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sammyspam · Feb 24, 2009, 04:50

I notice when i visit sites, some list a PR0, while others have PR n/a.

Is there a difference?

Icoste · Feb 24, 2009, 05:33

Hi Sammy,

As I understand it, pages with N/A such as <snip /> do not have any weight in the eyes of Google, however pages with a PR0 such as <snip /> have a little weight so therefore it is a PR0.

Im sure that this is correct, however please correct me if im wrong.

Hope this helps.

Mike

angilina · Feb 24, 2009, 09:14

Sites that have No PR will show N/A. New sites have N/A. Banned Sites may show the same. Or a site which Google do not want to index.

antirem · Feb 24, 2009, 12:56

N/A means that google has yet to go through it. See if you can get google to spider them.

jessiejames27 · Feb 24, 2009, 21:02

N/A page rank is normal to new sites. When big G index your page and update its PR, it can be any numbers from 0-10 based on the work you've done on building links.

cbp · Feb 24, 2009, 23:54

Both are actually meaningless as they are historical values for PR and not current when Google exports them to the toolbar.

cbp · Feb 24, 2009, 23:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by antirem

N/A means that google has yet to go through it. See if you can get google to spider them.

so why do most of the PR N/A sites are available in Google's cache? How did they get there if google is yet to spider them?

bermuda · Feb 25, 2009, 00:03

Google will crawl and scan websites, either they have PR or do not because simply PR is not a matter of crawling the pages and the newly built sites may have N/A status for a while and may turn to PR0 or jump to higher numbers very quickly.

mdamin76 · Feb 25, 2009, 00:25

Of course there's a different. One is "not available" while other is "0".

FrisArvz · Feb 25, 2009, 02:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyspam

I notice when i visit sites, some list a PR0, while others have PR n/a.

Is there a difference?

I find it as the same. PR0 = No PR = No PR to Show

ultima12 · Feb 25, 2009, 02:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyspam

I notice when i visit sites, some list a PR0, while others have PR n/a.

Is there a difference?

I think N/A Means Not Applicable And 0 PR means you got as min PR 0 in future you may be got 0,1,2,3.........10

Thanks!!

fork8210 · Feb 25, 2009, 03:16

Almost everyday we see the site PR status and yet this is a very rare topic. this means lots of people does not pay attention to this including me because I thought PR 0 and N/A has no difference.

indigobean2003 · Feb 25, 2009, 14:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by fork8210

Almost everyday we see the site PR status and yet this is a very rare topic. this means lots of people does not pay attention to this including me because I thought PR 0 and N/A has no difference.

That's not right. n/a sites get no traffic from Google, while PR0 sites usually get some traffic.

cbp · Feb 25, 2009, 14:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigobean2003

That's not right. n/a sites get no traffic from Google, while PR0 sites usually get some traffic.

Rubbish. Perhaps you could explain why most n/a sites are cached and indexed in Google. They means they must get traffic!! Also PR has NOTHING to do with traffic.

techvb · Feb 25, 2009, 16:24

to me NA=Not available (as opposed to not applicable).PageRank algorithms requires a lot of things like some back links,keyword density, and so on to calculate it.When a new site is launched it shows NA for some time because it doesn't have many parameters.
Like my site was showing a PR of NA some time ago.When it gets sufficient data to calculate PR,it calculates and shows zero because toolbar page rank(what we see)is not updated daily but on a quarterly(or more) basis.(However internal pagerank is updated daily but we are not able to see it.)

And it will be initially zero.My site is at present showing Zero PR and I am sure it'll be updated in next two months.

cbp · Feb 25, 2009, 16:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by techvb

keyword density, and so on to calculate it.

Keyword density has NOTHING to do with pagerank.

Jessemn · Feb 25, 2009, 19:00

Yikes. This discussion seems to be degrading rather quickly. In order to try and calm everyone down, here is a page from Google Webmaster Help regarding this topic (spoiler - it doesn't really answer the question)

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...40032263&hl=en

seriocomic · Feb 25, 2009, 20:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessemn

Yikes. This discussion seems to be degrading rather quickly.

That's because people are making uneducated guesses or repeating mis-information they read/heard somewhere else without having anything to back it up - pretty common on these types of forums.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessemn

In order to try and calm everyone down, here is a page from Google Webmaster Help regarding this topic (spoiler - it doesn't really answer the question)

http://www.google.com/support/forum/...40032263&hl=en

I thought that did quite well to answer the question actually

cbp · Feb 25, 2009, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by seriocomic

That's because people are making uneducated guesses or repeating mis-information they read/heard somewhere else without having anything to back it up - pretty common on these types of forums.

The problem is that unless these people are challenged, SP will quickly just become another DigitalPointless. Notice how almost all of those challenged NEVER come back to defend or back up their statements.

Jessemn · Feb 26, 2009, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbp

Notice how almost all of those challenged NEVER come back to defend or back up their statements.

That's because it's all about post counts and backlinks...

seo-neon · Feb 27, 2009, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by fork8210

Almost everyday we see the site PR status and yet this is a very rare topic. this means lots of people does not pay attention to this including me because I thought PR 0 and N/A has no difference.

