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Increasing Google Page Rank and Weekly Roundup

Last Updated: BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 35 Comments

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Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Not much planned for me. I plan on catching up around my house and running lots of errands. I also am going to Oktoberfest! WOOHOO!

Today I decided to add some blog tips and info to my usual weekly roundup post. I noticed that a lot of bloggers this week (mainly beauty and lifestyle bloggers) have been asking a lot of questions about Page Rank.

Now, I realize that I don’t have the highest page rank, but these are things that I am now just starting to do since I want to make my blog a little more professional (instead of just winging everything).

There are a couple of websites to use to check your Page Rank. Check it! What is your page rank? Have you ever thought about page rank? Is my post the first time you’ve ever heard of it?

Page Rank is how Google can measure your website. There is a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best. It gets increasingly harder for each increase in number.

An increase from 1 to 2 is not the same as an increase from 4 to 5.

This means that moving to a PR6 from a PR5 is MUCH harder than moving from a PR0 to a PR1.

It is calculated in many different ways, but mainly by looking at the number of links on your site, which include: backlinks, inbound links, outbound links, nofollow and dofollow links.

Google updates your page rank every couple of months. There is no set schedule known though.

Here are some things to keep in mind:

1. Make sure the quality of your writing is high. Writing in a niche and/or having great blog posts that people want to share is a great start!

2. Guest post on other blogs. This takes more time than other strategies, but I do believe that it is a good strategy to use. You can get good backlinks, and hopefully gain some readers.

3. Make sure your comments are NoFollow. Most commenting systems are NoFollow, but I would double check just in case. If your commenting system is a DoFollow, then you will probably get spammed a lot. By making your comments NoFollow, you can avoid being put on a spam list and also preserve your Page Rank.

4. Submit your site to blog carnivals and other directories. I’m sure you’ve noticed some of these posts on my blog (such as here) and some of you might have no idea about why I post these. Submitting your blog to directories and carnivals is a good way to get  . I just started doing these more often.

However, some say that submitting your posts and links to these directories do not work as well. What’s your opinion or knowledge on this? I’d like to know!

5. QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY. A higher quality link from a high quality site is better than having a lot of lower quality links to your site.

Have you been trying to increase your Page Rank? Any tips?

 

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

Comments

  1. Lance@MoneyLife&More says

    I would love to actively increase my page rank but unfortunately google changes too much. Instead I just do the best I can do on my blog and hope google notices 🙂
    My recent post Random Thoughts, Round Up and Carnival #25

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  2. Pauline @ Reach Financial Independence says

    Thanks for the tips, I think they will help improve your PR but also Alexa, Mozrank… I have read somewhere that DoFollow were a nice way to say thanks to your readers coming over to comment. If you actively remove the spam (I use Akismet and the spam check box so only have one spam a week or so that goes through both), do you think you are still hurting your site by making your links DoFollow? have a good weekend!
    My recent post Friday recap, a blogoversary and a sold flat!!

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    • MakingSenseofCents says

      Yes I agree, they definitely will. And yes I heard that as well. I have a TON of spam that goes though and I use Akismet also (I probably wake up to around 100 spam comments that need to be moderated.

      I am not sure about your question, hopefully someone will answer 🙂

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  3. Carla says

    Honestly, I have no idea how I rank, nor do I worry about it. I write for me, and know that if I started stressing out about page ranks & everything else I woudn't enjoy blogging as much. It's nice to have a popular blog but in the end, it's not a huge priority for me.
    My recent post Happy Saturday! 🙂

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  9. Liquid says

    Pretty great tips. I think I'll try the guest posting more. For me, probably creating interesting and unique content is the most important. Can't wait until I get to PR3. Hmm, I wonder if writing a post about Googe page rank will help to increase your page rank ಥ‿ಥ

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  11. Canadianbudgetbinder says

    I have never submitted to any carnivals yet but I do guest post at least once per month. I don't really know what helps and I don't know if the Google Gods know themselves. I just do what I do but I have noticed a huge increase in Google Search Traffic. especially when my site went under 100,000k in Alexa but not sure if there is a connection… lovin that!
    My recent post My Biggest Money Mistake-Co-Signing and Taking On Debt

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  14. My Money Design says

    As much as I've tried to find a way to game the system, all my efforts really just boil down to the advice you have here. Google is fickle and they change their ways too much for anyone to know what is really going on. While I'd love to believe I have made all the right moves and will get a PR 10 next time around, the truth is that I have no idea what I'm going to get in the next Google PR round.
    My recent post My Money Design – October 2012 Update

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  15. Jennifer Lynn says

    I moved from a rank 0 to PR 2 fairly quickly. Let's see how long it takes to move on up the ladder to PR 3! Thanks for the introductory guide, Michelle. I would love to know more about how carnivals affect G's watchful algorithms.

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  18. Crystal says

    Just ran across your blog – great job! Wow- you’ve done awesome work building up your income so quickly. I appreciate financial info and the blog income resources. I look forward to seeing your progress. Thanks!

    Reply

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