I don’t really study this stuff anymore now that I’m a senile figurehead type here at NRO. But I thought this was interesting. From my probationary SEO Guy:
Subject: playboys blog ranking
Hey Jonah,
I am a.. let’s be kind and say “up and coming” SEO expert. SEO is
“search engine optimization”. It’s huge in internet marketing and
getting huger, if I may.
Now, a little tool that ships out with Google’s Toolbar is a tiny meter
that says “pagerank”. Pagerank is ginormous. Pagerank is almost
everything when it comes to how important a page is in relation to its
subject matter when Google goes out and spiders the internet for
relevant content.
Now, just so you know – Captain’s Quarters (I recall being listed #1
blog by Playboy?) has a pagerank 6. The Corner (and the rest of NRO, for
that matter) has a page rank 7. (These are on a scale of 0-10.)
Now, a six and a seven may not seem like much? But, in actuality, I’ve
heard it said by people FAR smarter than me in this SEO game, that it
can take as much effort to get a “high six” as all the effort combined
to get a “low six”. So, a 7 is huge. In other words, it might take
something like 10,000 incoming links (from other websites) to get
someone to a rank 4. And then 100,000 to get them to a 5. Imagine the
difference between a six and a seven. It becomes less a multiplier and
more like an exponential.
I’m sorry to say that dailykos.com has a pagerank 8. 🙁 Of course, given
Google’s leanings, I wouldn’t be surprised if they cheated. *grin*
Anyway, wanted to give you my two bits on your importance to the world
of blogging.
Other examples of pageranked websites:
abc.com – 8
cnn.com – 9
ebay.com – 9 (!!??!!)
msn.com – 9
yahoo.com – 9
google.com – 10
washingtonpost.com – 8
drudgereport.com – 7
foxnews.com – 8
Hope this helps. Hey, can I be your “SEO Guy”? 🙂