The Google PageRank Mythos
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization on February 7th, 2010
The top position in Google’s PageRank is considered by many as the holy grail of optimization work. Considering that Google is the leading search engine used by many people (hence the term googling), this is no overstatement. In fact, SEO’s put in much work in order to get to the top of the ranks, not to mention staying there for a long time.
Interestingly, because of this “reverence” to PageRank, a wide variety of myths surrounding it has appeared among SEOs. Some of these are nothing more than amusing stories that some SEO’s invented in their spare times. But there are those that need to looked closer since these are the ones that can affect optimization work.
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