Comments on: Google Quietly Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools

By: SalesPractice

SalesPractice — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:42:10 +0000

It could be that I haven’t had my morning coffee but… it seems to me that obsessing over PageRank scores falls right in there with obsessing over the number of Friends/Followers on social networking websites. In most cases, the obsession is a misguided focus. I believe Google and most in the know tried to get that message across but to no avail so for the betterment of the community as a whole they removed the tool.

By: Dan Murray

Dan Murray — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:08:06 +0000

I’ve never been that conserned about pagerank, yes OK, it may look good. However, within my blog not all my posts have a rank, but some of those post get more traffic than the ones with a rank.

Thanks of the info Barry

By: JimHardin

JimHardin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:02:12 +0000

I have to admit I am a relatively new blogger and I have been watching my page rank a little bit more than I should probably. It is probably cause I am new, but maybe it isn’t that important. I feel that as long as I keep creating quality posts traffic will build and I will get readers.

Thanks for the information!
jim

By: Digital_Desire

Digital_Desire — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:07:44 +0000

I’m sure we’ll see it back soon…it normally disappears from the console just before a big update….

By: JohnCarcutt

JohnCarcutt — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:55:48 +0000

Now if we can get the to do the same with the Toolbar, life will be grand.

By: chiropractic

chiropractic — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:48:09 +0000

I’m just glad I stopped obsessing on pagerank (went cold turkey in 2007) so showing vs not showing doesn’t matter much. I still find myself peeking at the toolbar at times, but nothing like in the “old” days. Nice find Barry.

By: berto

berto — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:31:54 +0000

Are you sure they didn’t drop it because it was a worthless report. I think their product department was just trying to provide more useful information that was requested more.

I just want to know why they removed the full query stats report. That one used to give you the page url, the search phrase used to generate an impression, the average position, and the same for the clicks. It was the best part of their tool, and they dropped it.