PageRank update on directory.google.com

It looks that the PageRank is updated on directory.google.com

[Monus]

The PageRank from one of my site have been updated on directory.google.com to a '7'. But the PageRank on the toolbar is still a '6'.

[rfgdxm1]

One thing I just noticed: It looks like by using the Google directory this is a way of finding out fractional PR of sites. Hopefully the moderators won't delete this because I am mentioning the category my sites are in. Check:

Recreation > Drugs > Dissociatives > DXM

The bottom 3 sites have been long dead. They have since been removed from the DMOZ, but Google hasn't updated with the latest DMOZ data yet. If you check all the sites that are still there with the toolbar, only the #1 listed site has a PR of 6, and all the rest have a PR of 5. Yet the directory is listing the top 3 sites as having the same PR, I presume because the the directory uses a different scaling system. IIRC I remember reading once the directory PR ranges from 0 to 7. The last 4 sites listed with the same directory PR obviously aren't being sorted alphabetically. I can only assume that these are being listed in terms of ranking by true, non-fractional PR. And, I am very familiar with all these sites, and what sort of backlinks they have. All those toolbar PR5 sites are ranked in the order I'd expect they would be if we actually had access to the true, non-fractional PR. The sites higher up have more backlinks, and higher PR ones, than the ones listed lower.

Thus, if someone has a site listed in the DMOZ along with competitors that have the same PR, you can use the directory to figure out which of you actually has the highest fractional PR.

[thunderpaste]

My index shows PR5 but the directory definitely leans toward a 6.

[warumauchnicht]

Hi!

If the directory shows PR 7, your listed site hasn't get PR 6. The rule Referer-PR - 1 isn't really exact.

A little example: If a site has PR6 there must be a PR7 site which links to. If a site has PR7 there must be a PR8 site which links to. For PR8 and PR9 the same. But what is about PR10. Where are the PR11 pages, which has installed a link to the PR10 page?

The "PR-1" Rule is just roughly. Google uses a complex way to calculate your PageRank. That's what I've experienced.

regards,
tino

[Monus]

to warumauchnicht

In the directory from google the pagerank is displayed from every site in the directory.
The pagerank from the listings are updated not the pagerank from the directory! I have in the directory a pagerank from 7 and on the site a 6.

[warumauchnicht]

@monus
yes, I agree. I've forgotten.

I have PR 5 on Page and the directory shows only 4...
regards, tino

[Dino_M]

tino

a pr7 site does not have to have a link from a Pr8 site it could just have a few links from pr7 sites or several from pr6 sites or thousands and thousands from pr1 sites!