Many webmasters are obsessed with the PageRank Google assigns their site. But why? They don’t understand that there are at least 100 or more factors that make up the Google algorithm — and most likely a lot more than that. In today’s Organic Search Engine Optimization column, “Google PageRank isn’t the Same as Ranking in Google,” Mark Jackson explains that a higher PageRank number doesn’t necessarily mean better rankings.
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