Page Rank question

[ucladave]

So what exactly makes up a page rank? Is it the amount of incoming traffic? Is it the amount of incoming links pointed at you? Thanks for any help.

I'm also wondering if anyone knows of a way to check incoming links for a site. I know there are quite a few I have done a link exchange with, but when I check google it shows nothing pointed at me (also nothing outgoing either which is definitely wrong)

Thanks much

Dave

www.uclapokerplayers.com

[Kyle]

go to msn.com and type link:yourdomain.com for a backlink check.

Page Rank is the popularity of your site

[Pokerboy]

PR has nothing to do with traffic. Traffic comes from correct optimization - PR comes from great links...and is a one of the elements which creates traffic. PR is also one of the factors with determines how often google will spider your site.

PR is the "value" of incoming links. One high PR link can give your site a high PR...loads of low PR links can do the same.
Also remember that a link from a high PR page with loads of outgoing links will have less value than a similar link from a page with few outgoing links.

Lets say you get a few PR4 links and maybe some PR 1,2 and 3's. If you manage to get a RP3 on your index page this PR will be passed on to your subpages - usually loosing one point pr. link

your index.html will be PR3 and your pokerroom.html will be a PR2 if there is a direct link from your index.html to pokerroom.html.

[themike537]

when I check my back links at msn, it only gives 2. I have done 30-40 in the last couple days, is there possibly a delay?

[Pokerboy]

Originally posted by themike537@Feb 21 2006, 02:48 PM
when I check my back links at msn, it only gives 2. I have done 30-40 in the last couple days, is there possibly a delay?

maybe...try yahoo as well.

Also when you do a link exchange remember to check for nofollow tags and other funny stuff....people might remove your link aftere a week or so...

[ucladave]

Weird, I tried it on MSN and am getting 14 but they are mostly just forum posts. When I check yahoo I have none at all...is that weird?

[tke1600]

Originally posted by ucladave@Feb 21 2006, 06:48 PM
Weird, I tried it on MSN and am getting 14 but they are mostly just forum posts. When I check yahoo I have none at all...is that weird?

link:http://www.uclapokerplayers.com

It shows you have 61 on yahoo...


tke1600

[PPP]

Yahoo is best for link checking, but both it and MSN don't crawl the web nearly as well as Google so you never get a true picture no matter what.

Mostly though, knowing your links doesn't help much of anything. Knowing other people's links does, since you can find potential good places to get links from.

[ucladave]

Thanks, I now see the 61 showing in yahoo, not sure what I did earlier to not find them but maybe a typo. However, Im showing none for google at all when I try it there. Am I doing something wrong yet again?

[PPP]

link:http://www.uclapokerplayers.com

Yeah none on Google, but that means nothing. Ignore the Gogle link command. It's useless and unimportant.