January 2011 Google PageRank Update

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Today there was good news for those that care about Google PageRank. Personally, I really do not care about pagerank that much, and I pretty much thought Google wasn’t planning to update the pagerank toolbar anytime soon. Google keeps telling everyone that toolbar page rank isn’t all that important and not to worry about it. But, SEOs and online marketers will not let it go and I do not  blame them. Having a good page rank can help website owners have a better chance at getting higher price for ad space on their sites, their site is consider an authority and they have chance to get more guest posts when they have a page rank of 3 or higher.

When I say I do not care about page rank, what I mean by that is, I do not worry about it daily and I do not write and market sites that I am working on to gain page rank. However, I keep page rank factors in mind when working on a site. When I work on content and market a site, I write for the reader first, then for the search engines. But if you follow on-page SEO tips when creating content, create killer content, use SEO plugins for WordPress, and concentrate on building high quality backlinks, then your page rank will go up.

Evolutionary Designs Has Been Updated

As of January 20th, 2011 Evolutionary Designs has moved up in page rank from a PR 2 to PR 3.  I am glad to see the site move up and hopefully it will continue to rise as Google makes its  updates.

What This Means To You the Reader?

As a reader, this doesn’t really mean anything to you, but if you are a regular commenter, if I mention your website (DoFollow link), or you are a guest writer for us, your backlinks from our site to yours will be worth more than when this site was a pagerank 2. So if you are interested in writing for us, please check our write for us page and send us a request via the contact form. We are currently accepting original articles for new media topics in the areas of design, web development, photography, inspiration, design resources, blogging tips, social media and SEO. If you are concerned about the requirements for guest writing or about a topic that may not be listed, send us an email and we can talk more.

Final Thoughts

From my understanding, not every site has been updated and Google will rolling out these changes over the next few weeks. Has your site been updated and do you care that it went? Let us know what you think…