Posts Tagged ‘Google PageRank’

November 3rd, 2009 7 Comments

How to Calculate Your PageRank

Although I am not a proponent of PageRank as one of the more important ranking factors in SEO, high page rank values are still a common factor across authoritative sites.

Achieving a ‘decent’ PageRank is still part of most SEO campaigns for newly launched websites. ‘Decent’ in my opinion could be termed as a PageRank of 3 and above. I have to say I’ve seen websites with PRs of 1-3 rank No.1 for highly competitive key phrases.

So if you are a PageRank junkie or just an SEO whose client requires a decent PR as a key performance indicator (KPI) for their project, here is a nice PageRank Calculator table that guides you on approximately how many links you would need to acquire to get your desired PageRank

PR Links for PR3 Links for PR4 Links for PR5 Links for PR6 Links for PR7 Links for PR 8
PR 1 555 3,055 16,803 92,414 508,277 2,795,522
PR 2 101 555 3,055 16,803 92,414 508,277
PR 3 18.5 101 555 3,055 16,803 92,414
PR 4 3.5 18.5 101 555 3,055 16,803
PR 5 1 3.5 18.5 101 555 3,055
PR 6 0.5 1 3.5 18.5 101 555
PR 7 0.5 0.5 1 3.5 18.5 101
PR 8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 3.5 18.5
PR 9 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 3.5
PR 10 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1

So to get a PR5 for a newly setup website, you would need only 1 PR7 link or 101 PR4 links. And to get a site up to PR6, you would need 19 PR6 links or 4 PR7 links or a massive 555 PR4 links.

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