Many business owners and internet marketing professionals are looking for the fastest way to increase page rank. In may respects this is the quest for the holy grail of internet marketing. For those who may not know, page rank is a number assigned by Google according to their secret algorithm that is believed to be highly relevant to how high a page is placed in the search results. I am here to tell you that the page rank number you can see is certainly not everything when it comes to the ranking in search results.



Some people think that viewing a Google page rank can tell them the value of a web site. Actually, the Google rank can be as much as several months out of date. Many things may have changed since that number was recorded. In addition, you have to use a special type of browser to be able to see the ranking number, or go to a special web site that keeps track of these things by url. In summary, the site's page ranking is probably not a very accurate reflection of the value of a web page.

To understand how Google ranks pages in the search results, we need to be clear about the page ranking mechanism. Please note that this is about ranking pages and not sites. Each page has its own importance and relevance although it is sometimes believed that the page is seen in context of the reputation of the whole site. Also, the page ranking can to a large extent depend on the page rank of other pages on that site which link to it.

Page rank is very similar to a popularity contest on the internet, and it is possible to increase your own page rank. It is maintained that page rank is based on the popularity of the pages that link to you and on the number of links to your page. By having more links that are popular and a high number of links on your site, you can increase your own page rank rapidly. Basically meaning that, by having already high ranking pages and more pages linked to your site will, the page rank of your own page will increase dramatically.

So here is the answer to how to increase page rank rapidly. You have to get as many good quality links to your page that are relevant to the content of your page as you can. It is just that simple. There are many ways to get links including, reciprocal linking with other sites, posting on blogs and forums, article marketing, and press releases just to name a few.