Google May 2009 Toolbar PageRank Update

Starting yesterday afternoon, people began noticing the little green pixels in the Google Toolbar began updating. Yes, there was a Google Toolbar PageRank update last night and many of the forums are buzzing about it.

Yes, a Toolbar PageRank update means nothing in terms of your ranking changing anytime soon. The PageRank scores shown in the toolbar are outdated and have zero direct impact on your Google rankings. That doesn't mean that PageRank has no influence, but the toolbar score does not have any influence. Google shows us one thing, but yet uses another thing.

The last possible PageRank update was in early April 2009, so it has been just about two months since the last update. Typically Google updates the PageRank value in the Toolbar every few months or so. So this update does seem more recent then updates in the recent past.

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posted rustybrick in Google PageRank/SERP Updates at May 28, 2009 7:34 AM Comments (22)

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This seems google PR updated will go 4 times this year. last updated was made on march. Most possible PR will changed at starting of june

Posted by Diolt at May 29, 2009 02:02

Yes it' s good update for me. my site page rank jump 2 to 3. but I think it's miner update. major page rank update may be July last.

Posted by No Name at May 29, 2009 02:12

yes your right ! google did update it page rank last night as I found my one month old blog kkr.solutionsforfree.com has got a pr 1. I was so happy to see my blog getting pr so soon. And thanks for confirming the information.

Posted by No Name at May 29, 2009 03:37

"SEO Servies India", I think you're right. My rank has gone form 2 to 3.

I also agree with this statement "a Toolbar PageRank update means nothing in terms of your ranking changing anytime soon". - Well said.

July is going to be a big one, hand on to your seat kids!

Posted by Rob Abdul at May 29, 2009 04:30

Well, desite all of the great SEO techniques and link building I did, my home page rank went from 3 to 2 but what matters most is each of my 3 keyword jumped from Google Page 12 and beyond to Page 1!

Posted by Steve at May 29, 2009 13:31

My site went from PR 3 to 4 and I'm excited. I thought I might have dropped from being hacked a few days ago, but I see it did not influence my ranking.

Posted by George Serradinho at June 1, 2009 01:22

Yes, I agree that Google pr is updated. But this is the most frequent pr update.

Posted by Mike at June 1, 2009 09:30

What I noticed is one of my site jumped from 0 to 2. Few more sites from N/A. Funny thing I also noticed one of my site appearing for a query then the next query it disappeared mysteriously. Then a few minute later it come back, then disappear again.

That's so called "dancing".

Sad thing my blog didn't jump to PR4 as I dreamed. And the PR4 one didn't jump to PR5. It's all just the same.

What other big thing I notice is that the SEO Tools are not working at all.

Cheers to everyone who got a PR upgrade.

Posted by Binh Nguyen at June 1, 2009 12:24

@No Name: what do you mean if you say that it is a minor update? What is the difference between a minor and a major update?
Did not all websites get an update?

Posted by No Name at June 5, 2009 13:59

I just noticed today that my blog had gone back up to a three after dropping to a two at the last update.

Posted by Ned Carey at June 9, 2009 22:52

Google pagerank update use to be every 3 months or so but now any day can happen except a major update.To be honest pagerank is useless google try to monopolize the internet and controlling the websites with his stupid pagerank

Posted by Mavi at June 14, 2009 08:06

Can anyone confirm if there was any PR update this month? I noticed my backlinks reduced so something was changed...

Posted by Jean at June 17, 2009 08:48

I somehow didn't notice the update.

Posted by No Name at July 28, 2009 04:13

me neither....btw whens the next update?

Posted by kenshin at July 31, 2009 00:07

The last 2009 pagerank update was in beginning of june so we might have to wait to september for an update. And maybe its just within 14 days. Dont pay to much attention to the Pagerank if you are getting the right attention. A success is only relying on great content - remember we got to stick out from the rest of them

Posted by Laffen at August 2, 2009 13:41

I am waiting for the update as I launched my new site last month.
I am working hard on the backlinks now :)

Regards,
Ronald

Posted by Ronald at August 15, 2009 02:39

Ahoy,

This Page Rank stuff is confusing. I was wondering why my rank is only a 1, when I have so many more links now than many of my friends sites and they have a rank of 2's or 3's.

Thanks for the information.

Posted by No Name at August 19, 2009 14:57

I think a new update is starting today.

Posted by No Name at August 23, 2009 18:12

What I don't understand is if toolbar page rank isn't accurate or maybe just not current then why do certain online companies and websites use that as the measuring stick for business opportunities with your website? Is there a more accurate way to find out your current Google pagerank?

Posted by Erik Ehresman at September 16, 2009 16:36

Hi Guys, this is a time of PR update and it is expected that PR is updated in last week of September - 2009. Hope it will bring good news to website owners & webmasters.....

Posted by Mike at September 25, 2009 08:27

my site www.123inks.com had a page rank of 5 and now its down to 2 why did this happen?

Posted by shayan at October 15, 2009 11:32

What was the logic of them removing this? This was a great tool to check out other sites.

Posted by No Name at October 16, 2009 22:56

Google May 2009 Toolbar PageRank Update

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