{"id":811,"date":"2025-11-29T16:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=811"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:59:40","slug":"pagerank","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/","title":{"rendered":"PageRank [PR]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\"  href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>PageRank<\/a> (<a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\"  href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>PR<\/a>) is an internal Google metric (0-10 scale) measuring a domain&rsquo;s authority. <a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\"  href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>PR<\/a> was visible by end users of the net but has since been hidden and is now used internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally this is a result of the <a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/links-3\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">backlinks<\/a> that a domain has. This can be a big determining factor in a website&rsquo;s ability to <a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\"  href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/rank\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>rank<\/a> for certain <a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\"  href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/keywords\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>keywords<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">PageRank<\/a> (<a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">PR<\/a>) is an internal Google metric (0-10 scale) measuring a domain&rsquo;s authority. <a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">PR<\/a> was visible by end users of the net but has since been hidden and is now used internally. Generally this is a result of the <a class=\"glossaryLink cmtt_Domain Stats&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Metrics Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/links-3\/\" data-mobile-support=\"0\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">backlinks<\/a> that a domain has. This can be a big determining factor in a website&rsquo;s ability&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/domainhuntergatherer.com\/guides\/glossary\/pagerank\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PageRank [PR]<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[112],"glossary-tags":[134,199,133,416,414,415,236,413,411,132],"glossary-languages":[],"class_list":["post-811","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-domain-stats-metrics-terms","glossary-tags-backlinks","glossary-tags-domain-authority","glossary-tags-domain-hunting","glossary-tags-domain-page-rank","glossary-tags-google-pagerank","glossary-tags-google-pr","glossary-tags-link-building-2","glossary-tags-page-rank","glossary-tags-pr","glossary-tags-seo","entry"],"post_title":"PageRank","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>PageRank (PR) is an internal Google metric (0-10 scale) measuring a domain's authority. 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