Q and A: How does Google PageRank work?

Dear Kalena...

I found your page and you seem to know what youre talking about.

I have recently started a site with game related downloads (www.gameupdates.org). The site has only been around since January but have grown fast.

Now to the question.

Google recently updated the pagerank but I don't get it how it works. The only page with PR before the update was the main page www.gameupdates.org with a PR of one. After the update the index page still have a pagerank of one but almost every other page got a pagerank of five. I'm confused here, why don't I get a higher PR on the index page? ..

Thanks
Tomas

Kalena's Answer:

Dear Tomas

First up, you should never rely on the Google Toolbar PageRank to be an accurate indicator of your PageRank. Your true Google PageRank is known only to Google and does not necessarily reflect the PageRank you see in your Google Toolbar. You can learn more about how PageRank works here.

That said, it is a little unusual for your home page PageRank to show a lower score than inner pages, but it's not rare. It simply means that:

1) More sites are linking to or talking about inner pages such as http://www.gameupdates.org/browse.php

2) Google believes your inner pages are more relevant to particular search queries than your top level home page.

Given that most of your audience would bookmark or navigate straight to your inner pages such as downloads and updates and skip your home page altogether, this makes total sense.

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