: Another website has lower pagerank (4) and lower backlinks, but they score higher than me in search results My website has a pagerank of 6 but it ranks poorly (6th position), they have the

@Sue5673885

Page rank is important as per weighing a website's overall importance, but seach engines view sites differently through query relevancy, content, how often the site is indexed, inbound links, etc.

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@Rivera981

You're making the common mistake of confusing PageRank (the Google algorithm score) with Ranking. While PR is a ranking factor, it's only one of 200+ (some say 1000+) elements that make up for your final page ranking.

And remember, localization, personalization and relevancy to that query all factor greatly in results.

You might rank #1 for a different keyword/phrase, or not at all.

Short Answer: PageRank has little to do with results rank.

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