As many of you in the blogging world probably are aware, Google has been tweaking their ranking system, PageRank, and have slapped many blogs with a downgrade, sometimes all the way to zero. From what I’ve heard and read, this is in part due to the fact that Google is now frowning on paid links such as links from Text Link Ads or from paid reviews and the like.Because of this, IZEA (the company who runs PayPerPost) has come out with a new ranking system for blogs called RealRank. It ranks bloggers based on their actual traffic numbers and influence rather than just the amount of inbound links. You can find out what your RealRank is over at IZEARanks.com which is a website dedicated to this new ranking system. They use a piece of javascript to collect and report a rank that is based on actual traffic data. You can then compare your blog to many of the other blogs out there. It’s another tool to have in your blogging tool box.

As for the site itself, it’s got a clean layout and is really simple to use. You can also see who’s in the Top 100 and get many of your questions answered on their faq page. So go check out how your blog ranks and see how this alternative to PageRank seems to stack up. You may be surprised.

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