Google PageRank vs. Page Strength
Finally… I have been waiting for this Google PageRank update and it has finally shown some great results for me.
I was happy to see that my directory categories all got PR4 and sub categories got PR3. Most of the site’s details pages that where on the home page also got PR4 which was great for those sites! Just a quick promo for the front page…
I haven’t been as excited as previous updates (well not for a while now), and the reason is that PageRank seems to be losing it’s flavour (still very popular don’t get me wrong), but many SEO consultants don’t value it as it once was. I have read in many places that it is not that important anymore. I still think it plays a big role in the SEO industry though, maybe as a marketing tool.
Something on the horizon though is Page Strength, and it seems to be catching on. Some critics say that it still needs to be tweaked a little, but I think that it gives a slightly wider picture of the value of any web page. The Page Strength tool was created by Matt Inman and Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz. Give it a test run!
There are a few areas that I think may not be too relavent for some sites like links from .gov and .edu TLDs and links found in Wikipedia. It also seems to use a lot of Yahoo results. Maybe it would be better if it could use a combination of search engine results? This tool is meant to give you a snapshot along with details. Great work guys!
Will Page Strength be the new PageRank?