I have been using Smart PageRank for the last few months to view my blog’s progress. I like using this site because it has pagerank, age of domain, Alexa score, backlinks and indexed pages all on one results page. I use it to view other websites as well.
Smart PageRank has very simple explanation of how PageRank works.
Factors that can increase your Google PageRank
Now the Google PageRank algorithm can be very complexed, but yet friendly invention. Here is a list of things that could help boost you Google PageRank, with a rating scale beside it of how important we think it is.
- Update Pages Frequently 2/10
- Add Pages Frequently 4/10
- Good Neighborhood Directories with high PageRank Levels 7/10
- Monster Websites 7/10
- Quality Inbound links 8/10
- Quality Relevant Links 9/10
- No Broken Links 5/10
- Article Submissions (this can increase your PageRank by getting more inbound links)
- All these put together 10/10
They also offer Factors that can decrease PageRank.
- Bad inbound links such as Poker, Porn, Sex, Drugs, or anything to that nature
- Link spamming
- Bad Content
- Lots of broken links
- SEO Black Hat Techniques
This site also offers a Page Rank Calculator Chart that is quite interesting.
If you have different views on how Google’s algorithm works, please share your thoughts.
I have also used SmartPageRank a number of times and I agree – it’s a good site. I also came across another site though – CheckPageRank.net. They will tell you if the PR on a site is valid or fake. It will also tell you if its yahoo/dmoz listed and the number of backlinks. Might wanna check it out sometime too!