Did you read my original comment? My point was precisely that PR is not that important. If you want to rank higher on Google, simply create good content. You ca

Did you read my original comment? My point was precisely that PR is not that important. If you want to rank higher on Google, simply create good content. You cannot depend on the signals they use because they change all the time. Do you have any idea if "getting covered by a mainstream blog" is a signal Google quantifies, let alone uses?