
Broadway says
After the update we watched a few major sites fall and some low ones rank higher google works in crazy ways.
Archer Salting says
My Site PR 2 …dear
how to increase My Site “PR”
Greensboro NC says
When will PR update happen?
[Blocked by CFC] Jerry West says
It is long overdue … as this is the longest between updates Google has ever gone. No one knows when it will be posted however.
Stella Rideout says
Hi i want to get pr and am looking on what is the best internet marketing tool that really works.
Jerry West says
There aren’t any tools out there that can increase your PageRank that really work. It all comes down to marketing. If you need assistance, my Google Best Practices guide will give you the knowledge you need to do it right.
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Dear Admin,
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful and informative article. What I can say, Google Page rank algorithm is quite difficult to understand. Whenever I tried to work for Page rank on my website, I didnot get the answer that how Google give Page Rank to websites. Kindly tell me its algorithm?
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[Blocked by CFC] Jerry West says
I think you understand it just fine otherwise you wouldn’t have spammed my blog. Your link was removed.