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Excerpt: On 31st December, Matt Cutts confirmed the latest update to toolbar  PageRank. SEO the Game has gone up to a PR-4 from PR-0, however, this is only for the first page. While we are very pleased at the rapid rise in toolbar PR, it is a very poor metric for the importance of a page and now seems a good time to go over common questions people often ask about this misunderstood number. The Toolbar Meter For those that have never seen the toolbar PR meter, it used to be displayed in Google search results as a green bar which can take values…

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Excerpt: One of the things that confuses people when they start SEO is the idea of Google PageRank and Toolbar PageRank. The term PageRank is used interchangeably with Toolbar PageRank but they are slightly different. This short post should clear up any ambiguity. Google PageRank PageRank is the system of determining the quality of individual pages based on the number and quality of pages that are pointing to it. The more incoming links which are of good quality, the higher will be your PageRank. PageRank is used as one of the many factors which determine the position of your site in the Search…