PR and SERP

peterko · 07-10-2007, 08:29 AM

I have silly question related to PR and SERP.

I know that PR and SERP are different things. As far as I know SERP result is what gives you a chance to attract visitors to the site. Especially when it comes to commertial site, SERP results are very important for potentioal customers. But PR is kind of abstract thing which simply shows your ranking.

Now the question, if SERP sounds more important than PR, then why we are talking so much about PR?

Have a great day,
Peter

coolguy27 · 07-10-2007, 10:18 AM

Google PageRank is probably one of the most important algorithms ever developed for the Web. PR is based on quality links of the site and Google SE has the only one that has it and other SEs don't have. PageRank is only one of numerous methods Google uses to determine a page’s relevance or importance.

While the SERP is all about factors of SEs algorithms and standards...

Cornbread · 07-10-2007, 11:19 AM

Because the green bar on top of your browser is way cool and sites with a bar that has a deep green color are better liked by the Googlebots. I won't even read a blog with a page rank less than 4 because it is probably spam.

oracle · 07-10-2007, 11:21 AM

I have a follow up question...it may answer the question of Peterko...

Do page ranks affect SERP directly?

coolguy27 · 07-10-2007, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oracle

I have a follow up question...it may answer the question of Peterko...

Do page ranks affect SERP directly?

Not actually 'coz it doesn't mean that if you have a high PR you will be ranking in SERP... PR is based on quality links linking to your site...

maldives · 07-10-2007, 11:35 AM

SERP is what you need to attract vistors in the wider audience. But, of course it is quiet easy to attarct webmasters if you have a decent PR.

zagu060807 · 07-10-2007, 11:38 AM

Because other SEOs earns more income in selling links from PR.

peterko · 07-12-2007, 10:04 AM

Thanks everyone for reply, any other idea how to improve SERP not paying to much attention to PR.

Have a great day,
Peter

SkGold · 07-12-2007, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterko

Thanks everyone for reply, any other idea how to improve SERP not paying to much attention to PR.

Have a great day,
Peter

1. Frequently updated unique content.
2. Contextual anchor text links.
3. Domain authority.
4. Onsite optimization (title, meta description, keyword density)
5. Social networking.
If you do correctly these 5 points you will be on the top.

Regarding PR and SERPs here is the thread on the same topic.

charlesgan · 07-15-2007, 12:47 PM

PR is just a measure of important of page.
If 2 site with similar content, the higher pr will get better serp/ranking.
so, here is the different.

SkGold · 07-15-2007, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlesgan

PR is just a measure of important of page.
If 2 site with similar content, the higher pr will get better serp/ranking.
so, here is the different.

This is absolutely not true. PR has very little to do with ranking.

adamx8 · 07-15-2007, 11:43 PM

I may be wrong on this (mostly becuase I don't work at google so I don't know trade secrets) but it seems that when I built links I rose to the top of the serps, and no pr needed to do that. I rank very high for countless keywords on my pr3. However, when I went from a pr0 to a pr3 on the last update it seems now I get new content, products, areas of the site that are new, and all that good stuff indexed within about 8-12 hours in Google. Whether or not thats pr talking I don't know but I know before I was a pr3 it would take a week or so. Now I get spiders in all the time...is it links, or is it pr? I think each has it's own value and a little more than just a green bar.

rankland · 07-15-2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlesgan

PR is just a measure of important of page.
If 2 site with similar content, the higher pr will get better serp/ranking.
so, here is the different.

If this was the case my pr 4 directory would not have #1 serp in every search, but since it does your theory is totally wrong.

skysoldier · 07-16-2007, 12:17 AM

PR is not that important in ranking in SERP(I didn't mean NOT IMPORTANT), to rank in SERP you need to do a good SEO and it depends on your technique and the algo of google and some SE. PR is just a measurement on how relevant your site to the keyword type but there are some who has a lower PR than other site but ranks high in SERP

cessai · 07-16-2007, 12:36 AM

I think, it really depends on the person whether he or she will give importance to PR or not. IMO, both are important it's just that SERP is more important than PR

peterko · 07-18-2007, 03:57 PM

Quote:

If 2 site with similar content, the higher pr will get better serp/ranking.
so, here is the different.

Charles Gan, what is considered to be "similar content", are you talking about competetive sites? Then I saw competetive sites with lower PR and better SERP.

Have a great day,
Peter