I’m going to freely admit something here. Not too long ago, I had no idea what Pagerank was at all. In fact, when I started this blog, I mixed up Pagerank with my Alexa ranking. Boy, did I think I was king shit for a day! After seeing that my site did not actually place higher on Google than Google itself, I asked myself an important question:
What does it really matter? If I can’t even come up first for my own damn domain name then why should I fight the fact that Google hates me? It’s not like I can hire a lawyer and sue them over it. I’ve only got $1.17 in my Paypal account. Google has at least ten bucks in theirs. It’s an uphill battle I can’t win.
I’m not even sure why I can’t rank for my own domain name. Have I wronged you, Google? I swear, it wasn’t my idea to install the Ask.com toolbar on my browser! Recently though, I tried to gather further information on what determines your search engine rankings. Wouldn’t you believe it? It was on Google’s site itself. Very sneaky, sir.
We use more than 200 signals, including our patented PageRank™ algorithm, to examine the entire link structure of the web and determine which pages are most important. We then conduct hypertext-matching analysis to determine which pages are relevant to the specific search being conducted. By combining overall importance and query-specific relevance, we’re able to put the most relevant and reliable results first.
Thanks, Google. I understand it perfectly now.
From what I gather, your technology is approximately seven times as powerful as eHarmony‘s 29 dimensions of compatibility. A dating site that for some reason matches me up with middle-aged Latvian women who enjoy competitive bog snorkeling. I’m so glad the entire world has put our collective searches in your hands.
Seeing that no one will ever really know how Pagerank works, what should bloggers do? Well, I have the answer. We should do what we do best. Brag or bitch about it.
Not A Pro Blog is now ashamed to be PR2. For all the sites back linked here, I apologize for weighing you down. For all of those who would actually benefit from it, well… you’re not real bloggers. Google says so.