John Chow dot Com - PageRank 6
written by John Chow
Google started their PageRank update yesterday and it looks like this blog is jumping two spots - from PR4 to PR6! A check of 72 Google data centers shows John Chow dot Com at PR6 with 19 of them. Updates to the remaining data centers should be complete in the next few days.
The higher PageRank just made this blog a lot more valuable for me and a lot more expensive for advertisers. It will be interesting to see what Text Link Ads will price me at. It already cost $200 a month for a link on this blog. There is one link spot available at the current price. If you hurry, you may get it before TLA increases the price ($100 coupon here). I can also see competition heat up for the Top Commentators spot. Getting a site wide back link from a PR6 blog just for commenting will be worth the effort for many webmasters.
My ReviewMe price will be going to $400 next month. If you want a review at the current price of $300, make sure you get your order in before the end of this month. Speaking of reviews, blogs that reviewed my blog a long time ago might consider doing a new one. Your review will be linked like always, but this time it’ll be a PR6 link. 
What is your new PageRank? Was Google good to you or did they slapped you? I imagine many sites will be applying to Text Link Ads in the next few days.
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Yep, I noticed the PR update was in progress, I’m just hoping none of mine go down!
You’ll probably make a lot of money from this post, looking at all the advertising
So much for the Matt Cutts grandstanding on how selling text links was bad… awesome job going from pr4 to pr6
Awesome! I was wondering when the Google Page Rank would be updated. My site is going from PR 2 to PR 4.
Thanks,
http://WesleyTech.com
Congrats on the Jump John it was well deserved, when you jump to a 7 though, that will be a thing of a beauty for you.
This was probably the longest PR update in history with it taking over 4 days, and leading to one of the longest threads over at DP.
I wrote about it here:
http://mubinahmed.com/the-pagerank-is-driving-me-crazy-and-everyone-else-too/
God damn John,you are evil!
how often does google update the whold pagerank thing though
i transfer one of my domain name from godaddy to namecheap and lost the pr during the latest pr update, it really annoys me, as you know, it’s not easy to build up your pr love
Congrats on the jump john!
Yes.. congrats to you John….
John well done on the PR6! I was guessing that you would get a 7 but a 6 is still awesome. Are you able to charge more from your direct advertisers like Search Engine Guide, or is that based purely on impressions?
Good question, i am also interested in the answer.
I’m back up to a 4 with this update. I’m still not back to the 5 I had before moving to Wordpress but… It’s a step in the right direction!
We went from a PR 0 to a 6!!! Guess we better redo what we’re charging for advertising huh
holy crap.. congrats Jane!.. looks like I’m still at a 0
My reaction was the same!! Thanks! But I do have to thank John, because if it wasn’t for hiw wisdom and experience, we wouldn’t have been anywhere close to where we are now in this short amount of time.
Thanks John and congrats on the new PR! I would say lets celebrate, but you’re kind of far
In my case I think I am going from 0 to 3, also like you, thanks to John’s wisdom.
Same here. 0 - 5 (22 data centers so far) on a blog published March 1st!
I’ve been following the John Chow formula almost to the letter, but I didn’t expect this. It changes everything!
I just hope it’s not the ‘Google honeymoon period’ I’ve heard about!
Way to go Jane. That’s a great jump
Thanks Marc. I guess all that sweat and blistered fingered commenting paid off.
Nice job Jane, that’s a huge increase! What’s your secret!?
nice!! Note to self: comment at least 20 times per day on top 10 blogs
Hahaha…well, that will only get you so far, then you need to use other tricks
When will you have the time to write some content, then?
That’s phenomenal! Congratulations on the leap forward!
Wow Jane, Bravo! I want to grow up to be like you!
Now this is just wrong…
I just checked the PR for my daughter’s blog (been around 2 months) and she is getting a PR5!!!
Yellow Pole
Why do they get a five and I get a four?
wow, …. wondering how google calculate the PR? So complex
Very nice John,
My blog jumped from 4 to 5
Right on! Time to start ramping up revenues
My new blog went straight to PageRank 4 which I think is pretty good. I’m definitely going to apply to Text Link Ads and ReviewMe.
That’s great Hannes! That’s pretty impressive for a few months work. Continued success.
So far none of my sites are moving anywhere with PageRank. Oh well, better luck next time.
What was your linking strategy?
Well the primary reason mine haven’t moved is a lack of new links over the past several months. However I was surprised that the ReviewMe John did of http://www.InstantCredit.cc didn’t have an effect and neither did the make money online review I did for http://www.ShaunCarter.com.
Now that I am putting more time into my online ventures my PR should improve. Just have to wait until the next update.
Good luck then, man; I’ve visited your site often, I really think it has massive potential anyway, just keep at it.
Aren’t the ReviewMe pages on John’s blog still PR0? Only the http://johnchow.com url is PR6.
Nice work, John! I was able to hit PR3 and PR5 on two sites that I launched about a month and half ago. I have to say that one of the main catalysts was the advice on your blog! So congrats, and here’s to you, John.
I checked your rank a few days ago. I found it odd that it was only a 4. Congrats on the jump.
Hey John - are you sure you should be counting your chickens before they hatch?
In any case, you certainly deserve the higher PageRank so congratulations anyway.
Well, let the comment spam begin.
Anyone who knows what’s going on will realise that the next PR update is at least 3 months away. Spamming now would be pointless for PR’s sake.
It looks like Harpzon will jump from 0 to a PR 4 with the update. I believe that was his predicted PR. Too bad he quit blogging…..
Harpzon quit? How come?
I went straight to a PR5. Pretty happy with the results, I know getting PR6 will be a lot tougher..
Tell me about it. I’m sitting at 5, though I think it’s a large value of five. I’m still going to need a really nice big backlink or two to make 6 though.o
Beware, it is also possible to go down: My page was PR5 and now it is PR4, although I must have gathered lots of links since the last update.
Sweet, I am moving up to a pr of 6 as well. Of course I don’t have the traffic that you get… but progress is progress.
yes, i see the pr update. and my pr jump from 0 to 2 in 2 months. i think it great enough.
Congrats on your 6, John.I am glad I got my PR 5… wonder where you found that useful tool?
Thanks for the great link! I was looking for a good resource to check my pagerank! Mine jumped to 6 as well! Woohooo! Now to keep it there!
Pushed to PR4 from PR3! Time to get into Text Link Ads!
I am not happy at all with the PR update. My blog http://www.dzimba.com/ had a PR5 and i converted it this week to a fully fledged blog. it was previously a website with a blog. I imported almost all the content i had but my PR plummeted to PR2. if i had known this I would have waited.
It seems everyone else is happy and I am not
I wnet from a 5 to a 3 when I changed from serendipity to wordpress for my blog software.
Keep checking your PR. Sometimes it fluctuates. Same with SERPs.
Boss, you are great! I just write a review for your blog, and I also mention that your blog now is pr6! My main blog is still maintain at pr 5. My new blog with a link jump to pr2. A bit surprise! And again, congratulation to you.
My blog stayed at 4
But, subpages got pagerank which is nice