Blog Master G

If you have the Google Toolbar installed in your browser, you may have noticed the section called PageRank with the little green meter. Google has always been very secretive about its technology and algorithms, but this handy meter is the only public indication of the popularity of any given Web page, based on Google’s PageRank system. It’s not linked to an exact number, but I’ve read in the past that it goes from about 1 to 10.

For quite some time, my blog was weighing in at around 1 or 2 on the PageRank meter. The past couple days, I’ve been noticing that some of my monthly archives have an even higher ranking — around 3 or 4. And today I noticed for the first time that the PageRank for my blog home page has suddenly skyrocketed to about 5 or 6. I think that’s pretty cool. It means that my blog is more popular than I realized.

In the past, a search of Google for pages linked to my blog has turned up 0 results, but today it’s a different story:

Google Search: link:http://www.blogmasterg.com/life/

This search currently produces 288 results, most of which are my own blog linking to itself in previous posts, but I did notice one other blog, A Klog Apart, which lists my blog under “Random Favorites.” Very cool. Thanks for the link and props, Phil. I’m glad you enjoy my blog.

I’ve also heard recently from a number of folks I’ve never met but correspond with from time to time that my blog is among their daily reads. That’s also very flattering.

The point of all this being: That’s really cool and I appreciate all the support. My blog has really become my passion, my outlet, and it’s great to hear that others are enjoying it, too.

Thanks for reading.