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?

[stealthcow]

RK Definition: Provides a general rating of the relevance of the search result

a general rating of the relevance of the search result

If it has anything to do with PageRank, then that definition would be different and would at least mention it

[Dayo_UK]

stealthcow

Also as this <rk> figure does not change based on the search term we are left with the definition of:-

>>Text (Integer in the range 0-10)

>>"Provides a general rating of the relevance of the search result"

Which as we know is not dependent on the search term - if it is not PR it is something very close to it.

[stealthcow]

one further point, using the "Page Rank Prediction" ive done a search for "blah"

[66.249.93.99...]

And it returns results for that - surely blah cant be a domain name, and as a result, those numbers clearly cant have anything to do with page rank or future pageranks

[Dayo_UK]

Read what I have put above regarding the hello search! :)

[robzilla]

Nice article plug :S

The article is wrong. It claims the following:

There are three steps to how iWEBTOOL predicts your future “PageRank”

1. It sends a query to Google with the URL you specify and Google returns a result which looks something like:

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

2. It takes the last digit for each 3 digit combination and adds them up

3. It then works out the average of these numbers and returns the result as your “predicted PageRank”

It doesn't do that. Try it with webmasterworld.com. Add up the figures, divide them by 15 and you get a value of 5,6 whereas the prediction tool says PR8. I'm not saying the PageRank prediction tool is accurate, but this article isn't any good either.

[NewQuestions]

I completely agree with what Dayo_UK says on this matter.
This thread is going to get REALLY big, so please take
the time to read the existing comments before posting.

Hello/Blah/Anything ... is irrelevant if you cannot
find your own domain. Obviously blah is not a domain
so hence the <RK> data cannot be found for this. BUT,
the <RK> data CAN be found for other domains that are
related to the concept of blah.

Also, an integer between 1 and 10? Read the Google XML
specifications, and you will find there are NO other
variables of this type. Between 1 and 10? Sounds pretty
plausible to me ... and I am pretty sure Google would
NOT label this as pagerank (even it it is!)

[Dayo_UK]

Using this blah search of yours:-

[66.249.93.99...]

ht*p://www.blah.com/ has RK 6 - Current PR is 5
ht*p://www.blahdvd.com/blah/ has RK5 - Current PR is 4
ht*p://dailyblah.com/ has RK6 - Current PR is 5
ht*p://www.eblah.com/ has RK7 - Current PR is 7
etc

So they are pretty close - and certainly could be possible with a PR update - esp as Displayed PR is old.

However, one thing I have noticed is that <rk> figures do tend to be on the higher side than low side.

[BillyS]

hmmm...check these out..did some digging -)

you can replace =Rank with the following also
=Level
=Filter
=Hostname
=URL
=Results
=Summary
=Title
=CacheSize
=Link

I found the Summary command an interesting one. Embedded in that information is the location that I used when registering my domain. That address and telephone number appears nowhere on the domain itself (although I've been thinking about changing that), so this must be pulled from the registry information.

[musicales]

What I'm curious about is whether anyone could build their own tool based on this or whether iwebtool has some kind of special permission from google to use this?

[TwistedPeach]

Hi all

Has anyone tried to click on both current PR and predicted on iwebtool, and then compare the results?