5 Ways to Benefit from High Google PageRank

August 3rd, 2007 | 7 comments

Google Pagerank With the upcoming Google Toolbar Pagerank (PR) update, which happens about every 3 months, being talked about around the net, it refreshed my memory of the many benefits of having high PR pages.

Before you read any further, remember that the Google Toolbar Pagerank is only a reading of a pages actual Pagerank. Many new marketers don’t understand the difference between the toolbar PR and the actual PR, which is updated much more frequently.

The following are 5 ways one can benefit from having pages with high Google Toolbar PageRank:

1. Although Matt Cutts has recently spoke out about Google disliking paid links, it is still possible if done correctly. You can read more about how to do this in my prior thread on Paid Text Links. Selling text links is an excellent way to add additional monetization to your site and bring in recurring income. One of the main things people look at when considering a purchase is the pages Google PR.

2. With higher PR comes higher user loyalty. I’ve been creating and marketing Websites for years and while I shouldn’t, I catch myself choosing one site over the other because of it’s Google PR.

3. Higher placement in Web Directories and other sites that organize their listings by PageRank. This means that those sites will be giving you a stronger link, in turn giving your sites a better chance of rising once again the next time around.

4. I don’t do much reciprocal linking these days but many still claim it is a beneficial link building technique. Whether it is or not, having a site with a high PR will increase your chances of requests converting into good reciprocal links.

5. Higher probability of being excepted into affiliate and other programs. There are many programs out there that look at a sites pagerank when they consider it’s acceptance into the program.

7 comments

stephen
3rd August, 2007 at 11:17 pm

informative post!
i like the google toolbar as even though like you said it is not a 100% accurate of a websites page rank, it still gives you an idea,which is still useful.
Jason
4th August, 2007 at 7:26 pm

This one especially:

“With higher PR comes higher user loyalty. Iâ€™ve been creating and marketing Websites for years and while I shouldnâ€™t, I catch myself choosing one site over the other because of itâ€™s Google PR.”

Isn’t it funny how everyone wants to be your friend when you have a high PR? That’s what I call cyberwhoring.
Kaja Mohideen
1st November, 2007 at 2:25 pm

As stephen said, I feel that this is an very good informative post. I’m using Google Toolbar since I use internet.
jackie
21st February, 2008 at 4:53 pm

I know the benefit of Google PR,
how to do to improve my site’s google PR?
Nick - road2blogging
8th March, 2008 at 10:03 pm

Good ideas there Josh on how to use the Googlerank toolbar. I’ve been using it for a while and although Google PR isn’t the main measure of a page’s ‘worthiness’ it does help me understand if google thinks the page/site is important.
Bob McClain (6 comments.)
27th September, 2008 at 10:18 pm

Hey Josh. Thanks for the helpful articles on your site. They are of benefit to more than just newbies. Just letting you know that the “beneficial link building technique” link leads to a 404 page error.

Wishing you continued success!
Udegbunam Chukwudi
17th August, 2009 at 6:36 am

@ Jason: I love that term. “Cyber Whoring” LMAO.

@ Josh: How can I get the actual pagerank of my site. My blog just got upgraded to Page rank 2 according to SEOBOOK toolbar and SEO Quake.