Is Google Page Rank Really Relevant?

[nic.lk]

I was just wondering that Google might have designed the page rank system based on the premise that higher the links a site has from other sites, higher would be the traffic to that site. However, I see so many sites that are having a very high page rank (since they might be having links from so many other sites) but do not have a very good volume of traffic. Also doesn't this system undermine the importance of good and relevant content on your site? Again I have seen so many sites which do not have a very good content and also might be having wrong grammar in their content, but still those are ranked by google. Please share your thoughts on this.

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[jv17]

i think those sites were supported by ppc companies..

[ApplyMedia]

Originally Posted by nic.lk

I was just wondering that Google might have designed the page rank system based on the premise that higher the links a site has from other sites, higher would be the traffic to that site. However, I see so many sites that are having a very high page rank (since they might be having links from so many other sites) but do not have a very good volume of traffic. Also doesn't this system undermine the importance of good and relevant content on your site? Again I have seen so many sites which do not have a very good content and also might be having wrong grammar in their content, but still those are ranked by google. Please share your thoughts on this.

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That’s a very interesting point.
From what I know, Google's calculation of PR is given for a page and based on the number of pages that links to it and the numbers of the links that links to them and so on….
It is probably considered as "votes" but it also contains the factor of the site's structure – the way inner sub pages linking to each other. We can assume that if a page has many links pointing at him, it gets traffic (and don’t forget that traffic can be created in many ways, not only by referring sites…) but it can also imply that the page has some kind of popularity and importance by the eyes of others…
Good thing is that you don’t need a high PR to get on top of the SERP's.

Now – what do you think about a relatively new site having a decent PR for its home page, when it still has no links to it but it's own sub pages?

Well, not much of an answer but my own thoughts…

[ApplyMedia]

Originally Posted by jv17

i think those sites were supported by ppc companies..

How come?
Can you explain?

[wchua24]

Originally Posted by nic.lk

I was just wondering that Google might have designed the page rank system based on the premise that higher the links a site has from other sites, higher would be the traffic to that site. However, I see so many sites that are having a very high page rank (since they might be having links from so many other sites) but do not have a very good volume of traffic. Also doesn't this system undermine the importance of good and relevant content on your site? Again I have seen so many sites which do not have a very good content and also might be having wrong grammar in their content, but still those are ranked by google. Please share your thoughts on this.

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actually google based their ranking in popularity so if you god may back links and stuff definitely your on the top rank..

[bogs]

traffic is different from PR.. yes you can have a high PR site even if you have less visitors.. also possible even if the site don't have high SERP..

[ericajoieake]

its more weight to google if you have with related link than not related sites.

[marketraise]

i don't know why u are asking such a question. Today Google is the best search Engine and generally people waits for getting a good page rank.

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[grishamist]

The only thing Google based is on keywords. Page rank maybe not that consistent because of "Google Dancing" but on some point if your on the first page you have greater chances to get traffic.

[adammitchells]

PR does show how popular your site is among others....traffic comes from SEO