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***Brian Turner*** · 13-09-2007, 10:05 PM

Even when I was learning SEO, it was a very common complaint in SEO forums that a page with lower PageRank was ranking above them. And this is from the days when PR updated monthly, so the value was relatively accurate compared to now.

PR is a rough indicator of a site's link profile - but it's exactly how that link profile is skewed that's really important - ie, to which keywords, at which pages - which is really important. PR can't show that, and it means a well optimised low PR page can outrank a higher PR page on the same topic.

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13-09-2007, 10:05 PM	#15 (permalink)
*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,687	Re: How is PR related to traffic? Even when I was learning SEO, it was a very common complaint in SEO forums that a page with lower PageRank was ranking above them. And this is from the days when PR updated monthly, so the value was relatively accurate compared to now. PR is a rough indicator of a site's link profile - but it's exactly how that link profile is skewed that's really important - ie, to which keywords, at which pages - which is really important. PR can't show that, and it means a well optimised low PR page can outrank a higher PR page on the same topic. 2c. __________________ SEO specialist