Around the Net

Google Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools

Google has dumped PageRank in Webmaster Tools, according to Barry Schwartz. He points to a thread on Search Engine Roundtable where Susan Moskwa from Google Webmaster Central explains the decision. The tool was removed earlier this week when Google rolled out new Webmaster Tools features.

Citing Moskwa, Schwartz writes Google removed the tools after repeatedly telling webmasters "they shouldn't focus on PageRank so much." He explains that Google keeps telling folks to stop using PageRank, so it was silly to keep the feature live in Webmaster Tools.

Read the whole story at Search Engine Land »

Next story loading loading..