Tips on Increasing Blog Page Rank

     Blog Tips- The biggest search engine, Google ranks websites & blogs by relevance via Pagerank.  Knowing your Pagerank is very important because it allows you keep track of your search engine optimization work and it helps you rank higher in the google index.   Pagerank measures how many websites link to your site.  More important than the quantity of the websites is the qualityof the blogs/websites that link to your site/blog.  So, the higher their pagerank, the better your rank will be. Keep this in mind as you network with other bloggers.

Submitting to quality search engine directories (google, yahoo, msn, aol, etc) and directories(dmoz.org) is a necessity, but also submit your blog to portals specific to your blog's niche and to regional websites (specific to your country, state and city).  Some websites will try to sell you higher placement in their directory, but I don't believe it's necessary.   Also, remember that links to your website without reciprocal links from your site are measured higher than if you link back. Called organic links.

A good way to get more inbound links without needing to reciprocate is thru participation in message boards, classified ads and forums.  Some forums will permit you to create a footer to include your site info on all your posts.  Don't try raise your pagerank by spamming and other similar ways, your blog will likely get penalized, it's not worth it.  Make sure your posts are relevant to the topic.  Another factor used to improve your PageRank is by use of how relevant your blog is to specific keywords.   Have a lot of appropriate, quality keyword text on your blog with quality content.  Don't force it, and if you're sincere and writing about your topic/niche, this is no problem.  Just make sure your keywords are used frequently and your blog is updated frequently with good info.  

First, determine your current rank, check out prchecker.com for info on your page rank !  Once you know where your blog is ranked you can write your plan to increase it.  Let's us know what page rank increase work you've done, and how successful you were.  We like comments !!!