Page Rank Algorithm

My mission for my blog right now is to build traffic. So I dig deep into the cyberspace to research how to effectively build traffic for blogs. I’m hoping to find some tips from professional bloggers, or perhaps some insights on where to start. I’ve read about submitting your site to directories, joining social networks and bookmarking sites, participating in forums, and many others. I’ve already read a lot about them lately but I’m still exploring how to use them effectively. But one article had caught my attention when it mentioned about SEO and Page Rank, frankly speaking this is fairly new to me.

I’m completely lost trying to relate or connect what the article is saying to my own stocked knowledge. Gladly, I found a photo, the one on top, that clearly illustrate how Page Rank works. The way I interpret it Page Rank is calculated by the links you give and receive. The more links you receive, the more it increases your Page Rank – and vice-versa. And the higher your Page Rank the more your site will be effective on Search Engines. I’m quite worried with this because I used to be very generous in giving links. As much as possible I link to other sources so that my readers won’t have a hard time finding what I am writing about. I even refer them to other sites which I think would be helpful for them without any reciprocal links. I’ve also read that Blogroll is not exempted  in hurting your Page Rank, which made we worry even more. Well, it seems like links are very expensive.

As you may observe, I have cleaned some post in my archives of any unneccessary outbound links. Increasing our inbound links is essential. As a matter of fact, our site can also benefit from using tags, related posts, recent posts, and top posts according to one article.

I’m still encountering new terms and new informations regarding Page Rank. Perhaps there’s still a lot of factors that should be considered in calculating our Page Rank, but I think links is their bread and butter.

**I hope we could be fed with more information regarding Page Rank