Going From PageRank Zero To PageRank Hero
April 30th, 2007 by CourtAs of today, Google’s latest PageRank update is still going on. It will take at least a few more days for this process to complete, and until then some of you won’t be able to see your PR in the Google toolbar. You can, however, see what your new PR will probably be by checking the Future PageRank tool.
Some of you probably got a little boost; if you read my last post you know that I probably went from a PR0 to a PR3. I consider this a major accomplishment since the site has been up for less than 3 months.
The Next Google PageRank Update
There is no way to predict exactly when the next PR update will be, but we can get a general idea by looking at when the last PR updates were:
- April 27, 2007 - There is no doubt that there is one going on right now.
- January 25, 2007
- January 10, 2007
- September 28, 2006
- July 13, 2006
- April 4, 2006
- February 18, 2006
- December 19, 2005
- October 19, 2005
- July 14, 2005
There have been 10 updates in the last 27 months, meaning that PageRank has updated every 2.7 months over that period of time. As you can see, there has been more distance between the more recent updates, which is why I’m predicting that it will take 3.5 months for the next update. Court’s predicted PR update: August 13, 2007
Going From PR Zero to PR Hero
In order for you to increase your PageRank between now and then you have to start yesterday! The next month will be enormously vital, because links that are added within a few weeks of the next PR update will likely not count for you. If the update does happen in August, you will likely only get credit for links added between now and the middle of July. What if the next update happens in July? You will only get credit for links added between now and the middle of June.
Where Should I Start?
I would start with the easiest way to get links that I know of: Using the D-List. I have been compiling a list of blogs that have the “Do Follow” plugin installed. This means that by simply leaving a comment on these blogs, you will get a link that will count with Google. In order to get a link from your comment, be sure to leave your URL in the box labeled URL or URI.
The latest version of my D-List has over 140 blogs, which equals 140 links if you go through the entire list. Please leave valuable comments. These bloggers have installed the “Do Follow” plugin as a courtesy to you! Make sure that you leave well-constructed comments that will add to the value of their sites. That way it’s a win-win.
I would go through the list more than once! Most of the sites on my D-List are really cool sites, and you should check them out from time to time. Make sure you comment each time you visit!
Commenting on each of these blogs should secure you a PR of at least 1 (probably 2)for the next update.
Where Do I Go From There?
I would also start adding your site/blog to free web directories. Start with the list of directories at AddURL.nu. There are 986 directories there that you can submit to. Every single one of them is free. Some of the directories offer a paid submission, and tell you that you will get listed more quickly if you pay. Don’t pay! Do the free submissions.
You won’t get into every single directory, but if you got into half (which you probably will) you would find yourself with a PR of at least 3 for the next update. (assuming you comment on each of the blogs on the D-List as well) Some of these directories have PR5 and PR6, so links from them will really increase your PR.
I haven’t submitted to any of these directories and I’m already at a PR3, so I am hoping that I can get to PR5 before the next update by submitting to them.
What’s The Next Step?
If you get that far, you will deserve to be a PageRank Hero. Now you need to turn to this list, “102 Ways To Make Your Site A Back-Link Superstar.” I created this list to teach my readers how to get back-links. By using the techniques on the list, you should be able to go from PR Zero to PR Hero.
Have You Set Your PR Goal For The Next Update?
My new goal for PageRank is 5. I should be able to get there as long as we get a full 3 months before the next update. Have you made a goal? If you haven’t you probably won’t get any better! Here are some goals that should be reasonable and are based on your current PageRank:
- PR0 - If you’re starting at 0, you can easily get to PR2 and can probably get to at least PR3.
- PR1 - If you’re starting at PR1, PR2 should be a breeze. PR3 is likely with some hard work. PR4 is very possible, depending on how much time you’re willing to spend working on it.
- PR2 - You guys should easily get to PR3. PR4 is likely with some hard work.
- PR3 - PR4 is likely with some hard work. PR5 is possible as long as you’re really willing to commit.
- PR4 - PR5 is possible for the brave. PR6 is possible, although not likely. If you’re going to make a goal of PR6, you better be willing to bring it like gangbusters.
- PR5 - PR6 is a big jump but is definitely possible. Get to work right now.
- PR6 - PR7 can be reached with enough work and determination. Use the traffic you have now to create more links. Watch guys like John Chow (a masterful linkbaiter) closely, he will probably get to PR7.
- PR7 - If you’re at PR7 you are probably already really good at this and don’t need to read this article. Still you can get to PR8 by creating some awesome linkbait and by using some viral tools.
