All About Google VI:Page Rank and Link Popularity
By Trent Blizzard, PresidentBlizzard Internet Marketing, Incwww.blizzardinternet.com
Page Rank impacts crawling Page Rank impacts inclusion
Page rank impacts ranking
Why Page Rank Matters
Poor•Aka supplemental•Pages deemed poor receive less activity
Main•Pages deemed valuable•Use site: search to determine
New•Content deemed timely or new•Specials, calendars, blog posts, etc.
Page Rank is scored 0 – 10 Use the Google Toolbar to see PR PR is specific to the page you are looking at
◦ But it is believed that Google also has a domain-level equivalency that captures the rank of an entire website
Most hotels and resorts are in the 4-5 range Moving up a point is difficult Page Rank is generated by links from interior
pages of your website and exterior links from other websites.
Page Rank
Very “rough” indicator. A 4.1 is a lot different than a 5.9◦ Google purposefully withholds information…PR
itself may be an algorithmic anachronism
Not directly related to SE success
Backwards looking and dated
An easy word to throw around, but perhaps not the most appropriate word.
Problems with Page Rank
Authority: Are related to your niche. There may be super-authority websites.
Trust: Websites that have quality inbound and outbound links.
Qualified Traffic: Websites that send you qualified traffic should be the primary measurement.
Good Listings: Websites
Blizzard Internet can help you get good listings!
Make sure that the type of listings page you are acquiring gets indexed by search engines
What is potential PR of your listings page?
Whole dedicated page vs multiple-listing page. Intent of page.
Like a website, a page can have page rank, authority and perhaps even trust.
Good Listings: Your Page
Factors that can impact the value of a listing: Theme Elements:
◦ Title of Page◦ Description of Page◦ Link and Anchor Text◦ Body Text
Duplicate Content Usability
Good Listings: Keyword Context
It won’t send a qualified visitor It is on a cheesy website… pass the sniff
test Having too many links to your homepage -
Deeplinking may be important Outbound linking from your website to poor
quality websites. Poor domain diversity No-follow tags??
What Makes a Link Bad?
PR becomes less important.
Local Search
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