Google Toolbar & PageRank
Should I worry about my pages’ toolbar PageRank?
There are two kinds of Google PageRank, the actual PageRank that is a part of the ranking algorithm, and the toolbar PageRank that is updated from time to time and is aimed to provide webmasters with a general idea of the actual PageRank of the webpage.
The actual PageRank is one of 200 plus factors that influence webpage’s ranking, it is constantly recalculated. Lately, its importance has decreased even more seriously.
Susan Moskwa, a Google Employee has informed webmasters: “We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much. Many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true. We removed it [from Google Webmaster Tools] because we felt it was silly to tell people not to think about it, but then to show them the data, implying that they should look at it. ”
Unique content, inbound links from relevant, authoritative sites and keyword-rich link text are the things that will influence your site rankings, and not the toolbar PageRank.