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Google Pagerank Does NOT Equal Traffic

You know what I think is funny?  Those people who fall into that crowd in which they think Google Pagerank will be the best thing that ever happened to them.  What adds to the humor is the fact that a large group of people have no idea what Google Pagerank is even for.  So, why are they stressing it?  Especially, since Google Pagerank does not equal traffic… unless you know SEO.

So, since Google Pagerank does not equal traffic, then why do so many people stress over it?  I mean, if you don’t have a Pagerank, it’s not like you’re not getting indexed in Google.  Am I not right?  Plus, if you don’t know how to do SEO, then why are you cherishing that number anyways?

Basically, Google Pagerank can help you get traffic, more specifically, search engine traffic, but if you have no idea how to do so, then you shouldn’t worry too much about Pagerank.  If you do, well, that’s a different story.

For instance, there are tons of people who have PR on random sites and they have no idea how they got it.  Yes, I’m one of those people… now.  Why?  Well, one of my poetry blogs which is about 8 months old only has about 15 total posts and I haven’t updated it for months.  Matter of fact, it doesn’t even have that many backlinks at all, yet, it became a PR3.

Again, I have no idea on how I got that PR3, but I know a little bit about SEO so I’m going to be using that to help me rank up in some keywords.

So, what I’m trying to say is: Google does not equal traffic, but it could definitely help if you know how to use that number!

Why Does Everyone Make a Big Deal with Google Pagerank?

I just don’t get it.  Why do people make such a big deal with Google pageranks and updates?  I can understand last year when pagerank was worth more and it actually had a meaning.  But since the fall of 2007, it just hasn’t been the same.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s some people who can argue that Google pagerank hasn’t had the same meaning prior to the fall of 2007, but I guess that’s just when I started to realize it the most.  The big G started to penalize more and more sites at their own will, which wasn’t fair.  But now, since they’re updating more often (or at least it seems), it seems pageranks are and will just continue to fluctuate based on how Google thinks about your site.

The reason why people make a big deal about pagerank is simply the fact that it’s Google’s way of telling the world wide web how important your site is.  Of course, the more “important” your site is, the better you’ll rank in their search engines.  I don’t think that is true but that’s just me.

Of course, if you are an SEO expert, I’m sure you’ll find ways of ranking high in their search engine, with or without a pagerank.

But the best part of being a blogger - especially in a Make Money Online niche - is the fact that every other blog will discuss their pagerank update.  Honestly, I almost feel like I should stop going to every single blog (especially the Make Money Online blogs) in the two weeks where Google is updating sites’ pageranks.  Why?  Well, because it’ll be the same thing “oh no, I dropped PR”, “woohoo! I climbed up in PR!”, “dammit, I stayed at the same PR”,”oh, look at these sites, they got their PR4, 5, 6, 7 back… the sure deserve it!”

See, I just summed up every single post on pagerank updates that you would read on every single blog.

So, why does everyone make a big deal with Google pagerank?  Well, because they are convinced that it tells them how important their site is.  Well, honestly, it doesn’t tell me that!