What is a Google page rank?

It’s.. .a mystery to most. Mainly because Google changes their criteria rather often, so it can be hard to keep up with.

In a nutshell, Google Page Rank is a way Google determines the relevancy and importance of your website (or blog) from 1-10. You will find the majority written on page rank (PR) emphasizes backlinks – which are how many other well ranked websites are linking to you. While quality backlinks (2PR or higher-ideally over 5PR) are high on the chart, content and web design have their share of influence, too. There are many companies that say that they can raise your PR for a small fee…but Google is smart-VERY smart-and they know when the links are artificially generated. As soon as your PR hits 3 or more, you will start to receive requests from random sites wanting to link to you.

Why is Google Page Rank important?
Traffic and search engine results-and not in that order. Everything you work for to improve your rankings, your traffic, your SEO will ultimately refer back to your PR.

An excellent article to fully understand Google PR can be found at http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank.html

How to raise your Google Page Rank

Relevant content, easy (logical) navigation, and of course backlinks are key. There are things to avoid, too, like those companies that promise lots of backlinks. There are many things to work on, but when doing your search on what to do, Google’s own website is where you want to start.

You will always do well to learn and follow Google’s guide to producing Google-friendly websites at http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40349     

More information about best practices to help Google find, crawl, and index your site:  http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769&ctx=cb&src=cb&cbid=6di8m1brhd9f&cbrank=1

Have you submitted your website URL to Google? 

If you are well established with a minimum of 5 quality articles, and have gone over most of the guidelines in the links above, submit your url to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url?pli=1

How to check your page rank:

Here’s a tool you can check your website’s page rank: