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I'm pretty sure toolbar PR is basically the PR that Google uses for ranking, just lagging by a bit. In addition, I have no idea why people care about PR, becaus

• streety 18y ago
  It depends on how you define "a bit". The last time I paid any attention to this the toolbar PR was updated every 3 months or so and those updates were already outdated. I can't remember how outdated the updates were or even if google told you that. I suspect they didn't. Google has also taken to using the toolbar PR as a way of communicating its displeasure over certain practices. Paid links is a recent example. All told your PR is irrelevant as you say. Especially in comparison to your actual rankings which are also largely irrelevant to tracking what's driving traffic to your site which is itself largely irrelevant to tracking conversions, registrations, return visit or whatever other metric most makes sense to your site/business.
  • litewulf 18y ago
    On an interesting sidenote this actually means the value of PR0 site links may be worth more than from PR1, because the PR0 site may simply be a site with good PR that just hasn't shown up in the latest update. pinky to finger