Google ranks pages. Each page is ranked out of 10.

I find the easiest way to find out the exact page rank for a website is with the Firefox web browser.

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Once you’ve installed FireFox the next thing to do is head over to the following site and add an extension (again for free). Follow the sites instructions carefully, click the following:
Add Google Page Rank to your FireFox web browser.Once that is done you’ll probably be prompted to restart your browser, so restart FireFox.If you want to check that the new Google Page Rank extension is installed, in the top menu select ‘Tools’ followed by ‘Extensions’.


Tools Extensions

A popup will show you what extensions you have installed, you’ll be able to follow a link and install more useful extensions if you want to.

See Extensions

The actual Page Rank for a page is determined at the bottom right hand corner of FireFox, lets look at the BBC website to see an example:


BBC Page Rank
So the BBC has a 9 out of 10.

What about the other main television stations around the UK?


ITV Page Rank
ITV get a 7.

How about Channel 4 and Five?


Channel 4 Page Rank

Five Page Rank


Over the next few months I’ll be watching the page ranks for the following two sites, which were both launched in the last week. I’ll be observing their Page Ranks, using the FireFox tool and reporting how they progress over time. Currently they rank at n/a, or zero.


GoogleJuice.co.uk Page Rank
Google Juice

Flick Chick Page Rank
Flick Chick Film ReviewsI’m really interested to find out which of the two sites Google finds first. Yahoo! has already stored and linked to Google Juice.So, to recap, you’ll need FireFox as the easiest way to find out a Page Rank.
If you did not download FireFox yet, here is the link again: