Pagerank queries - the <rk> parameter

What do such figures as Rank_1:1:6 Rank_1:1:5 mean?

[selomelo]

We already know that toolbar PR is in fact an historical figure. When you query google for current PR, you get some mysterious figures such as:

Rank_1:1:6 Rank_1:1:5 Rank_1:1:4 Rank_1:1:4 Rank_1:1:5 Rank_1:1:6 Rank_1:1:5 Rank_1:1:0 Rank_1:1:1 Rank_1:1:5 Rank_1:1:2 Rank_1:1:3 Rank_1:1:0 Rank_1:1:0 Rank_1:1:3

These figures are for a site that has a current toolbar of PR4.

I searched the web for an explanation, but failed to get a good one.

Is there any idea as to what all these magical numbers mean?

[rkhare]

how to query google for PR?

[ansible]

Like this:

[66.249.93.99...]

[trillianjedi]

Interesting find.

Where does this figure come from:-

ch=61430512534

What was the original search?

TJ

[selomelo]

Where does this figure come from:-

I am far from being an expert, but as far as I read, this is the checksum associated to the url in question.

[miedmark]

I tried replacing the url with my own - error=forbidden. What is this?

[arran]

Maybe the q={URL} has to match the referrer domain.

Where did this come from? It seems a little obscure to add "feature=rank" to a query. I've never heard of this. More details please before google patch this up on Monday... :)

[selomelo]

I tried replacing the url with my own - error=forbidden. What is this?

The number in question is unique to each page. That is to say, each and every page has its own magic number (checksum). To make the query with yourdomain, you need to know this number.
There are some free pages that offer PR prediction, etc. For example, search google for "pagerank prediction"

[arran]

2 questions:

- How did you get the checksum for webmasterworld.com?
- Where did "function=rank" come from?

arran.

[texasville]

Two things:
I tried to use the pr predictors and can't find how they provide the checksums. How did you get that particular number for ww.
Second: I sure wish those pr predictors were even close to accurate. I have never gotten an accurate pr update thru them. Good for a chuckle.