FAQs

In the 1^st stage you submit your query by telling us what domain(s) you require information about.
In the 2^nd stage you get the most obvious information in response to your query (e.g. Google PageRank and its validity).
In the 3^rd stage you get even more information in response to your query (e.g. website Alexa rank).

Step one: "Enter your Query"

Single domain

If you want to quickly get information about a single domain use the single domain querier. All you need do is enter a domain name in any of the accepted query formats. Your query should take anything from between 5 to 15 seconds. Since querying advanced information for one domain doesn't take long at all, you are first taken to the advanced results page.

Bulk domain query

PageRankReporter.com is proud to be the only website which allows you to query an infinite amount of domain names for their PR and PR validity. You can do this by switching to a bulk domain query on the homepage of the site.

Approximate query time

Before submitting a bulk query, you are given a rough idea of how long the query should take. This figure is based on the approximate domain/second processing speed as recorded by our system at the time of the last query made on our systems. The approximate query time is displayed in the form, "Approximate query time: x seconds" and is updated whenever a change is made to the bulk query input box.

Accepted query formats

The query submittal process has been designed with ease-of-use in mind.

Simply queries

Enter your domain in any number of the following formats:

• domain.com

• www.domain.com

• http://domain.com

• https:// domain.com

• domain.com trailing... trash... *$"&"*$31235&£* any characters 48329*()£"

To clarify, there is no need to remove http:// or https:// from your query or any junk that comes after the domain name on the same lines. If, for example, you enter "domain.com" our system will automatically submit "www.domain.com" as well (and vice-versa).

Bulk queries

With one domain on each line in the format explained above. It is also permissible to enter empty lines as they are automatically removed. For example:

domain.com
https://domain2.com

www.domain3.com
etcetera.com

Querying PR for website pages

It is also possible to query specific pages of a website to check their PR. The example below illustrates this:

Step Two: "Preliminary Results"

The results table

You are presented with a table of preliminary results.
As an example, let's take the bulk domain query for: "domain.com" and "testdomain.com":

When you enter a query for "domain.com" the system automatically queries "www.domain.com" for you as well. You will see that on the first row of the result table you are presented with the result for the first line of the query as you entered it. To remind you of what exactly you entered to retrieve this result, the last column, "Line of query" is present. The second column, "ID" is there to show you the original order in which the results table was organised.

"Advanced" column

In each cell of the first column you are able to choose which result row(s) you want to be queried in more detail in step three.

Having chosen the row(s) you want to be queried for more advanced results, you can click the "Submit Advanced Query" button.

Our system will process your request and take you to the "Advanced Results" page, step 3.

Sortable table

Another reason why our service is superior to that of other PR-checker services is that you are able to instantly sort through results with just one click. You can sort the results table by the "ID", "Domain", "Reported PR", "Validity of PR", "Reported URL" and "Line of query", in both ascending and descending order.

As an example I use the query for "lemonade.fr", "bbc.co.uk" and "sky.com". The results are shown below:

If, for example, we were interested in solely the "Reported PR" of the domains, currently the results would be disordered. If we click on the "Reported PR" column header () the table is sorted in order of ascending () "Reported PR". The updated table looks like this:

To sort the results in descending () order click the column header once more. This updates the table as below:

Clicking on the column header more times will toggle between ascending/descending orders.

Sorting the table in ascending order by the "ID" column will allow you to return the table to the original order when the page loaded.

Reported PR, Validity and Reported URL

Reported Google PageRank

This value is given in both numerical and graphic form. The value can be any of the following:

• "Unranked", meaning that for some reason Google has not yet ranked your site using the PR system. One of many possible reasons for this is that it doesn't know the site exists.

• "0"−"10", meaning that Google has ranked your site and has given it a numerical value between zero and ten, where ten indicates high importance and "0" indicates no importance.

PageRank Validity

This value indicates whether or not the PageRank is genuine or is so-called "fake". The value can be any of the following:

• "Valid" means that the Reported PR for the domain you entered is coming from that domain, and is thus considered "valid".

• "Faked" means that the Reported PR is not coming from that domain. The Reported PR may thus be being faked.

• "Suspicious" means that there is not enough information available for our system to claim that the Reported PR is "fake". At this point it is advisable to select the domain for advanced querying and to look at the additional information provided by the "advanced results".

Reported URL

This value shows where the PR for the domain is coming from. If it is the same as the "domain" value then the "Validity of PR" is of course "Genuine". If it differs from the "domain" value it is thus "fake".

The example below illustrates a deliberate attempt to fake PR. It shows that the webmaster for "carldemaio.org" has faked the PR by 'mimicking' the PR of the domain "performanceweb.org".

Genuine, fake PR

In the case illustrated below the PR for "bbcworldservice.com" is nominated as "Fake" because it is coming from a location other than that domain. By reading the Reported URL, however, one can see that the Reported URL is actually true to the domain "bbcworldservice.com". Indeed, by visiting "bbcworldservice.com" in your browser, you are redirected to "www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice". Although the "Validity of the PR" can be considered "Fake" it is clearly not "deliberately fake" for illicit purposes. Hence, in this example, it is only possible for a human to check whether the PR is "deliberately faked" or not. This demonstrates the limitations of any PR validation system!

Step 3: "Advanced Results"

As an example, when arriving at the "Advanced Results" page you will be presented with results similar to those below:

As with the preliminary results table the advanced results table is sortable by clicking on the column headers.

PR, Validity and Reported URL

Unlike the "Preliminary Results" page, the "Advanced Results" page shows PR and PR validity in the same column − e.g. in the first row of the example above. In addition, if the validity is "fake" the reported URL (i.e. where the actual PR is coming from) is also displayed alongside the PR and its validity − e.g. in the second row of the example above.

Advanced Information Columns

There are 7 "advanced information" columns on the results table. They are explained below:

Alexa Rank

Alexa.com's ranking of the domain is measured according to the amount of users who've visited a website with the Alexa toolbar installed.

DMOZ Listing

The number of listings for that domain in the DMOZ open directory.

Backlinks in Google

The number of links to your website from others' as recorded by the Google search engine.

Backlinks in Yahoo!

The number of links to your website from others' as recorded by the Yahoo! search engine.

Backlinks in MSN Search

The number of links to your website from others' as recorded by Microsoft Live search (formerly MSN search).

Search Results in AltaVista

The number of search results for that domain as recorded by the AltaVista search engine.

Search Results in AllTheWeb

The number of search results for that domain as recorded by the AllTheWeb search engine.

Downloading and viewing the results in CSV and XLS formats

On both the "Preliminary Results" and "Advanced Results" pages it is possible to download the results. Depending on what application you intend to use the results for later on you may choose between the comma-separated-values (CSV) format or the MS Excel spreadsheet (XLS) format. In most circumstances the XLS format is perfect; however, should you run into trouble with XLSs use the CSVs instead.

When opening a downloaded CSV you may be presented with a screen such as the one below. If you do, simply click "Yes" to view the file.

If that alert is followed by another, like the one below, again click "Yes" ton continue.

An example of a CSV bulk query opened in MS Excel:

When opened an XLS file downloaded from this site you may (as with the CSV file) be alerted with a window as below. If you do, click "Yes".

The same data, downloaded as an XLS file, opened in MS Excel:

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