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Overview of Google PR Update and Its Impact on SEO
Hello Friends,
I was just checking up my twitter profile & suddenly I noticed the Google PR update for my Twitter profile. Its a surprise by Google as just in 1 month, Google has update its Google Toolbar Page Rank information 2 times. As always, this turn out positive for me & my Twitter profile got the PR of 4.
Google Toolbar PageRank Update: What Changed in 2010
I have confirmed the same in many forums & sites as well. There is one site which gives us the confirmation of Google Toolbar PR updates, http://googlepagerankupdate.com/ , you can also check it , below is the screen captured image of this site. You can observe the date & time mentioned when the Google toolbar PR update happened for January, 2010.
Google Toolbar PR Update for January, 2010
As you can see that, the recent Google Toolbar update is observed on January 18th, 2010 & last checked on 21st January, 2010.
But What’s interesting in this Google PR update?
How Google PR Update Affected Social Media SEO Ranking
Well, for most of my client’s website has sustained their respective PR but, interesting thing is, Social Media Profile Or any site which have consistently updated the fresh content to its page has got the high PR. This trend was also noticed during earlier changes like the Google PR update 2009, where fresh and frequently updated platforms showed noticeable improvements.
Social Media SEO Ranking: Twitter vs Facebook PageRank Impact
For example, take my Twitter profile, I have update the profile consistently with fresh feeds & interesting links (you can follow me @amishkeshvani on twitter) which was not considered during the last PR update, but with this update, my Twitter profile gain the PR-4.
Another interesting story is with the facebook, I regularly post updates on my Facebook profile but again, that has not been considered in PR update. There are few question in my mind going on right now about the Google updates, If you have any answers or response, please respond in Comment section.
Key SEO Questions Around Google PR Update Behavior
1. Why only Twitter profile got the PR & Not the FB page/Profile when both have been updated regularly with similar kind of contents & links ? ( No duplicate content issue in this case)
2. In my earlier post I have mentioned that, You can observe live Twitter feed in Google top SERP (for few keywords now) but that is not the case with Facebook profile pages or group updates which is also updated regularly with useful details.
3. In Google SERP for certain keywords, my Facebook profile comes up & even my facebook fan page comes up despite of NO PR but my twitter page is not coming up though it has PR-4 , Whats the reason?
Role of Google Algorithm Changes in PageRank Evolution
Also, with ongoing infrastructure changes like the Google Caffeine update, it will be interesting to observe how real-time content and indexing speed continue to influence such rankings in future updates like the April PageRank update.
Final Thoughts on Google Toolbar PageRank Update
Well, I am applying my thoughts on this & doing research to get the answers of these questions, but if you have observed similar issues or have some clue to respond these queries, I would appreciate if you can share it in comment section 🙂