PageRank works by counting links to your main page as votes. The more of incoming links you have the higher your PageRank is but all incoming links are not worth the same. Google is not stupid and it evaluates links according to their relation to your blog. Simply put, high targeted pr > high untargeted pr > low targeted pr > low untargeted pr. What I want to say is, it’s better to have few links from websites with PR5 than hundreds of links from websites with PR1 that are not related to your domain. Besides all that, higher PageRank means better ranking in Google for certain keywords.
I have always wondered what does it take for a blog to get ranked and how do you know how many backlinks you need for another PageRank and then I found this table which explains it all.
Go to the Links for PR row, choose a PageRank you’d like to get and slide down to see how many backlinks you need from certain PR websites. So if you want a PR5 you will need to get 555 backlinks from PR3 websites or only 1 link from a PR7 website. This is only true if there are no more than 50 outgoing links on that webpage conditioning the website is related to your niche.
Long story short, if you have a soccer related blog and want to get a PR5 don’t buy links from websites about Barbie dolls or heavy metal music or any website that has more than 50 links on their homepage because this is considered a linkfarm and it can decrease your PageRank or even get you banned on Google. It’s absolutely worth to purchase some high quality PR backlinks than strugle for ages spamming websites and blogs.
What you should read: The Google Pagerank Algorithm and How It Works
Free backlink checker: Domain-Pop
How Many Backlinks For A PageRank?…
I have always wondered what does it take for a blog to get ranked and how do you how many backlinks you need for another PageRank and then I found this table which explains it all….
bro..i still dont understand about pr..hmm
August 7, 2007
vangardx: what exactly you don’t understand?
Thanks a bunch. This has really helped me understand pagerank.
August 7, 2007
No problem Michael, thanks for stopping by.
So I only need 4 PR 7 links for a PR6? That shouldn’t be so hard. But i doubt it’s that easy 
As there are also the other smaller links that tend to point to your site even though you don’t want them to. And they too contribute to the entire PR soup.
Vangardx, if you want to learn more about PR, there’s a post on my site. I won’t post the link here though, don’t want to upset Daniel 
August 8, 2007
No problem Mike, I don’t mind users advertising their websites/blogs as long as it’s useful to others like in this case. We learn everyday so I don’t see how your contribution can be considered a spam.
how many links i need from pr0 websites to get ranked
August 20, 2007
Depends on what PR backlinks you have.
If i have all backlinks from PR - 0 webPages
then how much links should i have to have a page rank of 4 or 5 .
August 22, 2007
I cannot tell you that because nobody knows for sure since PageRank can’t be calculated just like that. It depends on quality of your PR0 backlinks and anchor texts. I would say about a 100 should be enough but that’s juts my personal opinion!
Thanx, that was a really good explanation that cleared the doubt that have been there for a long time in my mind. I have been trying to gather all sorts of links irrespective of the page rank.
September 5, 2007
I’m glad someone finds it useful, thank you.
a very useful post, thanks for sharing us your knowledge!
Hello
i Just wonder Why Your Website http://marketfederation.com/ has PR0 while you are an expert in PageRanks ans SEO =)
Just wonder
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October 7, 2007
Hello Nasseem,
PageRank is updated daily or at least once in two days but you see the changes only 3 to 4 times a year and the reason why I’m not ranked yet is because I started this blog in June and there hasn’t been a PR update since.
I’m sure I’ll get some green after people at Google decide to push the “update” button :).
I am, by no means, an expert but I do my best and as everybody else, I learn every day. Thanks for stopping by.
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November 6, 2007
This post has a PR4 so you can now calculate how many backlinks does it have :D.
Hello!
I have a site www.posintech.com and i create more than 3000 link form different domains and my page rank is only 2, when will i get page rank 5 or more..
Pls have any suggestion about this provide me help soon..
thanks
iliyas patel
so two factors must be considered to make a page rank Link quality and relevancy.
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