- PR8+ - Please send me an email letting me know how you did it.
When Should I Start My New PageRank Campaign?
You should have started yesterday! If you haven’t started, get after it right now. I can’t stress enough how important the next month will be. I want every single one of you to become PageRank heroes.
Let me know if you have any questions about PageRank! Use the comments here to express your questions and concerns, I would be glad to help.
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April 30th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Good article, but I would reference the people who started the d-list.
Also, PR is about content and keywords as well as links.
I look forward to your next post.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
hi courtney! thanks for your comment on my blog.
i’ve just been reading through many articles on your site the last half hour or so, and it has really been very helpful!! i just started out my blog about a week ago and all these technical terms have been killing me! so it’s nice to read an informative blog that actually speaks to me in english that even i can understand!
by the way i have never heard of this pr thing, but i’m probably a pr-minus3 at the moment. heh heh.
thank you for all the helpful tips and i’m gonna spend the next few hours reading up a bit more. cheers!
April 30th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
When a PR update happens, it doesn’t happen all at once - Google has many ‘datacenters’, and your new PR will ‘percolate’ between those datacentres over the next few days to a week.
April 30th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Congratulations on your 3! I show it on my toolbar now.
April 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Thank you for your comment you left at my blog. I am glad you stopped ny. You have a lot of useful information. I am still a babe in the woods with earning money with blogging but I am willing to learn all I can.
May 1st, 2007 at 12:54 am
Hi! Thanks for stopping by! All the things I didn’t know about PR can be found here… I’ll be back, too!
May 1st, 2007 at 7:22 am
Really, really good information here. I started a new blog with someone else, and I have started the backlink collection process. It does indeed take some hard work, but it’s well worth it as we all know.
Thanks again, and your D-List is fantastic, thanks for putting that up:)
May 1st, 2007 at 8:43 pm
This is an excellent article. But why do you recommend using the D-list when you still have no follow on your commenter’s links?
May 1st, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Thanks everyone for your comments! I hope that the article can be of help to all of you!
Cass, to answer your question I recommend using the D-List because it is a great tool for getting exposure and links. If you’re going to get social with other bloggers, it might as well be first with those that ‘follow’.
I am currently considering installing a ‘do follow’ plugin, but am really thinking it over from an SEO standpoint. I can see positives and negatives and I’m not 100% sure!
I think I’m going to do it though!
July 6th, 2007 at 8:22 am
That will be so nice of you.
Vijay
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:30 am
Hi, Court,
Thanks for answering my questions..;D
I know what I should do now if I want to get PR4..should I aim for PR5 ?…:D
Do you think those PPP posts help to improve PR ?
According to you, if I leave valuable comments, my other blogs may get at least PR1 for the next update..hehe..
Thanks again.
May 6th, 2007 at 3:02 am
I’m the same as you, Court - went from PR0 to PR3. I’m very happy with it! I just wish Google Webmaster Tools would update to reflect the change.
August 30th, 2007 at 8:40 am
hi,
pls help me to achieve page rank 3 from o
give me a good suggetion for this achieve ment
April 12th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Dud, he already gave you a suggestion, the entire article is related to the question you are asking, just read the article…all of it
May 18th, 2007 at 4:10 am
Court,
It seems that you are confident that you will get 5.1 or 5.2. How do you know that ? I would also like to know. Tell me…;D
What’s your guess for my blog ? PR4 ? …can it reach PR5 ?..;D
Thanks
May 24th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Good information here. It looks like I have some work to do, and will reference some of this material. Thanks
May 29th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
hii just stumbled on ur blog… great tips im def gonna try harder!!! need to make more time for the submitting to directories!! thank u for all the tips!!
May 29th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Well I’m happy to have you! There are so many ways to better your PageRank, it’s just a matter of setting aside the time!
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:56 pm
its hard to make time for blogging and everything else like page ranking links alexa!! its all really confusing in my head!!!!!!
May 30th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Thanks for your entry, the carnival is up now! Great article!
http://homebizblogger.com/2007/05/30/carnival-of-blogging-success-2/
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
Nice tips.
It answered one question that I had, too. I put a site online March 17 and it did not make it into the last PR update. I am now assuming I must have started my real work to get backlinks a little bit too late.
BTW, I Follow as well.
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Yep, it would have been nearly impossible to get any PageRank in such a short amount of time. Get ready for the next update and you’ll rock it!
