While I was scribblig my two posts yesterday, my eye suddenly got caught by the status bar of my Firefox. That is where the addon “Google PageRank Status“ is located, which shows you the current Google PageRank of the sites you are surfing to. In short, the PageRank is a value that indicates the popularity of a website. It can lie between 0 (unpopular) and 10 (very popular).

Previously, my site had always had a PageRank of 0. That wasn’t any wonder, because my blog is not the most comprehensive one and, as for the subjects, it isn’t exactly a crowd puller either. Furthermore, I haven’t made any efforts to make it public by means of search engine optimization, link exchange, guestbook spam or similar measures.
All the more I was surprised to spot a one there suddenly. And all the more I can be proud of it, for it is 100% real and “naturally ripened”. ;)

Some of you may now think: “My God, is she stupid, thrilled to bits about a measly PageRank of 1!” – Yes, I know that is neither much nor anything special. I suppose, every second site on the internet has that rank. On the other hand, the German Google page www.google.de has a PageRank of 8. And to be an eighth as popular as the German Google is a good deal after all, I think! :)