Same here...

Quote:

Originally Posted by indigobean2003

That's not right. n/a sites get no traffic from Google, while PR0 sites usually get some traffic.

??? welll then please explain how could a PR n/a get a PR0 if they even don't have traffic coming to their site?...

dzinestand · Feb 27, 2009, 05:38

N/A mean you Don't have any PR of your site or page and PR 0 mean that you have 0 PR simple dear it didn't have any relationship between Traffic or key words density or Google Crawl dear.
Google have their unique statistic as far as PR is concern if you wants batter PR go for Quality link building. for PR Google has it's own unique formula.

designerinside · Feb 27, 2009, 07:06

page rank 0 mean the sites page rank is 0

N/A page rank mean Google cant show page rank as of then

it is simple

Hiveon · Feb 27, 2009, 07:32

Excellent thread. I honestly never knew the difference myself.

busylinks1 · Feb 27, 2009, 10:40

Both of these meeans that site is too new...

N/A means that google have not assign any PR to this page or it did not have crawl it yet...
because when google crawls a page three forth time then start giving any weightage to them....

Pr0 means that google know about this page but it have a little importance....

Feb 24, 2009, 04:50	#1
sammyspam SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 52	Difference Between N/A & 0 For PageRank? I notice when i visit sites, some list a PR0, while others have PR n/a. Is there a difference?

Feb 24, 2009, 05:33	#2
Icoste SitePoint Zealot Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 102	Hi Sammy, As I understand it, pages with N/A such as <snip /> do not have any weight in the eyes of Google, however pages with a PR0 such as <snip /> have a little weight so therefore it is a PR0. Im sure that this is correct, however please correct me if im wrong. Hope this helps. Mike Last edited by DaveMaxwell; Feb 27, 2009 at 08:29. Reason: No linky love allowed in postings....

Feb 25, 2009, 16:24	#15
techvb SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 42	to me NA=Not available (as opposed to not applicable).PageRank algorithms requires a lot of things like some back links,keyword density, and so on to calculate it.When a new site is launched it shows NA for some time because it doesn't have many parameters. Like my site was showing a PR of NA some time ago.When it gets sufficient data to calculate PR,it calculates and shows zero because toolbar page rank(what we see)is not updated daily but on a quarterly(or more) basis.(However internal pagerank is updated daily but we are not able to see it.) And it will be initially zero.My site is at present showing Zero PR and I am sure it'll be updated in next two months. Last edited by techvb; Feb 25, 2009 at 16:25. Reason: more info added

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Feb 24, 2009, 09:14	#3
angilina SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,015	Sites that have No PR will show N/A. New sites have N/A. Banned Sites may show the same. Or a site which Google do not want to index.

Feb 24, 2009, 12:56	#4
antirem SitePoint Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 316	N/A means that google has yet to go through it. See if you can get google to spider them.

Feb 24, 2009, 21:02	#5
jessiejames27 SitePoint Guru Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 629	N/A page rank is normal to new sites. When big G index your page and update its PR, it can be any numbers from 0-10 based on the work you've done on building links.

Feb 24, 2009, 23:54	#6
cbp SitePoint Wizard Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,091	Both are actually meaningless as they are historical values for PR and not current when Google exports them to the toolbar.

Feb 25, 2009, 00:03	#8
bermuda SitePoint Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 322	Google will crawl and scan websites, either they have PR or do not because simply PR is not a matter of crawling the pages and the newly built sites may have N/A status for a while and may turn to PR0 or jump to higher numbers very quickly.

Feb 25, 2009, 00:25	#9
mdamin76 JustAFanOfSlash Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stage Posts: 425	Of course there's a different. One is "not available" while other is "0".

Feb 25, 2009, 03:16	#12
fork8210 SitePoint Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 240	Almost everyday we see the site PR status and yet this is a very rare topic. this means lots of people does not pay attention to this including me because I thought PR 0 and N/A has no difference.

Feb 25, 2009, 19:00	#17
Jessemn SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 52	Yikes. This discussion seems to be degrading rather quickly. In order to try and calm everyone down, here is a page from Google Webmaster Help regarding this topic (spoiler - it doesn't really answer the question) http://www.google.com/support/forum/...40032263&hl=en

Feb 27, 2009, 05:38	#22
dzinestand Non-Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 63	N/A mean you Don't have any PR of your site or page and PR 0 mean that you have 0 PR simple dear it didn't have any relationship between Traffic or key words density or Google Crawl dear. Google have their unique statistic as far as PR is concern if you wants batter PR go for Quality link building. for PR Google has it's own unique formula.

Feb 27, 2009, 07:06	#23
designerinside SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 66	page rank 0 mean the sites page rank is 0 N/A page rank mean Google cant show page rank as of then it is simple

Feb 27, 2009, 07:32	#24
Hiveon SitePoint Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11	Excellent thread. I honestly never knew the difference myself.

Feb 27, 2009, 10:40	#25
busylinks1 SitePoint Zealot Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 159	Both of these meeans that site is too new... N/A means that google have not assign any PR to this page or it did not have crawl it yet... because when google crawls a page three forth time then start giving any weightage to them.... Pr0 means that google know about this page but it have a little importance....