How Many Back Links Do You Need to Get Pagerank 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8?

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm.
Categories: Features.

The recent overhaul that Google’s been doing - requiring members to have a Privacy Policy on their site, limiting site inclusions, having a monthly pagerank update - all this, for me, will help Google in the long run to get quality clicks from their consumers. It’s gonna be quite lengthy to discuss this piece by piece but, since pagerank is my topic here, I dont think that Google’s ranking algorithm will be the nuisance some people already consider it to be.

Just a short history on this: A ranking system has existed for Google since, idk, time immemorial. Over the years people began to game this system leading to bad search results and unproductive ad clicks. Google tracked these people down last year and penalized them, which in turn, resulted in the questioning of their ranking system, company policy, biases toward other people/companies etc. - this questioning came not only from the people’s involved but from the whole geekdom. Google remained vague on these issues, however, this year, it seemed clear that they are improving their company from all corners.

I guess Google is doing the right thing - whether to quell the issues or piss their critics fruther - after all, it’s their company.

As far as pagerank is concerned, I think it’s value hasn’t diminished, but rather, redefined. This year, Google has updated their ranking system once every month which means, SEO-wise, that we all have to work a little bit harder. I dont think the company changed the way they’ve ranked sites (although, I think a PR renovation is in the works as well). In the meantime, everyone might be interested in how to raise their pagerank.

For us little people, here’s an overview:

Basically, it just shows people how many links they need in order to raise pagerank. Not to be taken as divine truth but a general idea of how much work you need to do, at least, until the next pagerank update.

End notes:
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34 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. James Mann

    Excellent post

    I have been wondering what will increase my PR other than just trying to create great content and getting backlinks.

    It’s nice to have something a little more tangible than write good content and get backlinks.

    I can see that going from a PR3 to a PR4 is going to require a bit more work on my part.

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    Mar 23rd, 2008

  2. lutchi

    Thanks for the hopped and comment Pao….balik ako dito ulit.

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    Apr 4th, 2008

  3. daniel

    This is a good write up. Perhaps one of the blog I will visit often because of its straight forward and simplicity in delivering the message. Keep it up!

    By the way, my site has been ranked at PR3. Any recommendations or advice which you can shed to help me move one step higher?

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    Apr 4th, 2008

  4. paolo

    @daniel
    thanks for dropping by. was impressed by your blog actually. I think, other than SEO, you won’t really have to do anything else.

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  5. Zhoe wynz

    hai.. im here.. this was a useful info… thanks for posting it :)

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  6. reyna elena

    wow! that’s very informative! thanks for dropping by at my site! i would have not known this. Interestingly, I currently have 1,436 of links (if you click on my blog juice), so i guess you’re right, i have not hit that magic 2,444 demarcation line to be on PR4 which was my previous PR before they put me to zero and back up to PR3.

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  7. paolo

    @reyna elena
    same thing happened with this blog. I wasn’t even writing reviews but I was brought down to zero. right now though, when I check those pagerank prediction sites, it says that my blog is worth a PR4. I wonder when it’ll go back up. =P

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  8. "VHILMA"

    Hi kabayan..Thanks for the visit. I like your site..its very informative. Keep it up.

    You can visit my other site too..

    http://www.fingersquad.com

    Have a great day!

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  9. Couen

    Thank you so much for dropping by my blog. :)

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  10. louraine

    thank you for this. I learned something..

    http://www.alouraine.tk

    im hopinmg to xlinks with you..

    take care

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  11. Scotty's Princess

    Hi Paolo, thanks for leaving a comment in my page. Your thoughts are very well appreciated. Well, regarding this entry, it was written brilliantly. Very clear and so direct to the point. I think all bloggers should know about this. I was ranked PR3 in January but was slapped with PR0 after barely a month of venturing into writing paid reviews. Until now, I haven’t gotten my PR back. I think I need to work doubly hard. Anyway, PR or no PR, my passion for writing hasn’t diminished at all.

