ListPipe this week received its initial Google page rank, achieving a 3/10 for it's first rank out-of-the-gate.
Google ranks website from '0' to '10', awarding the most popular websites with the higher numbers.
According to Google:
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value.
In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B.
But, Google looks at considerably more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; for example, it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."
Using these and other factors, Google provides its views on pages' relative importance.
Starting off with a site rank of three is a good indication that our SEO efforts are paying off. We consider a Google rank of 3 to be fairly high for an initial rank, and are pleased as can be to start at such a high ranking.
Of course, ListPipe blogs that are part of the ListPipe system will benefit from this initial rank, and should experience a 'halo effect' because of the close association with the main ListPipe.com page.
[…] the last week, Google released new page rankings. We saw the ListPipe page rank jump from 3-out-of-10 to a solid 4-out-of-10. Gaining another point in our page rank indicates we are on the right track […]