Factors that Affect Google PR | My Three New Blogs Now have a PR 1!

By edelweiz on 7th April, 2009
Remember my three new blogs which I created for a more productive blogging experience? I put them up sometime in January 2009. Recently, they have all received a PR1 from Google. Cool, right?

I don’t exactly know how Google indexes blogs but I’m really thankful my three new blogs now have a page rank (PR) of their own. Having a page rank can greatly boost one’s search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. If you have a page rank (PR3 or higher is better), the chance that your site lands on the first three pages of Google is high as compared to those sites without PR.

Below are some of the factors that affect PR:

1. Links. The more links you have, the more valuable your blog becomes. Just make sure the sites that link on yours are equally valuable. By that, I mean they have already established themselves, with a decent PR to begin with.

2. Traffic. You get traffic from all sources. Some bloggers say that if most of your traffic come directly from search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.), you’ll be high on the SEO scale and you’re PR is sure to get an increase.

3. Content. Time and again, this proves true. Your content differentiates you from other sites. While some blogs have niches and some don’t, still, what matters most is the content. Relevance is key here. Your post should be relevant to your readers, in one way or another. Otherwise, why would they bother to pay a visit?

4. Paid posts. Paid blogging is the trend today. Definitely, it’s a good source of income for some bloggers I know. I have tried it before but stopped when the PR of the blog I was using suddenly dropped. Which made me believe the buzz that Google “punishes” sites that are into paid blogging. However, a drop in Google PR is no longer a big deal for those into paid blogging today. Many bloggers, who are into paid blogging, had realized that even if a site has no PR, it still gets “opportunities” as long as blog traffic is consistently high.

Do you know of other factors that affect a site’s PR?

P.S. Friends, if you’re interested in exchanging links with PR1 blogs, I have my three new blogs to offer. Just leave a note at the comment section. :)

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