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Hello all!!
I am new to SEO, and after searching and reading articles and tutorials about SEO. I found that recently, after the Google Penguin algorithm was updated, many websites dropped because of the low quality backlinks on their websites. As a solution, I read that categorizing backlinks into Low quality and High quality is a good way to filter them. In order to know the quality of the website, we have to check it's Page rank (PR).
Based on this solution, I recently checked an example of a site having many backlinks. So I've downloaded these backlinks. For example:

    
    
    etc...

To filter the list, I want to check for the quality of its links, which is the Page rank.

My questions are:
1 - Should I check the page rank of the main page of the domain:

http://www.example.com                                         PR:2

Or I should check each page for it's Page rank:

                PR:0
                                      PR:0

2 - Is page rank the only measure for link quality ?

Thank you

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Short answer to : don’t rely on the old public PageRank number. Google stopped updating the visible Toolbar PR years ago and removed the public toolbar feed in 2016, so there’s no reliable “PR” value you can use today — Google still uses link signals internally, but the public 0–10 score is gone. (en.wikipedia.org)

What matters now is the page that links to you and the site behind that page. Page-level link value is the primary unit (modern tools call this a page metric), while domain-level signals give a broader trust/brand signal. Use page-level metrics (e.g., Ahrefs’ URL Rating) to judge the specific linking URL and domain-level metrics (Moz DA, Ahrefs DR, Majestic Trust Flow) to triage large lists. Always check topical relevance, anchor context, and where the link sits on the page. (help.ahrefs.com)

Practical, scalable audit (apply this to your exported backlink list):

  • Export links from Google Search Console, then merge with a crawl from Ahrefs/Majestic/Moz to get page+domain metrics.
  • Group by root domain and dedupe; prioritize domains that link to important pages or have high page metrics.
  • Sample the top linking pages and check: is the page indexed, is content original, where is the link placed (inline editorial > sidebar/footer), what anchor text is used, and is the link marked nofollow/sponsored/ugc.
  • Try to remove clearly spammy links by contacting owners; only use Google’s Disavow tool if you have many spammy links or a manual action and removal attempts fail.
    Follow Google’s guidance on link attributes and when to disavow. ()

Good points from and : content quality and manual inspection matter. Combine their advice with the workflow above so decisions are evidence-based (page context + modern metrics) rather than chasing an obsolete PR score. Keep a short changelog of removals and re-check Search Console for manual-action messages before you disavow. (developers.google.com)

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Only page rank is not important, you are also having the high quality and orignal content in the website. other wise Google humming bird update affects your site.

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best way is to check yourself. go to the website and see if the content is good and unique and check the ranking of the websites in google for particular keywords.

better way to do it, is to search for a keyword you want to rank and then take th top websites on first 1o pages as your link partners

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