Google PageRank (PR) 10 Websites
If you’re a webmaster then I can guarantee that the first thing you look at when you go to any and I mean any website is the PageRank of that website. Why? For those who aren’t familiar with PageRank then read the following articles:
Anyway, just today I was wondering how many websites are there with PageRank 10 (out of 10) as of Google’s last PageRank update. To my surprise I’ve found only 3. A few of the PageRank 10 websites like Adobe have lost their PageRank 10 position. Here’re the 3 sites with PageRank 10:
- http://www.usa.gov/
- http://www.google.com/
- http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Why is Google PageRank (PR) Important?
I am sure you know what Google PageRank is and exactly how it works. But if you think you need to quickly refresh your memory then please check out “What is Google PageRank or PR?“.
There’s so much talk about PageRank not being as important as it used to be. Well, I too agree to it to a degree but not entirely. And the reason for this article is to tell you why I don’t agree.
We know Google analyzes 200+ elements of a webpage while crawling and returning a result for a given search term and PageRank is one of them. While PR may not be the only player that Google considers most but it is still the most important player of all. Why? Soon you’ll find out.
What is Google PageRank or PR?
If you’re a webmaster then you may know what Google PageRank is and how it works. You may also know what important role it plays for your website. Even though most of us have an understanding of this technology, a lot of the time I’ve seen webmasters misinterpret it. Coming across so many of those misinterpretation, I finally thought I’ll explain it on my own words and give some official reference so that next time I see someone having slightest doubt about it I can then refer them to this article. I tried to write it in the simplest way possible so that people who aren’t familiar with this term or technology can understand it very easily. So, hopefully after reading this article you’ll know exactly what PR is and how it works.
WordPress 2.7 Will Be Released Today
WordPress 2.7 is about to be released on WordPress.com. The new WordPress will go live today the December 4, 2008 at 8pm Eastern Time. I am really excited to try out WordPress 2.7 as you know the new version had a complete facelift along with a lot of additional features.
Facebook’s Comments Date Error
Looks like there’s a glitch on Facebook’s Date & Time system for comments. Just posted a comment to a Group’s wall on Facebook and was surprised to see the publish date of the comment. The time of the comment looks fine, it’s the day that seems to be traveling in time machine. While the date and time should have been current like ““, the comment day seems to be jumping one day ahead showing “at 3:09pm tomorrow“. Here’s what I am talking about:
Websites To A Color Blind
Ever wondered how your website may look to a color blind? Now you can see it for yourself. Here’s how my website may look to a color blind person.
To check yours, just go to this ColorBlindMe website and put the URL and you’ll see what a color blind person will see on your website.
GMail Down
Looks like Google Mail team is having some technical problem as GMail is currently down as I write this article. The system doesn’t allow me to log in through the browser though I’ve just received couple of emails through the Push Email on my iPhone. So it looks like GMail team have just locked the front layer for maintenance or something. Continue Reading »
