Google Page Rank — How in the world am I a 5?

Tonya introduced me to the concept of Google Page Rank last night. By some odd formula, Google has created a way to “rank” sites based on their importance in the internet. Wikipedia outlines the formula in huge detail, and I have yet to look it over.

Scores are only on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest and 1 the lowest. I’m used to being in the bottom of every ranking system there is (Technorati etc) but have been checking mine since last night and was shocked to find that I’m a five. I think it has something to do with WordPress making this site so search-able (is that a word?). I’m sure it’s an asset to find this blog easily through a search term, but for me it makes me cringe to think that all this nonsense is so accessible!

The concept is interesting to me, because I’m always trying to figure out how arts organizations can increase their visitors, up their importance, and make their sites easy to navigate. I’m going to spend the next few days looking over the factors that effect a page rank, and then look at some of the arts websites in my hometown.