Page rank is relevant? gives power for position in google?

Nope.

PR is an indicator of page popularity as assessed by Google so I would say it is important esp if you are into selling of site links you will find that a lot of buyers would want as high a PR as possible and is willing to pay the amount of money

Originally Posted by wisdomtool

PR is an indicator of page popularity as assessed by Google so I would say it is important esp if you are into selling of site links you will find that a lot of buyers would want as high a PR as possible and is willing to pay the amount of money

Yes, but no. PR is an indicator of page popularity for Google, but it isn't an accurate one. It isn't updated more than a couple times a year and having a high page rank doesn't mean that you will actually rank high in the results pages or that you have a lot of traffic.

People selling links from pages with a high page rank are the web equivalent to people who sell property on the moon. You can buy your deed for a good amount of money and feel proud that you own a piece of the moon, but it is basically useless other than the piece of paper that you received because you don't really own that property and can't visit it even if you did. Page rank is the same thing. You're trying to buy property on Google's results pages, but all you're buying is a little green bar with numbers on it. If you really want to buy property on the moon, try Google Adwords.

PR show how important your site is. However, it doesn't affect your standing in SE.
There are low PR site that top on their KWs.

Originally Posted by francis84

PR show how important your site is.

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/the-go...nk-is-not.html

Originally Posted by francis84

PR show how important your site is. However, it doesn't affect your standing in SE.
There are low PR site that top on their KWs.

Sooo!

If PR show how important your site is:
why does it not affect your standing in SE??

If PR show how important your site is:
why are there "low PR" pages at the top

Not actually, PR just shows your popularity in google but not in SE.

PR is not important for your rankings as mentioned before. However there are still hurdles of people out there who believe it is, so if you're selling links on your site, you can make a bit of cash.

It does not affect the Keyword Rankings but its an indicator of your sites strength

Originally Posted by northbeach23

It does not affect the Keyword Rankings but its an indicator of your sites strength

...and what is "site strength"?

Originally Posted by girlgeek

However there are still hurdles of people out there who believe it is, so if you're selling links on your site, you can make a bit of cash.

That's why I created this thread a while back:
http://www.webmaster-talk.com/ecomme...h-suckers.html

While I don't want to have a reputation as a "Overlinker" or a "PR Junkie", it'd still be nice to take money from people who are .

PageRank is only part of a Algorithm, and based off of backlinks. Its an indicator of a sites worth, but doesn't govern Search Engine rankings.

I dont think so.
the PR on one of my blogs went down to 0 but I still come out #1 one some searches.
check out this vid by problogger:

http://whereisthatmoney.blogspot.com...r-thought.html

Thank's for this link - http://www.webmaster-talk.com/the-go...nk-is-not.html

If you have a high PR it is also likely you more quickly will get new pages indexed and ranked. However, it is far far far from the only factor that determines ranking in SERPs. It is just one of many!

Yes, page rank is indicator of page popularity...but its not reliable. But you can have general idea with it....

Regards,
Aarti

Google set PR by the strength and popularity of the page, it has not any relevency in getting position in Google search results.

Ofcourse not...Page Rank has nothing to do with ur position in Google.
There are many site having PR 1 or 2 , are coming in the top 10, wheres websites having PR5 or PR6,... are coming on 2nd or 3rd Page in Google.

Its all about how well your website is optimized for the given keyword by user. PR is still a myth, many people dnt know exactly How the google calculate PR of any perticular Page.
So.....website having PR1 can also comes up in top10 if it is optimized well.