July 7th, 2007 at 3:18 am
It quite sucks for having a PR0 because eventhough you have a good articles in it, Google won’t index your article at first. The stupid article from a dead blog with a higher PR will have the seat.
Other tips that you can use to increase PR is trying to get a higher PR to link to you. These blogs/website have a heavier points to increase your PR.
July 10th, 2007 at 8:18 am
I tried a few of the directory listings on the page, and the first couple were a real pain or didn’t work.
I think we all wish this was easier.
July 12th, 2007 at 3:25 am
I have one of my website pagerank drop from 4-3. But the link to it is keep increasing.
July 13th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
It’s pretty likely that you lost a high PR link that you didn’t know about. Sometimes links lost value as well. For example if you did John Chow’s review for a linkback you would have a PR6 link until it shifted off of his homepage, and then it would be a PR0 link.
July 13th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
This is a great post, funny thing i found this post because i am considering changing my blog name and domain and PR was a concern of mine… Good post…
July 13th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Thanks blog money.
PR really isn’t that hard to get if you know how to get it.
July 19th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
I cant wait to see the next update. There are tons of good ideas on this site.
July 19th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
That addurl.nu thing is nice, but I don’t have 290$ to spend on having my site sent to all those directories. I’d rather kill my hands doing it manually.
July 19th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I am really interested to see what the new page rank will bring. Since I was like a week or two old, I just missed getting a page rank. I am hoping for a 4, but I don’t know if I will make it.
On a side not I have found a few directories that I kind of like. I prefer ones that have badges that do a little ranking. BlogTopSites, BlogTopList, BlogFlare
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am
You have given a comprehensive list and with your advice I hope to gain page rank for my blog which provides Free day trading tips.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Thanks blog money.
PR really isn’t that hard to get if you know how to get it.
July 30th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
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August 14th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
I have started with the list of directories at AddURL.nu. However, most of the directories demand you to add a reciprocal link in your website. You said you have already submitted to some of them. However, I cannot see you have included a reciprocal link into your website. Is there any way to be listed in the list of directories without adding a reciprocal link? Thanks
August 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Darn…I wish I read this last month. Since then, I have been submitting my new sites to directories and obtaining backlinks. Perhaps a little too late for the ‘next’ PR update.
Congrats on your quick climb to PR3. My goal: to be at 5 by the end of the year, thanks to your tips.
August 30th, 2007 at 8:42 am
hi pls give me a suggession to achieve page rank 3
September 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I didn’t know what page rank was a month ago. I am very patient and in it for the long haul! I noticed your site and permalinks have a meta description but no listed keywords when I analyzed them. Should I not have keywords listed? I’m using all in one SEO plug in.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Thank you for the list
Unfortunately it would seem that some of the URLs listed are no longer active
However, great effort on your part
It would seem that backlinks from .edu sites are quite useful
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September 17th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I Really Like This Article ….. Very Helpful For Pagerank 0 Sites…
Thankssss
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October 13th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Great post. Not sure if the September/October update is done yet. I’m still PR2 and very much hoping to get to PR3.
Would be nice to see an article showing things like number of links, quality of links, number of website pages etc - various combinations of the above that are needed to get PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5 etc.
Then we’d really know what it takes!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
hi court,
thanks for the tips about getting higher PR for a blog. I haven’t got one yet since don’t have the time to do this blogging thing. learning to set it up and promote it do involve a lot of time but i don’t have much time at the moment. need to focus on 3 of my sites to get higher rank. hopefully can start blogging in the new year.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Wow.. this info really makes sense… I got a PR of 2 by following some of ur strategy.. thanks
October 30th, 2007 at 1:37 am
nice article . will try to follow to this lets see if this works out.
thnx
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November 5th, 2007 at 4:47 am
Hey nice article you got there, the D-List sure come in handy, im more than happy if i could get my blog to PR2 for the next update, ill let you know if i manage to do big leap! thanks again.
November 10th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Great post. I like the descriptions you assign each PR rank. I am at PR3 now.
Cheers!
November 15th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Thanks for the directory and D-link links. Great way to get going!
November 15th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Also, meant to ask this - how true or useful is the “Future PR” tool? I mean why should I be using it besides the “fun” or “thrill” that people may get for something that ONLY sounds cool!
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December 7th, 2007 at 10:32 am
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December 8th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
thanks for the tip on addurl.nu
i will be submitting links to a few of those directories.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:47 am
great post
i have just started nd aiming at pR 4
wish me best luck