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?

[broker_boy]

Purhaps to allow the BD figures to replace the non bd pr calculation

Cheers,

BB

[Dayo_UK]

But it looked like the RK figures were a BD calculation.

Probably just part of the process. As it has happened to every single site it might be some purge and refresh.

I get the feeling we are on the brink of something big :)

[300m]

Maybey they are recalculating the PR from the data refresh earlier this month?

[selomelo]

Perhaps they just decided not to reveal the <rk> values after much (close the real state of affairs) speculations here at WW and elswhere, and after many new online tools showing these <rk> values, some even at 80 datacenters at once!

[Frederic1]

weird ...

no more RK are showing on the "future pr" prediction tools :(

[dmje]

well this is either going to be really good when it is all said and done.........or really, really bad......but I have a feeling that it is going to take months and months and months before things stabilize and we can really see how we have been effected.

Good God what a mess!

[mvandemar]

While most of my sites look stable, one inner page on one site that I found is showing 3 different PR's at the moment, so yeah, we must be in flux. Only saw 2 sets the other day.

Note: showing intermittently on at least 2 of the dc's

-Michael

[RichTC]

This has to be the worst mess created by google in a very long time.

I cant believe the issues with canonical problems and they still do nothing about them!.

Meanwhile the serps are all over the place as a result.

[Jim Westergren]

Either some temporary glitch OR Google didn't like that value to be public ... IMO

[Frederic1]

"Google didn't like that value to be public"

I agree ... unfortunately :(
Real-time PR was interesting.