Google April PageRank Update
Google has just updated its Toolbar PageRank. Its happening as we speak, actually started on the first days of April and is probably underway. I am sure everyone who is reading this page must be aware about PageRank (PR) and its importance. Google PageRank adds value to website Search Engine Ranking (SERP). There are many other factors too like back links, website age, popularity and more which is important for SERP.
So, for SEO, does this really matter? The PR in the toolbar does not mean as much as it did 4 years ago.
Pagerank have a range from 0-10. A site with PR 0 is least important and the site with PageRank- 10 is the most important in the eye of Google. For those who are new to this term, PageRank is a scale to check popularity thru backlinks and many other factors by Google and it affects your visibility on search engine. Google PageRank term was named after Larry Page who developed this concepts of PageRank (PR) for Google.
Google PageRank Update Schedule for the year 2010
Last PageRank (PR) Update 31 December 2009
First 2010 PageRank (PR) Update 31 March – 3 April 2010
Second 2010 PageRank (PR) Update 30 June – 7 July 2010
Third 2010 PageRank (PR) Update 31 September – 7 October 2010
Fourth 2010 PageRank (PR) Update 31 December – 2 January 2011
The above data is the assumption based on previous PR updates. Google Generally updates website or blog PageRank PR 4 times in a year. All these updates are major PR updates. Every month Google also do minor PageRank updates for every site.
What this all means for your Google rankings? Not much. Typically, a Google Toolbar PageRank update will have zero direct impact on one's ranking in Google. As Google has said, time and time again, the toolbar PageRank scores are older exports and do not resemble the PageRank score Google uses internally, at the time of ranking your pages in Google.