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Would you say that constant updates and content editions can affect my page rank or search engine indexation? What would you suggest? By the way, What is page rank all about?

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PageRank is Google's way to determine how "important" or "popular" your site is. The more important it is, the higher it will show up in search results. It is a reasonably complex algorithm, but the most important part of it is the number of sites which link to yours, and more importantly, the PageRank of those sites. In other words, if you can get cnn.com and espn.com to link to your site, it will increase your PageRank by more than having daily-beer.com link to your site.

The best way to accomplish this is naturally, with no tricks or gimmicks. In other words, create a great site that people will want to come back to, share with their friends, and link to from their site. Constant updates and content additions will certainly help this. The more frequently you update your site with quality content, the more likely people are to keep coming back for more.

There are a few more things you can do to optimize your site to make sure it is included in the right searches. Search this site for "SEO" for lots of suggestions.

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As far as I know PR is all about internal and external linking, so I don´t see the way that content edition and updates on your site can affect your PR unless you decide to make a mess of your site. Some internal links tips I have found on this article are:

Make sure that your primary page(s), the index.htm page, links to your secondary pages or secondary levels.

•Make sure that your secondary pages link to each other •Link your secondary pages to the third level pages within their sub-directory, sub-domain, or level •Link the third level pages within each specific sub-directory or sub-domain to each other. •Link the third level pages back to the secondary page that it was linked from •Make sure that the there is not heavy linking between third level pages •Link to pages, regardless of level, that are relevant •Link to pages, regardless of level, where the text on the page being linked from is keyword specific to the page that you are linking to •If there are fourth level pages, follow the same linking structure that has been laid out in this checklist

Other reminders:

•Only link pages within your site that are relevant to each other •Use keyword specific link text when linking between pages •Use standard HREFs in links that are easy for the search engine robots.

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Frequent updates can impact PageRank indirectly, by making the site more popular, thus creating more links back to the site. – Travis M Dec 23 at 16:56

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