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Would anyone out there know what it takes to go from PR6 to PR7? I have heard you need 5 times the number of backlinks? Daniweb used to be PR7 and now we're 5/6 so I'm just wondering.

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Short update and practical context for this old PR discussion.

The visible “toolbar” PageRank numbers people chased in the 2000s are no longer available — Google turned the Toolbar PR feed off in April 2016 — and Google treats PageRank as one of many evolving link-analysis systems rather than a single public score to optimize for. Search Engine Land: Google Toolbar PageRank officially goes dark. Google on link analysis and PageRank as part of Search. (searchengineland.com)

PageRank’s original idea — a score that emerges from the web’s link graph by modeling a random surfer — is still useful to understand conceptually, but the math and the surrounding systems have changed since the Stanford paper. For background see the original paper. . ()

What that means in practice: old rule-of-thumb counts (the “1000 links” idea) aren’t reliable. Focus on signals you can act on now: publish useful, topical content that naturally attracts editorial links; improve site architecture and internal linking so value flows where it matters; use the Search Console Links report to see who actually links to you; and use third‑party link indexes (Ahrefs, Majestic, Moz) to prioritize outreach targets — they each measure link strength differently (DR, Trust/ Citation Flow, DA). Also use the disavow tool only when you have a clear manual-action or serious spam problem. See Google’s docs on crawlable links and disavow guidance. Links & crawlability. Ahrefs on Domain Rating. Disavow tool announcement. (developers.google.com)

In short: , the earlier anecdotes from , , and reflect real patterns people saw, but chasing a public PR number is obsolete. Measure real traffic and rankings, review the links in Search Console, and earn a stronger, topical link profile — that’s the reliable path from “good” to “better.”

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Member Avatar for Matrix28

It is uasualy about 1000 back links. Roundly.

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Oh, wow. I can't believe I was ever there ;) I'm at about 250 now according to Google.

Member Avatar for nacho45

Yeah. They say it gets incrimentally harder to go up as you go. I'm personally finding it hard to go from 5 to 6.

Hopefully next update!

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I'm almost at 300 now. I can't see how I could have ever had near 1000, but meanwhile we used to be PR7. I am assuming we were featured on the homepage of a very popular high PR site for a small period of time?

Member Avatar for SEO Guy

Pagerank has absolutely nothing to do with the # of backlinks, you can get a PR 8 with 1 backlink or 100,000 it all just depends on the weight of the representative links that point to you. If a PR 10 site links to you, then your a PR 7-8 guaranteed, just 1 link. If 10,000 PR 4 link to you, then your lucky to get there. It really isnts get 1000 links you'll get this.

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lol @ SEO Guy's sig.

I only show around 200 backlinks and I have a 7. I must have a few high PR links in there or something.

Member Avatar for coderando

Pagerank has absolutely nothing to do with the # of backlinks, you can get a PR 8 with 1 backlink or 100,000 it all just depends on the weight of the representative links that point to you. If a PR 10 site links to you, then your a PR 7-8 guaranteed, just 1 link. If 10,000 PR 4 link to you, then your lucky to get there. It really isnts get 1000 links you'll get this.

From what I know you gain PR from the site that links to you directly from its PR. If the site has PR8 and only links to you, you are sure to gain PR7 at least. But if the PR8 site also links to other sites the PR is divided among all sites included. For this I am not sure about how % are divided but some of the PR from the first site also goes to others.

Member Avatar for linker.linkseo

I have few links in PR8.. if you'r interested then PM me ASAP.. thnx Peter

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Member Avatar for linker.linkseo

what to do???? u are interested in PR8 links? I have few sites available..

Member Avatar for Robdale

Yah.. I think you should again get some backlinks from the high PR sites. Only that way you can get your site again to PR7.

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