What are backlinks and PageRank, and why do I want them?
A backlink, sometimes called an inlink, is a link that's on a site outside yours. This backlink goes directly to your website.
Buying Backlinks has become a very popular method for any size website to get Gold Stars from Google™.
The reason why backlinks are popular is because Google™ loves sites with backlinks pointing to your website.
Google™ grants websites with lots of backlinks with a high PageRank. Each time another site links to yours, you get gold stars from Google™.
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stars, a backlink from a PR6 site is worth ![]()
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12 stars because the higher the rank, the number of gold stars increase.
For example, Google is a PR10, Microsoft a PR10, eBay was a PR9 it's now a PR8. The Twitter phenomenon almost overnight, became a PR9. My client A-1 Plumbing and Heating is a healthy PR3, the domain is 2 years old.
A new client with a website only 7 weeks on the net Deep Sky Glass is a PR0. Their competitor with a #1 listing for Dichroic Jewelry has a PR2. Deep Sky Glass will overtake her very soon and be firmly seated as #1 with my
service.
PageRank is like a person that graduates
Summa Cum Laude versus a graduate with a 3.5 grade point average. A new client, Deep Sky Glass Dichroic Jewelry is a PR0, the site is only 1 month old. After this service, they will be a PR4 in 12 months allowing them to easily overtake their #1 competitor who only has a PR2.
The average 1 year old site that has decent listings but only a few backlinks is a PR1
To give you an idea of home many back links sites have...
So what is your PageRank? Here's how to find out. It's easy:
Get your free Google Toolbar here:
or your Google Toolbar for the Firefox browser HERE:
. Click to install. That's it.
BE SURE TO CHECK THE BOX TO INCLUDE PAGERANK.
Then go to your own site and see what the little green bar says your page rank is.
