Google search tool doesn't work!

[Jayne]

Hi,

I don't think the google page rank thing is working right. I was using it to find high ranking sites to try and link to.

For fun I put Ebay in and it says it's only a 7 and Dalton weekly was only a 5. Is 7 high? What is the highest rank of all? Some of the other sites that I searched for came up on the first page of my google search and they had no ranking at all.

It really doesn't make sence at all... need explinations please, I thought I understood it until today.

Thanks

Jayne :D

[DuaneJackson]

Ranks are between 0 and 10.

A page rank isn't indicative of your ranking in search results for any specifc term. Two totally different things.

[Argentice]

ebay.com is a 9. ebay.co.uk is a 7

[Jayne]

Hi,

Well if that google rank tool, isn't no use, how do I find out which sites to links to?

Jayne

[MSOMedia]

Google PageRank is an indication of how important Google thinks a website is, judged on how many relevant sites are linking to it. It's good practice to try to establish link exchanges with sites that have the same - or higher - PageRank as yours.

Case in point - the Macromedia Flash download page has a high PageRank because everybody links to that page using the same phrase: "click here". If you search for the phrase "download flash player" you don't get the same page as if you search for "click here". This shows that - as Duane rightly said - your PageRank is based on how many people link to you (and what text they use) and is not to do with the keywords on your page.

Check out http://www.msomedia.com/results/gr00006.htm if you're still in the dark. Sorry if this reply is a bit of a ramble!

[Jayne]

Thanks Mark,

I've save that to favourites, so I can read it over and over...it'll take me about 20 reads to get it all in :lol:

Jayne