Why Another Google Page Rank Update?

Three days ago, I was doing my blogging routine at Adgitize when I click the banner of Georyl and was surprised of her post regarding another Google Page Rank update considering that it was just only late June when there was an update. So I did check around if there was really an update (I did not check my blogs yet) but found nothing and most that I opened were from the June update.

I did not check my blogs for the reason that I have already checked them several days ago after I came back from a three-week vacation. In fact, I made a post about it too if there was another Page Rank update because my two blogs which has PR2 before my scheduled vacation in Cebu, Philippines, had fallen one step back. I was a bit sad about it but there’s nothing I can do about it since it’s done already. And Google has made its judgment.

But it’s not the end of it and it seems that in every bad news you’ll get, there’s also the other side of the coin that is good news. So let me share to you the good news which I did not even expect to happen.

My newly migrated blog, Be a Lifesaver Of Goodness, had PR0 a few days before the June update and when I entered the URL on the PR checker I was surprise and I can’t even believe of what I saw from the result. So, can you guess what Page Rank it has right now?

It’s amazing that Big G made another page rank update in August knowing that there were changes noted late June and in July. I have read in various forums that indeed there was an update last June 2011 and when I checked it again late July, there were changes in the PR of my two blogs. Apparently, Google messed up in June Updates and made a corrective actions in late July.

It sounds strange though but I am happy that “Be a Lifesaver Of Goodness” had PR2 already knowing that I just transferred it in the middle of June (PR0) and now in less than two months it has Page Rank of 2.

Another Page Rank Update?

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Before going on vacation at the end of June, I am sure I have seen Google's Page Rank Updates so I am pretty much sure of the page rank of my two blogs including the newly migrated medical, health and safety blog "Be a Lifesaver of Goodness". At that time, I am so happy that I got a PR2 in both of the blogs that my heart went beating so crazy then brag a little bit of it (not that it's higher enough) but in the sense that I was able to break through the barriers of N/A that have been blocking my way for quite some time already.

Today, when I got the chance to open the world wide web for the first time since coming back from a long hiatus of vacation (although I am still on leave for four more days), it just came into my attention (while trying to check out my blog) that  my Page Rank (shown above) has gone one notch down. I quickly check if there's any updates recently, which at the back of my mind doubted if there's any considering the last update was just 27 June. And of course, I came empty handed that there's a PR update that occurs in that span of time.

Am I being penalized? Or it was just a glitch when the update came out last month? Honestly I don't have any idea what just happened and when this PR down fall occur?

How Important is the Keywords?

One of the significant factor for your blog to be recognized is using keywords so your blog is search engine friendly. What I meant to say is, for your blog to be searchable it needs to be optimized and one way of doing that is using "keywords" and some even use keyword phrases so as not to saturate.  In other words, if you are going to use it so many times also in your post it may appear that it is spammy and it could not be looking good for your readers and most especially in the search engine. When optimizing your blog it needs a balance of the "keywords" that you are going to use so it won't affect your ranking in the search engine results page.

I have read many articles and from experts that the number of keywords depends on the number of words you are writing in an article. Also Google does not like keywords to be used more than 2% in a given post. So if you are writing a 200 word article then you should not be repeatedly use your keyword more than 4 times. I usually use only three keywords for that given article.

Another thing is, spread out the keywords. Many have suggested that you use one each in a given paragraph. And to maximize your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) juice, place your keywords in the first sentence of your article and somewhere at the last part of your last paragraph. In this way, you have a better chance in ranking good in search engine results page. But again, you should know that keywords is just one of the factors that will influence your rankings. Hope you learn something about how important the keywords is.

How to increase blog traffic

It’s one of those days that you need to celebrate and be happy for an achievement that you got. And when it’s there you felt something different and I’m sure a lot knows what it is to be there.

So anyway, I was trying to get back from slumber since I am not feeling well in the past few days because of cough and colds. And when I went home from work early this morning I felt something that is not right. I ate breakfast before going to sleep but wasn’t able to sleep immediately because I felt that my whole body is so hot that I began to cover my whole body with the blanket. I took my baby’s thermometer and slid it in my armpit… a few minutes had gone, check the reading and jackpot!! I officially had a fever, it was 100.8 F. That’s the reason why I’m not feeling so up this morning. My wife noticed and gave me an analgesic but I took two of them at the same time then doze off.

I woke up mid afternoon with my wife’s prodding so I can take some food in my noisy stomach. I felt different already and a bit energized from the good rest I had and no longer feel feverish. After doing some errands in the house, I went on and open my laptop to log in my daily routine for my writing gig and along the way it just came to my mind to check if there are changes in my Alexa ranking and it is still 1.8 million. But it is way better than before when it was still more than 10 million and thanks to Adgitize for bringing it down tremendously in just a few months time. The good thing is, in my other blog “Be a Lifesaver Of Goodness”, it stands below 850 thousand already and in the next update it will surely be below 500 thousand.

But that’s not what I am celebrating right now, it was just part of it. I usually check both my Alexa and Page Rank, so I could determine the progress, and noticed that my PR is already zero (0). I double check yet still remain the same. Went for work and check it right there and yes it is still zero. And all bloggers know what this meant for your blog and how important it is especially to those who are accepting freelance writing jobs. I am hoping for more opps to come in my way. Now it’s official that I am no longer N/A in my page rank.