Google Finally Updates PageRank

October 29, 2007 | General

With all of the false alarms and mis information about when, or if, Google was going to update PageRank, I was beginning to wonder if Average Joe Blogger would ever get a rank. Or if I would be destined to see N/A forever. Well, apparently the wait is over. I just check my PageRank and much to my surprise Average Joe Blogger now has a PageRank of 4.

It’s no 7, but for a blog that’s only a few months old, I think it’s pretty respectable. If you haven’t checked your PageRank lately, you should go see where you now stand with Google. iWebTool has a great tool for checking PageRank.

Has your rank been updated? Was Google kind to your blog or not?

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15 Responses to “Google Finally Updates PageRank”

Ann Clemmons | October 29th, 2007 at 2:35 am

Congratulations Joe! I just received my very first ranking as well, and I’m happy to say I also have a page rank of 4.

How do you know when google updates? I mean is this the last update for awhile? I’m afraid it’s going to go away any minute. I keep looking it up over and over as if it will disappear. How often do they do update?
Just wondered if you knew. Congrats again.

Ann
Wayne Liew | October 29th, 2007 at 4:58 am

Congratulations for the PR4. Keep up with the nice contents!
Nate (Average Joe Blogger) | October 29th, 2007 at 6:27 am

@Ann: I’ve been checking the status of my PageRank every week or so just keep an eye on it. Mainly because Average Joe Blogger hadn’t been ranked and I was anxious to see what it’s rank might be.

Usually (at least in the past) Google updates “public” PageRank about once a quarter. However, the last update has taken quite a bit longer. Your guess is as good as mine on the future schedule of updates.
David Zemens | October 29th, 2007 at 6:35 am

This whole pagerank thing confuses me. I have one site that does nothing but redirect to another site. The site that redirects has a pagerank of 5 and the site that it redirects to has a pagerank of 3. It’s pretty strange. Can someone suggest to me why this would be?

Redirect site: www.avtak.com
Site directed to: www.StoneyCreekWebDesign.com
Symbian | October 29th, 2007 at 7:02 am

My Google PR increased to 5!
Nate (Average Joe Blogger) | October 29th, 2007 at 8:39 am

@David: That’s a strange one. What kind of redirect are you using? 301?
Fede777 | October 29th, 2007 at 9:28 am

My pagerank went from 0 to 3, I’m happy
David Zemens | October 29th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

Nate,

I am using this code within a PHP block:

$redirect_path_file = “http://www.stoneycreekwebdesign.com/”;
header(”Location: $redirect_path_file”);
Nate (Average Joe Blogger) | October 29th, 2007 at 2:09 pm

@David: I think you would be better off redirecting the entire domain using a 301 redirect. Check out this page that talks about 301 redirecting.

If you’re on a Linux server and have Apache Mod-Rewrite enabled, I would suggest using the “.htaccess” method.
Karthik | October 30th, 2007 at 5:06 am

Nate, congratulations on the PR4!

My blog is a little over a month old and its got a PR4 too, which came as quite a surprise - a pleasant one all the same!

Keep up the good work!
Dan | October 31st, 2007 at 3:51 am

Congrats! My PR dropped on a couple of sites, but the traffic went up all around. Go figure…
Ad Tracker | October 31st, 2007 at 5:22 am

Congratulations! Welcome to the PR4 club
Stefson | October 31st, 2007 at 6:23 am

I’m happy to.
Google’s given me a PR3.

Keep it up
unclewilco | October 31st, 2007 at 9:01 am

My blog went from 0 to 4 but my main site went from 5 to 3
Emma | November 1st, 2007 at 10:42 am

Congrats Joe, a 4 is anything but average. Emma