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hi all,
i 'm reading this page about pagerank :

www webworkshop net/pagerank html
-- hey canadian,i didn't link above address to real page,just paste the url --

here is written about 'Site PageRank' and 'Page PageRank'.
but i don't get the importance of Site PageRank. what for is it?

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Short answer: Google assigns PageRank and similar link-weight values to individual URLs, not to a single whole-site number. was correct that PageRank is page-level; the confusion raised by and is common. The quoted idea in the thread hinted at query-specific link value, but there is no separate published "site PR" metric. is right that the old public Toolbar PR is no longer a useful, current indicator.

Why a higher-PR page can rank below lower-PR pages: ranking is not decided by one link score. Google combines many signals (relevance of incoming links and their anchor text, topical match between the page and the query, internal linking and canonical choices, page quality and user behavior, freshness, mobile/usability, localization and machine-learning adjustments). The public Toolbar number was a coarse snapshot and has been deprecated, so it often does not reflect the real, query-specific signals that decide rankings.

Quick checklist to diagnose the situation:

  • Use Google Search Console URL Inspection to confirm index status, canonical URL, and any coverage or manual-action issues.
  • Compare backlink profiles and anchor text for the competing pages with tools like Ahrefs/Majestic/Moz.
  • Compare on-page relevance: title, H1, content depth, intent match and structured data.
  • Check internal linking: are relevant site pages linking to the target with descriptive anchors?
  • Verify there are no redirects, rel="canonical", noindex, hreflang, or mobile/performance problems.

How to move forward: prioritize making the target URL the best resource for that query — improve content to match intent, add relevant internal links, and pursue topical, contextual backlinks to that specific page (not just the domain). Monitor outcomes in Search Console. For background on the original PageRank concept see PageRank - Wikipedia.

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Member Avatar for brayan

i also want to know the same.
also i want to know that what is the difference between "Site page rank and Page pagerank"?

Member Avatar for jay 11

i also want to know the same.
also i want to know that what is the difference between "Site page rank and Page pagerank"?

There is no such thing as 'site pagerank.' Instead, think of your website in pages. The homepage is separate from and internal page and is therefor ranked differently.

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There is no such thing as 'site pagerank.' Instead, think of your website in pages. The homepage is separate from and internal page and is therefor ranked differently.

let say an example:
i have search for example 'apple' in Google. it shows my site in 3th position.the page it shows from my site is for example ' ' .
this page has PR5. but the pages above my position in SERP both have lower PR,one PR2, one PR4.
i think my PR is important in my position in SERP,but what i see i different.
i guess mybe tatol site page rank(or total site rank) is playing role here and those site above me,have higher site rank.
umm... i don't know,i am really get confused.
what is your idea?

Member Avatar for fumnimda

hummm............
i have found something which seems reasonable about my previous post.
here it is :
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To explain this concept without going into too much technical detail, it is best to think of PageRank as being comprised of two different values. One value, which we'll call "General PageRank" is nothing more than the weighting given to the links on your page. This is also the value shown in the Google Toolbar. This value is used to calculate the weighting of the links leaving your page, not your search position.

The other value we'll call "Specific PageRank." You see, if PageRank equated to search engine results rank then Yahoo, the site with the highest PR, would be listed #1 for every search result. Obviously, that wouldn't be useful, so what Google does is examine the context of your incoming links, and only those links that relate to the specific keyword being searched on will help you achieve a higher ranking for that keyword. It's very possible for a site with a lower PageRank to in fact have more on-topic incoming links than a site with a higher PageRank, in which case the site with a lower PageRank will be listed above its competitor in the search results for that term.
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hummm............
i have found something which seems reasonable about my previous post.
here it is :
"
To explain this concept without going into too much technical detail, it is best to think of PageRank as being comprised of two different values. One value, which we'll call "General PageRank" is nothing more than the weighting given to the links on your page. This is also the value shown in the Google Toolbar. This value is used to calculate the weighting of the links leaving your page, not your search position.

The other value we'll call "Specific PageRank." You see, if PageRank equated to search engine results rank then Yahoo, the site with the highest PR, would be listed #1 for every search result. Obviously, that wouldn't be useful, so what Google does is examine the context of your incoming links, and only those links that relate to the specific keyword being searched on will help you achieve a higher ranking for that keyword. It's very possible for a site with a lower PageRank to in fact have more on-topic incoming links than a site with a higher PageRank, in which case the site with a lower PageRank will be listed above its competitor in the search results for that term.
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Nice explanation, i've learnt something that is new and really useful to me through this post.

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there is page rank. each page has its rank. but nowadays it doesn't matter anything

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