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?

[Dayo_UK]

>>>>>I hate to disappoint everyone that got so excited about those RK fields in the XML response or the ominous Rank... strings in &Features=Rank. I tested it for some new pages of mine that have been PR0 for a couple of weeks and the RK is 0 for these pages, too. Same for Rank_1. No sign of any internal PR.

Yes, this factor and another couple of factors do put me slightly off the thought that <rk> might be PR.

Maybe the RK values are a snapshot at a certain time though and internal PR has not been calculated for those new sites - I think with BD going on a few things are on hold.

Hanu - do those pages have any <RK> value if you query on the main BD DC:- [64.233.179.104...] <RK> Values are different on this DC for a few sites I have monitored.

[Solutions]

Just tried it very quickly, but I am quite positive that <RK> value equals the PageRank value in Google directory.

[BillyS]

Hanu's tool allows you to query any DC you want Dayo_UK.

[Dayo_UK]

>>>Hanu's tool allows you to query any DC you want Dayo_UK.

Cool :)

I was wondering though if the pages Hanu is saying which show a RK0 show a RK0 on the BD DCs.

[pontifex]

hanu, kudos!

[Hanu]

Dayo_UK,

Hanu - do those pages have any <RK> value if you query on the main BD DC:- [64.233.179.104...] <RK> Values are different on this DC for a few sites I have monitored.

Actually, something is different on that DC. Shortly after or during Big Daddy (can't remember), I added several new pages to my site and linked to them from my homepage. The natural thing to happen in the next TPR update is that the new pages will get green while old pages lose some. Now, what I see on the DC you mention, is that my old pages' PR went down whereas my new pages' PR is still 0. It's like they did a TPR update on that DC, but not including pages that were added to the index later. I wonder if that DC is live right now.

I still think that <RK> = Rank_1 = TBR.

Hint: In my tool,
uncheck info:,
leave Features empty,
set Start: to 0 and Num: to 100 and
type "site:www.domain.com" (excl. the quotation marks) into Query:. Optionally, put 64.233.179.104 into the Host: field in order to see the BD results.

Enjoy it while it lasts ...

[McMohan]

Hanu,

I still think that <RK> = Rank_1 = TBR.

Most likely, as I see after many trials.

[afterburner]

Hanu,
I just did site:www.mydomain.com like the example you show above and the <RK> for my index page was <RK>5</RK> all other pages off the index page were <RK>4</RK>.

That looks like the formula google usually uses, the index page is almost always 1 point higher than the internal pages on the same domain. Right?

[baron13]

Hi,
just one question: What is going on/wrong when I receive "Pagerank unknown" from the iweb tool?

[afterburner]

baron13,
I saw the same thing on some of the domains I checked?