Comments on: Pagerank issues http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/01/google-pagerank-issues/ Technology made simple Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brian Papa http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/01/google-pagerank-issues/#comment-15195 Brian Papa Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:46:15 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/01/google-pagerank-issues/#comment-15195 Nobody knows for sure what exactly goes on under the hood of the Google PageRank system, but I'm not sure that sites that constantly add new pages are ranked higher - I believe that that is a myth. From my understanding, it's all about links. If a page is linked to from many different places, it'll have a good page rank. It will be even better if those external links are from sites of a high quality, that is sites that have a high Page Rank themselves. There are probably a ton of other factors involved as well, but links are the most heavily weighted. Perhaps the idea of "adding/update" frequently is encouraged as a way to increase the odds of getting linked to. The more plentiful and diversified your content is, the more likely you are to engage the average reader. Say you have a person that wants to read about Sports and Video Games. You have a website that has a page about Cooking and a page about Politics. Our little guinea pig isn't interested. But then you add a page about Sports. Now he's reading. And, since he is a webmaster himself, he is going to add a link to your site on his page. So adding content would indirectly affect PageRank. But a static site wouldn't be hurt, if it is seen as a quality site by the masses it will be linked to. In a way adding a bunch of content is an application of the spaghetti principle - throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. But it's not going to make PageRank any higher if people aren't linking. Nobody knows for sure what exactly goes on under the hood of the Google PageRank system, but I’m not sure that sites that constantly add new pages are ranked higher - I believe that that is a myth. From my understanding, it’s all about links. If a page is linked to from many different places, it’ll have a good page rank. It will be even better if those external links are from sites of a high quality, that is sites that have a high Page Rank themselves. There are probably a ton of other factors involved as well, but links are the most heavily weighted.

Perhaps the idea of “adding/update” frequently is encouraged as a way to increase the odds of getting linked to. The more plentiful and diversified your content is, the more likely you are to engage the average reader. Say you have a person that wants to read about Sports and Video Games. You have a website that has a page about Cooking and a page about Politics. Our little guinea pig isn’t interested. But then you add a page about Sports. Now he’s reading. And, since he is a webmaster himself, he is going to add a link to your site on his page. So adding content would indirectly affect PageRank. But a static site wouldn’t be hurt, if it is seen as a quality site by the masses it will be linked to.

In a way adding a bunch of content is an application of the spaghetti principle - throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. But it’s not going to make PageRank any higher if people aren’t linking.

]]> By: Vrokolos http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/01/google-pagerank-issues/#comment-13783 Vrokolos Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:24 +0000 http://easytechtalk.com/2008/06/01/google-pagerank-issues/#comment-13783 I second that and propose these two additional pagerank categories: 1) Sites about software (not directories): Those pages that contain download links, forums, online help etc about some software suite. and 2) Sites about online web applications. Like: blogger.com, photoshop express, calendar.google.com, zoho.com etc I second that and propose these two additional pagerank categories:
1) Sites about software (not directories): Those pages that contain download links, forums, online help etc about some software suite.
and 2) Sites about online web applications. Like: blogger.com, photoshop express, calendar.google.com, zoho.com etc

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