Google just updated Page Rank (PR) for www.509media.com to PR3. I am stoked about the page rank update. I started posting info on this site right at 2 months ago and things are going well. Site traffic is steady and quality back links are building.
The Alexa ranking for 509 Media site dropped again tonight to roughly 2.5 million. It has been dropping weekly since launching the website. I am happy with the way things are going. I hope to have the Alexa rank a lot lower soon. I will update you all with any major changes.
FYI…. for those who do not know what PR is. Page Rank is a measuring system google uses to rank your website and how relevant it is to the content on the site. While Google does not tell the general public how they determine Page Rank one of the key factors is Back Links to your website from related websites. The higher the Page Rank of the site with your link the better your chances of improving Page Rank. In other words back links are about quality more than quantity. If you can create a back link go for. It does not hurt to have a back link from a PR 0 site. If you want to create a back link leave a comment on one of the posts here on 509 Media. In the URL line make sure to put your full web address. www.YOURSITE.com Once you post the comment Google is instantly notified with the way I have my site set up as well as many other sites tracking the content on my site. By tomorrow you may see the back link show up for your site.
Alexa is kind of a measure of how popular your website is compared to others around the world. If you are serious about making your website turn dollars I would recommend learning about PR, back links, Alexa rank and other SEO goodies.
What does page rank do for you? Page Rank increases your chances to be found when people search for your products or services. Other ways for to make sure your website is seen my search engines to have content on the site. Content does not mean a bunch of pretty pictures. Content is typed words. The words you use throughout your website need to be planned out. These words are called keywords. Keyword density is enough for a separate discussion.
Some websites and their current Page Ranks:
www.Facebook.com = PR 9 (Alexa rank 2)
www.MySpace.com = PR 9 (Alexa rank 12)
www.davidairey.com = PR 5 (Alexa 25,000)
www.RCcrawler.com/forum = PR 3 (Alexa 175,000)
Anyway, I thought some of you may find this helpful. If you ever have questions feel free to fire over message. If you need a hired gun to work on your website marketing let me know. 509 Media has proven experience brand building and gaining international exposure.
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“On October 14, 2009, Google employee Susan Moskwa confirmed that the company had removed PageRank from its Webmaster Tools section. Her post said in part, “We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true.” [27] PageRank was still displayed on the Google Toolbar web appliance two days after Moskwa’s confirmation.”
Personally, there are a lot of other things I look for prior to pagerank…
For instance, IH8MUD has a PR2 but an Alexa rank of 61,820…ROCKCRAWLER has a PR5 with Alexa 465,701
Woody, I agree there are many other things to consider when trying to position a site for more traffiic. My intent with this post is to make people aware that it takes work to increase traffic to their website. Back links are a huge asset for any site to gain traffic. Too often people assume by simply having a website it will generate sales. People have to find the website first. Even though Google removed the tool from their webmaster tools I was still stoked to have the page rank in roughly 2 months from launch.
I am looking forward to see what you have in the works for Rockcrawler.com. Mike did a great job with the site for a lot of years but I think IH8MUD.com can certainly help the new project along. If you need any help with it let me know. I need to get on over to IH8MUD and sign up. I have been so busy lately.
Thanks Woody for posting. Feel free to post up any tips you may have on increasing website traffic. I am sure many reading this post will benefit.
LOL our Alexa ranking is 49,931 in Pakistan at the time of this post. Haha I thought it was funny.
509 Media Alexa Rank just dropped again to roughly 1.6 million at the time of this post.