Matt Cutts: Google Probably Won't Call PageRank Something Else

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Google Ditches PageRank in Webmaster Tools

Google has quietly gotten rid of PageRank in Webmaster Tools. Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable points to a thread featuring an explanation from Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa. “We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true,” says Moskwa.

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Is PageRank Affected by Google Links?

In the latest Google Webmaster Central YouTube Channel upload from Matt Cutts, he talks about whether or not Google places value on its own links with regards to Pagerank. Cutts took on the following user question: Question: Does Google value its own links for PR/Linkjuice? Google Bookmarks, Google Profiles, etc

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Is PageRank Affected by Google Links?