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PageRank Indicator For Linux And Mac OS X

Posted by timothy on from the show-me-the-numbers dept.

HackWire writes "Google's PageRank has only been available in your web-browser by installing the toolbar restricting use to Windows and Internet Explorer. Nick Stallman has created a module for Firefox to show PageRank from within the browser, within three easy steps Linux and Mac (even Windows) users can now see PageRank without being restricted to a OS or browser."

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  1. Does it work? by platipusrc · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I just installed the toolbar from the page linked, and there is a blank spot in the middle of the toolbar that displays "PageRank" when I hover over it with the cursor. I visited several pages, and no number has shown up there yet. I'm using FreeBSD, but should that present a problem? There were no errors on install and the toolbar seems like it showed up ok...

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    1. Re:Does it work? by Ivan+the+Terrible · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Apparently not. I too have "a blank spot in the middle of the toolbar that displays "PageRank" when I hover over it with the cursor" but otherwise, nothing.

      I assume that it only works when you select a site that's a result of a Google search.

  2. Who gives a F? by chris_mahan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Honestly, pagerank is not high on my priority of things to look at (to put it mildly).

    It's a nice gimmick, granted, to look at it, but since I'm not trying to play the google game, I couldn't really care less.

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  3. Search Engine Optimization as a profession by sirdude · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How is this viewed by everyone? What do these guys actually do?

    From what I can tell they just go around posting link after link all over the Internet to boost a website's pagerank.. And I've noticed a lot of them like to bombard wikis and newsgroups/fora with random links etc.

    Is that pretty much it?