Why have Google Page Rank

Sites with no PR get higher ranking

[Ginger_Tom]

Hi

I have a question for you - I'm very new to this, so please be patient.

I have a site with a Google page rank of 3 and a decent Alexa rank. Yet sites with no page rank and some without keywords in their meta tags rate higher than mine for certain keywords. Please could you explain how this is possible?

[kevinpate]

Welcome to Webmaster World [webmasterworld.com] Ginger_Tom

Could it be busted pr showing in your toolbar?
Could it be those higher placed pages have more backlinks and/or better anchor text
Could it be better keyword density?
Could it be better use of H1 - H4?
Could it be some combo of the above?

Also:
using/having Alexa toolbar/ranking won't impact Google.
Google, indeed most if not all major SE's, ignore keyword meta tags, so an absence of that meta-tag won't be a factor.

[shasan]

Won't keywords in the meta tags contribute to keyword density?

[Ginger_Tom]

Thanks for your reply Kevin,I will do some homework on this subject. I must admit I thought it might be something to do with the ODP.

[scootertopia]

Hello all,
I am also new to this, with that said I have noticed that google places high value on backward links. This gets very frustrating when competeing against a large budget company, in my market the site with the top lisying in google has over 5000 incoming links all from advertising on a site with over 1000 pages. Ok I will stop complaining now and get back to finding the answer
Mike

[JamesR]

Hey guys,

For a better picture of what Google is all about, I suggest you take a stroll the vast Google library [webmasterworld.com] that has been built here at WebmasterWorld.

[traffik daddy]

Yup,

I have noticed that usually websites with no rating by Google are usually a directory/portal. These types of sites offer a "add URL" feature in exchange for a return link and have more than likely got heaps of links pointing back to them. As these types of site are usually catagorised and exchange links only to websites of a similar/same nature then it could be likely that Google favours them.

Terry