How did my site become a PR4? It's just a few lines of 'coming soon'

[MCDomains]

I am planning on developing this soon, but I haven't done anything more than post what's on the main page : http://www.bassnotation.com/

Yet at the recent PR update it's now a PR4 ... I don't get it! PR is so confusing.

It has no history, either ... so it wasn't old an PR that was just held up.

 

[projectlive]

age of domain

backlinks pointing to it?

 

[gazzip]

Hi, according to www.urltrends.com it is'nt a PR4 ? I have my doubts about the accuracy of many websites that report PR.

Current Rankings:
PageRank: 0/10
Alexa Rank: Not Ranked

Incoming Google Links: 0
Incoming Yahoo Links: 0
Incoming MSN Links: 0
Incoming Alexa Links: 0
Overall Incoming Links: 0



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[EbookLover]

I think Google is updating. I say this because I have a site that went from 4 to 3 recently (and for no reason I can think of other than Google has changed it's algo and I lost out, not that 4 is great to begin with). I'm hoping that there is an update occurring becasue I'm hoping that it will go back to PR4 when it settles but I'm not holding my breath.

But anyway, if google is updating, you can expect that PR4 of yours to go back to "normal" after the update is over. I remember during the last update the PR for all my sites would fluctuate daily (and even hourly sometimes). Point is, PR seems to go crazy during an update and then settles down when the update is over (which, last time, was a coupla months if I recall correctly).

Hi, according to www.urltrends.com it is'nt a PR4 ? I have my doubts about the accuracy of many websites that report PR.

URLtrends is good, but would you trust them for PR over the Google toolbar? Seems ot me there is no use in using 3rd party tools when Google gives you their own for free. It's like getting the word straight from the horse's mouth, isn't it?

age of domain

backlinks pointing to it?

I don't think age of domain will automatically increase your PR. I could be wrong, though.

 

[projectlive]

yes, age of domain is a huge factor in determining pr

 

[ukdom]

Very odd.
I think ebooklover must be on the money and it's something to do with a Google update.
Very definately a PR4 still at the moment though!
Tim

 

[B33R]

There's nothing I can see.

Google's update should be finished by now so that isn't the answer. Age of domain bears no relevance to PR.

PR is determined on backlinks alone so it might just be a glitch in Google's PR system.

However, normally I'd say it was either old PR (from an old redirect maybe? - which wouldn't show up in the fake PR checker because the update just happened) or even a high PR domain gave you an accidental link back which Google's PR included but isn't listed in Google search (removed before the update and still counted as a backlink maybe?)

I don't think we can ever say for sure, but it's likely to be one of those IMHO.

 

[MCDomains]

Hi, according to www.urltrends.com it is'nt a PR4 ? I have my doubts about the accuracy of many websites that report PR.
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URLtrends is a horrible indicator of current stats on a website.
URLtrends updates once a month, look at the top left corner. Google has done PR updates since then, that's when my site jumped to PR4.

I thought the PR update was over, all my sites have had their PR adjusted and haven't changed for a few weeks now.

There are no backlinks, there is not history on the domain that I know of, I registered it just months ago.

I guess it will remain a mystery!

 

[EbookLover]

There's nothing I can see.

Google's update should be finished by now so that isn't the answer. Age of domain bears no relevance to PR.

PR is determined on backlinks alone so it might just be a glitch in Google's PR system.

However, normally I'd say it was either old PR (from an old redirect maybe? - which wouldn't show up in the fake PR checker because the update just happened) or even a high PR domain gave you an accidental link back which Google's PR included but isn't listed in Google search (removed before the update and still counted as a backlink maybe?)

I don't think we can ever say for sure, but it's likely to be one of those IMHO.

Naw, if we are in the middle of a Google update, it only started 2 weeks ago at the most. Updates can last as long as a month or 2, just like the last one did.

yes, age of domain is a huge factor in determining pr

Sorry man, I have to disagree. My oldest domain/site also has the lowest PR, and it has original content. The domain is over 5 years old. It is also the one that has the least amount of backlinks.

Sorry, I can't give you the URL/domain on this site, but it is quite old with only a PR of 2 (actually dropped to 1 in the last 2 weeks or so).

I think that the only bearing age might have on a domain is how long it will stay in the "sandbox". Even then, actual age has nothing to do with it, IMO, but rather the age of the current whois info.

Like the other post staed, PR is very backlink intensive. That's all it really guages.