My google tool bar is showing a PR2 and has for about a year now, my domain is 2 years old. I am passing up a lot of websites evens ones that have a higher PR than me. I was #350 before becoming a rew member. I am now #6 for Bellingham wa real estate a very competitive keyword. I am just wondering what it takes to become a 3. I was thinking maybe they update a few times a year, and I might have a higher page rank but its not showing, I dunno.

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Bellingham Real Estate
Bellingham Condos
Bellingham MLS

I suspect there is a PR toolbar push going on right now, actually...I could've sworn I saw a PR5 on my blog page earlier today and it's a 4 now. At any rate, we are due an update very soon.

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Lydia Taylor, Realtor & Broker

Augusta GA Real Estate | North Augusta SC Real Estate | Augusta GA Home Search

Usually every 3 months, the latest one was expected a month ago but hasn't happened yet.
Bassically to increase your PR you need relevant links that don't have the 'no follow' tag in them.

More quality links to your site/page.
Internal PR is calculated on a continual basis. A snapshot of internal PR is generally exported to the Toolbar (Foolbar) PR meter every 3-4 months.

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CK Chung is an independent SEO consultant who provides premium Holistic SEO services, including services specific to Real Estate SEO. You can find his alter-ego, Kid Disco, spouting off on his SEO blog at SEOdisco.

I saw the PR update on a few servers a month ago, then it vanished?? But it doesn't really matter anyway. The toolbar PR seems to be updated once a quarter, but all that matters is your placement. Your site's PR can help you exchange links easier, that is about it.

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Jim Olenbush, ABR, CRS, GRI
Broker / Realtor

Austin Real Estate

You may be waiting a while.

Matt Cutts on TBPR Update

All that matters is your site is moving up the SERPS. TBPR is a meaningless stat. Real Page Rank that only Google sees Internally is important but the green pixels you see in the tool bar are not worth the time and effort so many seem to put forth.

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Mark Pilatowski
Online Marketing Manager, myClosingSPACE.com
Title Insurance
Title Insurance Blog

I have a novel idea, if there is such an issue with people buying links from high PR webpages, why doesn't Google just get rid of this whole Pagerank thing?

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Jason Painter
Broker | Owner | REALTOR®
PROGRAM Realty, LLC
Englewood Florida Real Estate | Boca Grande Real Estate | Port Charlotte Real Estate

just ask Matt about this

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San Diego Real Estate | San Diego Foreclosures | San Diego Short Sales

I don't see where there would be a problem here...Before there was a PR toolbar, they used PR to help with rankings.

All the toolbar does is allow a rough (very rough) estimate of the PR of a page. It's not like they created PR and the toolbar as a concerted effort. They just allow you to see it with the toolbar.

Blaming people who abuse a system is more effective than blaming the system in most cases and I think this is another one of those cases. If you see someone buying links, you are more than welcomed, in fact, you are asked to report them.

To me, the toolbar is more or less addictive the same way AR points are. Helpful? Not so sure...Addictive? Maybe.

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Ryan Ward, REALTOR® - Keller Williams Realty Consultants. (404) 630-3187
Atlanta Real Estate - My featured area is Alpharetta Real Estate and it is where I call home. Read my Atlanta Real Estate blog.

Its probably better to focus on organic ranking then the "little-green-bar-of-lies".