Thread: Pagerank Prediction, is it accurate?

Have you found Pagerank Predictions to be accurate? If so, where?
They have no access to the Google Algorithm, so how are they predicting these accurately?

I'm using iWebTool to predict my sites, so I compared it to WebTalkForums predicted PR.
Results:
PoliticsOnFire Predicted PR: 6 (from 3!!)
WebTalkForums Predicted PR: NULL (not enough Backlinks!!)

So, through this, I don't find it very accurate at all, my site is much newer with less content than WebTalkForums.

Here's the tool: http://www.iwebtool.com/pagerank_prediction

Not accurate at all

I noticed for us it says that "not enough Backlinks" as well, pretty useless thing that is.

It's a joke!

I was laughing! :P

Like the previous thread and discussion about such things, it still holds true.
Page rank predictors are useless.

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Like the previous thread and discussion about such things, it still holds true.
Page rank predictors are useless.

Not true! They have a very important use. They create lots of content on webmaster forums as people ask over and over if they are any good. Or they add extra lines in their link sale or site sale posts to state their predicted PR.

Very important stuff indeed.

Have to agree with you.
This thread is an example...

I get a laugh out of people selling a new site just put up and say, oh it is predicted to have pr6 at next update.
Or the sellers that say their new site they just put up has a pr6 and when someone questions them on this or points out that it is only pr0, they then say, well this site said it will be a pr6.

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Have to agree with you.
This thread is an example...

I get a laugh out of people selling a new site just put up and say, oh it is predicted to have pr6 at next update.
Or the sellers that say their new site they just put up has a pr6 and when someone questions them on this or points out that it is only pr0, they then say, well this site said it will be a pr6.

What makes it even funnier, is those who also quote the "what's your site worth" type tools as a realistic quote of what their site is worth.

"Hey, so-and-so tool says my site is worth $50,543, but I am willing to sell much lower, $100!! Good deal for you, pze reply me!" :slaugh::slaugh:

Ebay is overrun with sellers of websites and domains that use those tools.
Domain appraised at $89,372.29, but you could get this for 99 cents if you bid now.

I predict a couple of my sites will be PR1 next update

Not only a laugh, lot of time does not work at all. Funny thing? It is sold somewhere with other tools that are free elsewhere.

need more backlinks... (runs to read up on SEO & backlinks)
You know, I knew that meta tags could be helpful... now to learn about backlinks

PageRank Prediction tools are not accurate most of the times, I have used different tools with different result, so I just stop using them.

I've never found one which is accurate!

Originally Posted by Borghunter

Have you found Pagerank Predictions to be accurate? If so, where?
They have no access to the Google Algorithm, so how are they predicting these accurately?

I'm using iWebTool to predict my sites, so I compared it to WebTalkForums predicted PR.
Results:
PoliticsOnFire Predicted PR: 6 (from 3!!)
WebTalkForums Predicted PR: NULL (not enough Backlinks!!)

So, through this, I don't find it very accurate at all, my site is much newer with less content than WebTalkForums.

Here's the tool: PageRank Prediction - Predict Page Rank Predictor

As the name suggests, its inaccurate

The Page Rank Of A Website depends solely on your inboud links.The PageRank of a website is calculated with the help of the following equation:

PR(A)=(1-d)+(PR OF LINK PAGE 1*D/NO OF LINKS IN PAGE1)+ (PR OF LINK PAGE 2*D/NO OF LINKS IN PAGE2)+.....+(PR OF LINK PAGE P*D/NO OF LINKS IN PAGE P).

Where A,is your website
D is a damping factor =0.85
link page 1,2...,P are the pages that has a link pointing to your website and can be found out by clicking the arrow that is just besides your PR bar.Once you click it it gives you three options.a)Cache snapshot b)Related pages c)Backlinks.

You could use the SEO calculator to check your PageRank.It is a free online tool.

Wrong........
It depends on more factors than inbound links.

And only google knows how their algo works from day to day.

Originally Posted by Hunkster

Wrong........
It depends on more factors than inbound links.

And only google knows how their algo works from day to day.

Ummm, we're only talking about PR here. Not the entire google ranking algo.

But he is still wrong. It also takes into account out-going links and how much of your PR you are bleeding off to other pages (yours and others).

No... Not even close...

Not accurate but think average.

It is always for fun when you try to predict the PR of a site. No one really knows the algorithms behind.

Originally Posted by GRIM

Not accurate at all

agree with you..!

That's why the term used is "prediction".. you'll never know the "real thing" until it happens

Nope its a complete joke. I had one predicted PR5 but instead I got dropped to PR2 from PR4.. LOL

Originally Posted by luster

Nope its a complete joke. I had one predicted PR5 but instead I got dropped to PR2 from PR4.. LOL

perhaps you had some links to "Bad neighborhoods" and got penalized.

Link prediction tools use backlink counts to approximate where a site should be with their PR, at that point in time.

Not at all accurate, My one blog was predicted PR4 and ended up getting PR1

Where as one was predicted PR2 and ended up getting PR5

Hi

Sorry haven't found one I would recommend at this stage to anyone.

Lo

Paul

Most of the prediction tools i have tried have not been working but the last time one of them gave a prediction it was pr6 for a pr3 site but 18 months later its still pr3.

Hi

I don't have any faith in pagerank prediction sites, mainly as they don't have access to the Google algorithm which changes constantly.

Cheers

Paul

It is just PREDICTION, mate!

PR Prediction tools are not accurate so they are useless

I don't use them at all because it is so unpredictable.

I have had a number of PR6 sites with no backlinks showing up a Google, and a PR7 site with a few backlinks.

I tried it several times over the last years and I can confirm that it is not accurate. And I assume that it is not possible, since Google does not show all IBLs with the link operator.

ridiculous

Originally Posted by Borghunter

Have you found Pagerank Predictions to be accurate? If so, where?
They have no access to the Google Algorithm, so how are they predicting these accurately?

I'm using iWebTool to predict my sites, so I compared it to WebTalkForums predicted PR.
Results:
PoliticsOnFire Predicted PR: 6 (from 3!!)
WebTalkForums Predicted PR: NULL (not enough Backlinks!!)

So, through this, I don't find it very accurate at all, my site is much newer with less content than WebTalkForums.

Here's the tool: [iwebtool.com/pagerank_prediction"]PageRank Prediction - Predict Page Rank Predictor

It's not working
I added 5 different URLs, including the one provided as an example - and it always said "No domain name provided"

Pagerank prediction is not accurate but it's ok.

I don't know if it's accurate, but thanks for the links anyway...

i used it b4 the update and as far as i've seen, its fairly accurate with some sites, and total bullshit with some other!! :|