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How Important Is PageRank With No Optimized Sites

by Rockhamm
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Hi Warriors,..

I'm doing some keyword research using Market Samurai...

The niche I'm researching has a ton of keywords in which the top 10 sites on Google have a collective high page rank (PR 5-6) but they are not optimized for the specific keyword I'm researching.

No keyword in Heading, Title, URL, or Description.

A couple of them do have sites that ARE optimized for the keyword with a PR of 0-1 and with 100 or so backlinks and they're already ranked between positions 8-10.

My questions is...if sites are not optimized for your keyword, but have a high pagerank, does the pagerank play a huge role in the SEO optimization?

Do I have the potential to rank high with the keyword? Or is it an uphill battle?

Thanks!
#important #optimized #pagerank #sites
  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    Originally Posted by Rockhamm View Post

    The niche I'm researching has a ton of keywords in which the top 10 sites on Google have a collective high page rank (PR 5-6) but they are not optimized for the specific keyword I'm researching.

    No keyword in Heading, Title, URL, or Description.

    A couple of them do have sites that ARE optimized for the keyword with a PR of 0-1 and with 100 or so backlinks and they're already ranked between positions 8-10.
    All of that is a GREAT sign that you will be able to do well in that serp. Usually if there is no sign in the headings, title url or description they are not going for that term and they will not have many links targeting that anchor text. The fact that they are ranking near the top with those things missing indicates very few sites are targeting your keyword

    The pagerank means nothing if they got tht PR from links whose anchor text is not targeting your keywords. Your last step is to run a backlink check on the top five and confirm that they have few links targeting that anchor text. Then provided the term gets searches you would have the green light to go forth and conquer.
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  • Profile picture of the author NicholasCollins
    Let us know what happens Rockhamm, sounds like you might have found something good.
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  • Profile picture of the author warrich
    Well I would have to see itself to be able to comment on that one, usually it is the other way around the site which is optimized for some keywords and ranks well in Google will
    definitely have some PR otherwise why would G think it fit to place it prominently in the rankings? Point to ponder...
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