One of the questions I'm asked almost daily by my readers is how long does it take for Google to assign PageRank. If you've ever wondered the same thing, here's the answer to that question:
It usually takes at least three full months for all of your inbound links to be calculated and counted as backlinks. Google's PageRank is calculated based on the relevancy, quantity and quality of your inbound links, as well as the number of outbound links there are on your website. Generally speaking, the fewer outbound links a website has the better.
Conversely, the higher the PR of your inbound links, the more PR is assigned to your website. For example, a website with a very respectable Google PR of 5 or 6, but with many outbound links might be assigned much less PR than a PR3 site with only a couple of outbound links.
Google establishes PR on a case by case basis, and there are simply too many variables to estimate what your particular PR will be. So you just have to be patient and wait and see what Google decides to do.
Can you increase your PageRank? Absolutely, but it takes time. The key is continually adding quality content, and as many relevant, quality inbound links from respected websites as you possibly can.
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How long does it take to get PageRank?
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How long does it take to get PageRank?
by Dale King » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:21 am
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PR 2 In Just 4 Months
by kimi » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:44 am
You are absolutely right. It took me about 3 months to get a subdomain ranked by Google. It's now a PR 2; and the weird thing is that the main domain has a PR of 0. I guess it's because I haven't taken the time to get backlinks for it. Getting PR is doable, it just takes time.
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by Jason Moffatt » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:54 pm
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by Lynn Terry » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:04 pm
To get a better understanding of PageRank, you really should read: http://www.clicknewz.com/1173/google-pagerank-debate/
Tess - Its common for new sites to show up in the results fairly quickly after they indexed, especially for longtail keyword phrases (3-4 word phrases) or less competitive keyword phrases. It takes a bit of time for a new domain to get established, so soon after you notice that you may find that you have "vanished" from those same results, but resurface later in a different position. Things tend to bounce around a bit in the beginning.
Check out the link to my blog above. I think that will help you understand it a bit more (and there are more reference links there as well).
Tess - Its common for new sites to show up in the results fairly quickly after they indexed, especially for longtail keyword phrases (3-4 word phrases) or less competitive keyword phrases. It takes a bit of time for a new domain to get established, so soon after you notice that you may find that you have "vanished" from those same results, but resurface later in a different position. Things tend to bounce around a bit in the beginning.
Check out the link to my blog above. I think that will help you understand it a bit more (and there are more reference links there as well).
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