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    Apr 5th, 2008

  12. muthalib

    awesome info dude…

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    Apr 6th, 2008

  13. bigeyedgal

    Hey there! Thanks for hopping by. Nice post you have here. Hope to see you in my blog again! :-D

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    Apr 8th, 2008

  14. kris

    wow, my pr2 went to zero. duh. i think google’es bitter on paid postings.

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    May 3rd, 2008

  15. chickenwings

    This was a very good article. Now to get my pagerank up from 0.

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    Jun 13th, 2008

  16. Rajandran

    Hi my google page rank dropped from PR2 to PR0.
    Now how to Boost my PR. Iam Very sad

    If any one know then please do write to rajandran@gmail.com

    My Blog : http://www.marketcalls.org

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    Jun 15th, 2008

  17. Viswa

    Hi,

    Informative. But, a single link coming from dmoz is enough for google to assign PR3 to a site.

    Also, PR of the page where a link is coming from matters a lot too. You have not mentioned about that.

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    Viswa reply on June 17th, 2008 7:56 am:

    sorry, you have mentioned abt PR of link from page. Just an oversight …

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    Paolo reply on June 17th, 2008 11:59 am:

    No problem ;)

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    Jun 17th, 2008

  18. Mr. Smith

    Thanks for the info.

    http://www.wgaconsulting.com

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    Jul 15th, 2008

  19. vince

    This chart is pretty old is there any new updates?

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    Aug 24th, 2008

  20. c.d

    hi,
    how can i find my back links ?
    link: in google search
    or
    links in google webmasters tools ?

    first one says that i have onle 2 back links.
    but google webmasters tools say that i have 1400 back links !
    ?!
    thank you.

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    Sep 5th, 2008

  21. curiousman

    This is an informative post. In fact, I use your page rank table on my latest post. http://www.bigfortuneonline.net (the first post) I hope you don’t mind.

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    Sep 9th, 2008

  22. Sophie

    Thanks for sharing. The chart is quite helpful in gauging how many links to add and corresponding PR.

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    Sep 17th, 2008

  23. Davey

    Thanks soo much for sharing the chart. It is def helpful and is good for setting goals to increase my pr as well.

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    Sep 28th, 2008

  24. A.Afolabi

    Thanks for this, I have been wondering how many links we need to increase our website’s ranking. Started the site smallbusinesswebsitebuilders.com about 5 months ago and have just been ranked. Very useful to know approximately how many links are needed to gain higher ranking. Most of the links to our site seem to have a rank of less than 1 or are unranked. Maybe that’s why we have not seen the expected boost from our linking program - via article submission. Noticed that getting ranked apparently boosted the website google position as well.

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    Oct 3rd, 2008

  25. CEO

    Thanks for some great website ranking information. Will help in planning my next linking campaign. Would have thought you need far more than 15 Rank 1 links to get a pagerank of 1. Also it seems to take months before ranking changes are effected. While we ought to concentrate on creating new content and building traffic; website position, ranking and SEO seem to be tied to traffic to a large degree.
    Website Designers / SEO Optimisation

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    Oct 3rd, 2008

  26. Anime

    Thanks for the great info but i have to be PR4 but it looks still PR2 can anyone share ideas?

    Watch Anime Online

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    Oct 10th, 2008

  27. Shally

    Thanks for the information that you provide.

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    Oct 16th, 2008

  28. Corner Sofa

    Many thanks for your informative direction.
    Please would you highlight on a very important point: Do we “need” to links to sites that are with in our category / Content?

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    Oct 30th, 2008

  29. imd

    our website http://www.adailydeals.com is good for coupons and deals.
    how can we get good PR

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    Oct 31st, 2008

  30. Travis County Notary

    That’s a lot of links you will need to get a Page Rank 5 and above, WOW!

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    Nov 11th, 2008

  31. Sam

    This post was EXACTLY what I was looking for.

    One question though, does it matter what PR backlinks you get to your site? For instance, I’ve got a PR3 at http://www.samritter.com but want to move to PR4. Do I need 81 PR4 backlinks? Or do I just need 81 backlinks?

    Confused…

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    Nov 13th, 2008

  32. Computerică

    I liked your article, I fiind it very usefull.

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    Dec 27th, 2008