Pagerank - what is it ?

Pagerank(PR) is algorithm used by Google to measure websites importance in the Internet. Every website has pagerank from -1 to 10. -1 means that this page is new to google and hasn't yet viewed this page. Most of websites has PR 3-5. No pagerank checker tool can't see exact PR at the moment, given number is delayed and about 1-2 months old - so you'll be checking back in history, but thats ok. PR is logarithmically raising, every next level is much stronger than the last. That means that getting from 2 PR to 3 PR is much much easier that getting from 4 PR to 5 PR.

Getting backlinks for pagerank

Getting relevant backlinks is the most important and annoing in SEO. If you want to raise your pagerank then you'll have to let other pages to link your page - that's called backlinks. Best if your backlinks are relevant to your websites text.
Example: If you have website in dog food industry, then it'll be good idea to have backlink from dog vet or dog clothes selling website.

Best if websites link to you like this: Kõige parem on kui sulle lingitakse kujul:
<a href="http://www.dogfood.com">Dog's Food</a>

Avoid !
<a href="http://www.dogfood.com">Company name Inc</a>

Tips

  • Don't buy backlinks, you'll get banned from Google
  • Get relevant backlinks
  • Use Google webmasters central and Yahoo's Site Explorer to have and eye over your backlinks
  • Make a cool test or a free tool so that people really want to link to your page
  • Write useful article about the stuff you do, also point to your website
  • Add your link only to high quality web directories
  • Start blogging and tweeting, people tend to love them
  • "Normal" website should have at least pagerank 3
  • Add your website to open diectory projectt dmoz.org
  • Try to get backlinks from sites that have at least PR 2
  • Heres a cool table to get an idea how hard all this is:
    Pagerank table
    Getting PR 5 you must have good backlink from page that has PR 7.
    Getting PR 7 you must have good backlink from page that has PR 9.
  • If you can, don't link to other sites from your website. It will drop your PR. If you do, use rel="nofollow" inside <a> tag. But dont be evil :) if they deserve to be linked, link
  • Do thing naturally, don't push and hurry yourself