Phew! It was a long wait before the big G decided to update the toolbar PageRank this time. Webmasters had been waiting for this update with bated breath since April last year. Google usually updates the Toolbar PageRank 4-5 times a year. But 2010 proved to be an exception. The only update that happened in 2010 was in April.
There were rumours that the exclusive licence for the PageRank granted to Google by Stanford University (which is said to hold the patent for PR) was expiring in 2011, and Google may not get the license renewed unlike it did in 2003. SEO folks were busy guessing what would be the consequences if Google decided to ditch the PageRank.
However, January 20, 2011 saw Google updating the toolbar PageRank, with many breathing a sigh of relief. It was not much of good news for eZaroorat though. Our ranking slipped down to 4; it was 5 earlier (for the uninitiated, PageRank in measured on a scale of 10, and higher is better). But we are glad that PageRank of some of our network sites went up.
How was your experience with this PR update? Do Share.
Hi Dear my page rank also goes down to 3..earlier it was 4….:)
When is the next update for 2011?
I really hope they are faster next time. I took faaar too long this time.
Google had to renew just think if they didnt what would have happen. Just think it Yahoo had there hands on it or another search lol. Great article
I was a bit inactive with my blog busy changing theme and hosting in Jan-Feb 2011. Missed the chance. When will the next update. Any idea.
Pagerank really doesn’t matter. If you have high pagerank for your site or blog it doesn’t mean that you will receive high traffic.
Has there been a second update for 2011 yet?
Yeah it is strange, the site I abandoned is gaining some PR while the site I was working on having no change at all.
Hopefully, this isn’t final.
Yesterday itself I came to know that my blog PR is 2. I thought probably google updated it a fortnight or something back and thats why I didnt notice it earlier… Didnt have an idea that it was something done in Jan!
Congrats Aashish! the first PR update of 2011 was in Jan; there was another update a few days back.
well my PR didnt changed so i think i have to work on it
cheers