Pagerank

[jingliang3_rogers.com]

Hi,

I would like to know if currently Google tracks pagerank. Also, I would like to know if link values are calculated from 1 - 100 number? For example could a front-page link from a large
PR 9 news site  have a value of 80 and a link from PR1 blog have a value of 1?

Is this generally how link values are calculated? Im pretty new to SEO, so i would just like to know about link weights and how they are calculated?

[tylerfraser]

The best way to see see the strength of a link is to run that url through open site explorer: http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/

There's no number for links from google "larry page's page rank" but seomoz has that 1-100 number you're talking about. It more ransk a site, not a link. I love the seobook toolbar for firefox, to get to know how strong a page and site is.

[iAnalyst.com]

Pagerank is tracked on a 1-10 system, 10 being the best. However, Pagerank is not the end all of how well a site is trusted or how quality their link popularity is.  I have seen sites with pagerank 1 beat sites with pagerank 5.

You should use the SEOmoz tool bar, which shows Mozrank, Moztrust, and PageAuthority.  Some info on that here; http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/mozrank