Comments on: A little extra pagerank seems to bring a lot of traffic http://www.andrewkeir.com/a-little-pagerank-seems-to-go-a-long-way/ Logo design, branding, business card, flyer, brochure and graphic design portfolio. Brand identity and graphic designer working worldwide from Melbourne. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mayson http://www.andrewkeir.com/a-little-pagerank-seems-to-go-a-long-way/#comment-15788 Mayson Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:20:32 +0000 http://www.andrewkeir.com/?p=3073#comment-15788 Thanks a lot for this post. My company has been working really hard to figure out how page ranking can boost our traffic and this is a great resource for us. Getting started in SEO can be really overwhelming for a new business, thanks again for this. All the best, Mayson Thanks a lot for this post. My company has been working really hard to figure out how page ranking can boost our traffic and this is a great resource for us. Getting started in SEO can be really overwhelming for a new business, thanks again for this.

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]]> By: Andrew Keir http://www.andrewkeir.com/a-little-pagerank-seems-to-go-a-long-way/#comment-2991 Andrew Keir Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:54:14 +0000 http://www.andrewkeir.com/?p=3073#comment-2991 Rob, Glad to share and thank you for your kindness. Like you I've read countless articles stating Pagerank is a hollow statistic and I tend to agree. It would seem logical that building some decent content and a few back links gets you on your way to having some Pagerank, and not the other way round. As I'm sure you've found, getting solid info on basically anything from Google is like squeezing blood from a stone. I assumed Pagerank was a reflection of your traffic / links etc but these results might suggest otherwise. But who can say. The spikes are unique visitors as recorded by Google Analytics, each spike basically corresponds with a new blog post. I also bookmark each post after it's published to about a dozen social sites. Digg, Reddit, Twitter etc. Nothing different to what I was doing for the first 3 months, just since the PR update traffic overall has increased. Rob,
Glad to share and thank you for your kindness.

Like you I’ve read countless articles stating Pagerank is a hollow statistic and I tend to agree. It would seem logical that building some decent content and a few back links gets you on your way to having some Pagerank, and not the other way round.

As I’m sure you’ve found, getting solid info on basically anything from Google is like squeezing blood from a stone. I assumed Pagerank was a reflection of your traffic / links etc but these results might suggest otherwise.

But who can say.

The spikes are unique visitors as recorded by Google Analytics, each spike basically corresponds with a new blog post. I also bookmark each post after it’s published to about a dozen social sites. Digg, Reddit, Twitter etc.

Nothing different to what I was doing for the first 3 months, just since the PR update traffic overall has increased.

]]> By: Rob Cubbon http://www.andrewkeir.com/a-little-pagerank-seems-to-go-a-long-way/#comment-2987 Rob Cubbon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:06:42 +0000 http://www.andrewkeir.com/?p=3073#comment-2987 It's incredibly refreshing to see and blogger share his visitor stats with the world. Also congratulations on your success with the site. I would say that the increase in your Google PageRank and the hike it visitor numbers were a part of the same process and it was coincidental that they occurred at the same time. I'm continually reading articles downgrading the importance of PageRank. I've also had pages drop from 3 down to 0 and up to 3 again with no comparable change in traffic. However, I do think PageRank is a great general indication of how Google views a page. As your site got out of the sandbox, and was seen to have quality inbound links and updated content, the PageRank and the traffic increased for the same reasons. That's my opinion anyway. If you don't mind me asking, Andrew, what are the peaks? Are they Stumbles, Diggs? I would love to hear how you got them! It’s incredibly refreshing to see and blogger share his visitor stats with the world. Also congratulations on your success with the site.

I would say that the increase in your Google PageRank and the hike it visitor numbers were a part of the same process and it was coincidental that they occurred at the same time.

I’m continually reading articles downgrading the importance of PageRank. I’ve also had pages drop from 3 down to 0 and up to 3 again with no comparable change in traffic. However, I do think PageRank is a great general indication of how Google views a page.

As your site got out of the sandbox, and was seen to have quality inbound links and updated content, the PageRank and the traffic increased for the same reasons.

That’s my opinion anyway.

If you don’t mind me asking, Andrew, what are the peaks? Are they Stumbles, Diggs? I would love to hear how you got them!

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