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All About Linking

Internal linking Fact : A website has a maximum amount of PageRank that is distributed between its pages by internal links. The maximum PageRank in a site equals the number of pages in the site * 1. The maximum is increased by inbound links from other sites and decreased by outbound links to other sites. We are talking about the overall PageRank in the site and not the PageRank of any individual page. You don't have to take my word for it. You can reach the same conclusion by using a pencil and paper and the equation. Fact:  The maximum amount of PageRank in a site increases as the number of pages in the site increases. The more pages that a site has, the more PageRank it has. Again, by using a pencil and paper and the equation, you can come to the same conclusion. Bear in mind that the only pages that count are the ones that Google knows about. Fact : By linking poorly, it is possible to fail to reach the site's maximum PageRank, but it is not possible to exceed it. Poo

Important Facts About PageRank

This article is simply a pointwise summary of all that is written in this blog or is going to be written. *  PageRank is only one of numerous methods Google uses to determine a page’s relevance or importance. *  PageRank is a floating-point number . * PageRank of a site keeps on changing frequently , but Google updates the data in the toolbar only about once in 3 months. *  PageRank does not rank web sites as a whole, but is determined for each page individually . *  Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote by page A for page B. Google not only looks at the amount of votes, it also takes into account which page is casting the vote. PageRank of page A is important for page B to get a better PageRank. *  PageRank is largely based on incoming links, but not just on the number of them – relevance and quality are in fact more important. *  If you have a web page with a PR5 and have only one link on it, the site linked to would get a fair amount of PR value. Bu

How is PageRank Calculated?

How is PageRank Calculated? Though Google doesn't disclose its formula for PageRank calculation, but the one stated below is probably close to the one Google uses. To calculate the PageRank for a page, all of its inbound links are taken into account. These are links from within the site and links from outside the site. PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(t1)/C(t1) + ... + PR(tn)/C(tn)) That's the equation that calculates a page's PageRank. It's the original one that was published when PageRank was being developed, and it is probable that Google uses a variation of it but they aren't telling us what it is. It doesn't matter though, as this equation is good enough. In the equation 't1 - tn' are pages linking to page A, 'C' is the number of outbound links that a page has and 'd' is a damping factor, usually set to 0.85. We can think of it in a simpler way:- a page's PageRank = 0.15 + 0.85 * (a "share" of the PageRank of every

What is PageRank?

PageRank is all about Google, the most familiar brand in the world wide web. As you know, Google is the world's top search engine, and is used by over 90% of internet users all over the world for search purposes. Other top search engines are Yahoo and Bing, which have small shares of around 3-5%. So if you own a site, you have to rely on Google for traffic, unless you expect direct traffic, which is possible only if your site is so popular that users directly enter your site, or if your site is related to something like a local business which doesn't really need global exposure. For getting traffic from Google, you have to do some really good SEO(Search Engine Optimization) on your site, which will help your site get higher positioning in search engine results. Defining PageRank: Basically, PageRank is a numeric value, between 1 and 10, that defines the importance of a web page. It is one of the many factors(and most likely, very important) that determines how a web pag