PR on Toolbar

[surfer67]

Why is it that my PR value on the google toolbar is lower than the PR shown by the PRCHECKER tool at prchecker.info?

Which is the more accurate value?

[Coop99]

There is an update for PR going on right now. I would say that toolbar is more accurate than the tool you were using, but it depends on which tool and when you did your checking.

[Coop99]

Oh sorry, you did say which tool you tried.

It looks broken, said I had PR 0 - it hasnt been 0 since I launched it!

Toolbar is the most accurate trustworthy source (thats because its straight from google), however, there is speculation that PR on the toolbar is still not the most accurate and up to date.

[partnermine]

About 2 months ago there was speculation here that the toolbar PR was no longer in use. Yesterday mine "turned on" and jumped straight to a 4, which, after that speculation, was a pleasant surprise. I was especially pleased that my new site, barely linked to, has beaten some of my old sites that have been established for ages and are well linked to.

Now, does Toolbar PR have any effect on search engine placement? I thought it ought to, but I've been ignoring it and just working on the best placement I can achieve with content provision and optimisation and true inward links. Bit whe it switched on I noticed nothing different about positions.

Does all this just mean I am "out of the Sandbox"?

[steveb]

no

[Coop99]

Partnermine -

TB PR is still active and has never been "no longer in use." There are grey toolbar periods thats all (mine is grey when all my cookies and temp files are deleted).

Nice work on the PR=4, although these days it really means very little unless you sell links or exchange links a lot.

PR will not greatly affect your position in the SERPs as you can see on some queries there are sites with low PR that out position sites with high PR.

You may not have been sandboxed at all. I believe this because your SERPs have not changed according to you. Sandbox refers to you being held back in the SERPs by Google not being held back from acquiring PR!

As far as PR - keep ignoring it and just work on the best placement you can achieve with content provision and optimisation and true inward links! (nicely said)

If you must speculate and try to guess what Google is up to you can see a lot of information about the most current google PR udate here: [webmasterworld.com...]