Why is my website's pagerank reported as a 4 on seochat, but it shows up as a 3 in my browser?

[Manju]

I once saw it as a 4, but only once and it was from some obscure search I did that found one of my interior pages. Thanks for the help.

[Andrew]

Google has many servers or data centers. They don't all reflect the same rank. Build up your inbound links from quality sites and you should see a pr5 in no time.

[hank freid news]

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.

[ericajoieake]

Originally Posted by Manju

I once saw it as a 4, but only once and it was from some obscure search I did that found one of my interior pages. Thanks for the help.

perhaps they already predict that the google updates your site will become PR4 because of the popularity of your site.

[ashiq88]

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.