Dispelling the Pagerank Myth

I see posts on various forums everyday asking when the next Page Rank update will be in the hope that it will help boost their rankings. Well first of all I’ll tell you what I think Pagerank is good for:

1. Having High Page Rank links (PR4+) will help to get your site indexed
2. Higher Page Rank sites can sell Text Links
3. Higher Page Rank sites have more weight or Authority in Google

Aside from what I’ve just mentioned above I fully disagree with the following statement:

A higher Page Rank will help you rank high in the Search Engine Results

Why do a disagree with this statement?

This blog, which is PR0 currently. Is outranking many many other blogs for phrases like:

• Earn Money Blogging
• Earn Money SEO
• Earn Money Blog
• Textlinkads
• Buy Text Links

So it goes to show that if you work hard, lay out your blog properly, follow simple on site Blog SEO techniques, write good content & get relevant links you don’t need to worry about your Page Rank being 0. Don’t get put off by it. Chances are, if you’re getting links & ranking for phrases like those listed above then when Google Updates you’ll be PR4+