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Reading from another forum on this community, many bloggers disclosed their PageRank to be within the 0-2 range. Even for a blog I have that has not been updated often, the PageRank is 2. What is your blog's PageRank? Is it a business or personal blog?

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As started this thread, a quick reality check helps: PageRank is the original link‑analysis idea that helped Google rank pages, but the visible toolbar number most people chased is no longer a reliable, public signal. Treat the old PR value as a historical curiosity rather than a KPI. For background on the algorithm and its history see PageRank — Wikipedia.

What actually moves organic visibility today is a mix of many signals: relevance of content, quality and diversity of backlinks, user engagement, technical site health, and on‑page relevance. Instead of hunting a single PR score, measure things that matter: impressions, clicks, average position and index coverage in Google Search Console, plus the number and quality of referring root domains in your backlink tool of choice. Focus on earning editorial links from relevant sites and building topical authority.

Putting that into practice: for conversion/micro‑site blogs (as noted) prioritize referral traffic, landing pages, and conversion funnels. For authority/exposure sites (as implied) invest in original, link‑worthy content — data studies, useful tools, expert roundups, and outreach to niche publishers. Ignore quick fixes like low‑quality blog networks and directory spam (a point to ): Google documents link schemes and treats manipulative linking as a risk — avoid paid or mass‑directory links and recycled blogrolls; they add noise more than value (see Google’s guidance on link schemes).

Quick checklist: use Search Console to monitor queries and coverage; aim for several high‑quality referring domains per key topic; fix crawl/index issues, mobile speed and internal linking; track conversions and referral sources. That practical work will move rankings and business outcomes far more than obsessing over an obsolete PR number — contrary to ’s claim, lack of a toolbar PR does not make SEO useless.

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Reading from another forum on this community, many bloggers disclosed their PageRank to be within the 0-2 range. Even for a blog I have that has not been updated often, the PageRank is 2. What is your blog's PageRank? Is it a business or personal blog?

I think the relevance of a Blogs page rank is dependent on the purpose of the blog. I am setting up two blogs in WordPress for a client who is going to use them as marketing tools/micro-sites for their business. In this case the majority of the traffic is going to come from referrals or from links to the main corporate website or the Linkedin profiles of the two partners. In this case, PageRank is not important. I have a friend who has set up a blog to hi-light his writing and two secure blogging jobs with online publications. In his case, the PageRank would probably carry more weight.

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I just wanna focus on my SERP any way if you don't have any page rank on your site you are useless SEO.

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Not necessarily. Page Rank does take into consideration the age of the site and if the site was recently created, it may not be crawled yet or have accumulated time authority.

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use blog networks for serp and building links

like blogcatalog and mybloglog

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You can find many blogs that have PR6 and higher and when you take a look at their web rankings and link popularity, you will find them at the top and being linked to by many other blogs and reliable sources.

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