Google PR Update for April 2009 – TechPP is now PR3

Thu, Apr 2, 2009 | News  




This is a quick announcement that Google PR update is going on currently and the good news is that TechPP is now PR3!! Technically this is the first PR update for the year 2009. The previous PR update happened on 31st December 2008. I was expecting this update to begin on 31st March 2009, but anyway it has come 2 days later.

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When I started out, PR metric was a big deal. Over the course of time it has become just another metric as a webmaster. Homepage is PR3, some internal pages have PR4, PR2 & PR1. I do not think PR will affect either the SERP or the traffic directly in a big way, but still it has become a parameter to gauge the authority of a website.

Has the PR of your website(s) changed? Do let me know.

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Raju - who has written 887 posts on Technically Personal!.

Raju is the owner and editor-in-chief of TechPP. A proud geek and an Internet freak, who is also a social networking enthusiast. You can follow him on Twitter @rajupp

35 Comments For This Post

  1. Harshad Says:

    Congrats on getting PR3 for Techpp.com :)
    However, no PR update for tech-exclusive.com. :(

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  2. venkat Says:

    @raju congrats for your blog getting PR 3 ,bu tmine bit confusive Google toolbar showing 2 where as other online tools showing 4 .any idea about this

  3. venkat Says:

    Only Google Toolbar showing PR2 for my blog ,Google Toolbar for IE showing PR4 I am in dilemma

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  4. Raju Says:

    @Harshad,
    Thanks! PR update is still going on. Wait for a day to see if it updates your PR. Anyway, as I mentioned in the post it doesn’t matter much :)

    @Venkat,
    Even the PR plugin for Firefox shows it as PR2, not sure why this inconsistency.

  5. Nicholas Francis Says:

    Congrats, Mine still the same :-)

  6. Pavan Kumar Says:

    Congrats for that… I think the same is going to continue with me… lets wait and see..

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  7. macobex Says:

    Yo Raju,

    Nice to hear that news! Congratulations Bro. But sadly to me, my new site didn’t even granted a page rank of 1. Maybe because it is new. Anyway, COngrats again for that great news bro! MOre powers to techpp!

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  8. stratosg Says:

    Congrats on the update ;) But probably Google was pissed with my article about the monopoly and degraded me to PR2

    stratosgs last blog post..Member Of The Month: March

  9. stratosg Says:

    I am just kidding of course. I just didn’t comment and be active as much lately. Anyways as you said it’s just another metric nothing more…

    stratosgs last blog post..Member Of The Month: March

  10. technomedic Says:

    Hi buddy,
    Congrats for getting PR3. It does increases traffic to ur site as described by a google employee because PR is one of the criteria to decide your presence and position in google search results. My blog’s PR has also gone up to 2, catchin up you……lol

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  11. Rave Clothing Says:

    Hey There!
    I just did a G search to find out if anyone else seen a shift or if it was just a glitch in my toolbar. I made the jump from PR0 to PR3 – yay.

    You are right though, PR means a lot less now than it did a few years ago. PR is a made up number from google. Why care what number they choose – as long as you show up for relevant searches and you have the traffic you need :o )

  12. Simran Says:

    Congrats Raju for PR…. mine is still same… no update for me :(

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  13. Jack Gordon Says:

    My website went from PR1 to PR2… not a lot of change, but at least i know my current strategies are working now!

  14. Madhur Kapoor Says:

    Congrats Buddy. Mine dropped from 2 to 0. Dont know why? Lets see what impact does it have on traffic .

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  15. Gennice Says:

    Congratulations Raju! This PR isn’t so important but it’s great to see when it’s rising! :D

    My blog is pretty new, it was started on January 2nd and now for 3 months my PR went from PR-0 to as high as PR-3! And I’m very glad about that.

    I hope both our blogs continue to grow in PR and visitors. Wish all of you much traffic for your blogs!

    Enjoy!

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  16. Maharshi Says:

    Hey, Congrats Raju for getting PR3. Mine also updated to PR1. Not bad I think.

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  17. paavan solanki Says:

    I have PR4 to PR3 but no change in my ranking…..Thankyou Google.com

  18. Raju Says:

    @Nicholas, Pavan, Simran
    It should not matter as I told before :)

    @Madhur,
    Its really shocking dude, I mean how can it become 0, let me know if it does affect your traffic or not.

    @stratos,
    Lol… no wonder it dropped :D just kidding :D shouldn’t take much effort for you to get it back :)

  19. Raju Says:

    @technomedic,
    that’s one good thing about PR, atleast it makes us put in more time and improve the blog!!

    @Jack Gordon,Maharshi,
    Its not bad at all. One step at a time :)

  20. Raju Says:

    @Rave Clothing,
    Absolutely true :) And congrats!!

    @Gennice,
    That is amazing! It just shows the hard work you have put in these 3 months :)

  21. Kevin Says:

    I operate a number of websites and most of my sites had a positive increases in PR following this review. I have been working hard on improving the links to my site and definitely pleased with the improvement.

  22. Jason Says:

    I’ve been all over the place with PR over the years. I was up to 4 at one point, but am now down to 2. I even hit 0 for a while. I’ve done a few optimizations to improve PR, but stopped last year when even positive PR changes didn’t seem to impact traffic or SERP.

    Jasons last blog post..I need to start doing some cardio

  23. Mayur Says:

    Congrats Raju
    I too got PR3 for my blog this time :D

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  24. Ajith Edassery Says:

    Congrats man. I was somehow dreaming for a PR4 but due to a downtime of about about two weeks, there was no improvement.

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  25. Sham Says:

    From 0 to 1 :)

  26. binaryday Says:

    Binaryday is languishing at PR0 even though I have added many quality backlinks in the last 3 months. I am trying to see what can be the reason.

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  27. Raju Says:

    @binaryday,
    I am really surprised and shocked man. Yours as well as madhur’s blogs cannot be PR0, it doesn’t matter much, but still… :|

  28. Steve Yu Says:

    Congrats to you. You deserved it. :D
    My blog pagerank well …. still ZERO!

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  29. Hosting Says:

    Hi Raju Congratulation! Yes my site also got PR 4 its increased by 1 PR. :)

  30. Rajeev Pindvar Says:

    hi , Congrats buddy for your techpp.com “google page rank “3″ !! great !!!

  31. Fun Games Finder Says:

    Are PR update the only time that Google also updates SERPS? Or will Google update SERPS based on the ‘actual’ PR even though that new PR may not have been released yet?

  32. Digital Extreme Media Group Says:

    Is their an update going on now? August 2009?

  33. Mike Says:

    Hi guys, but its time for next pr update. It is expected that next pr update will occurs in month of October 2009. Hope it will brings good news to website owners…..

  34. Darren Says:

    I have been working very hard to get my web site up in the PR. I am at 3 for the web site but the blog is still waiting to get a rank. Not sure what the keys are to get the pr up for the site. Any suggestions appreciated

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