Trying to get good page rank for your website can be a most frustrating experience for webmasters. After all, what is page rank and why should you care about it?

In the simplest terms, page rank (PR) is how much of the Google toolbar for page rank that is filled in with green. If the page you are looking at has a PR1 then 1/10th of the bar will be filled with green.

There has been a lot of talk about the merits of "anchor text," the technique of using keyword text linked to your website URL. For example, you could link "bass fishing" to your bassfishing website.

You can use anchor text on your website to link to other pages within your site, or you can use it with your links on other websites. This technique can be quite effective.

You may have seen on eBay and other auctions high pagerank (PR) domains for sale. You may have even considered purchasing one of these domains. How do you ascertain the value of such a domain?

First of all, you must verify the PR by using a free tool such as http://www.seologs.com/pr-check/pagerank.html. You just enter the domain name that you are thinking of purchasing.

Each mortgage type has advantages and disadvantages but with the help of a mortgage calculator you can see which one gives you the best option for financing your home.

Although there are various types of mortgage calculators available, for initial comparison purposes it's best to use the same one.

Once you have decided on the variables, then you should check your figures with multiple calculators.

You've heard about it. You've read about it. And now you wonder if you can do it: earn a living from home in Internet marketing.

Perhaps you are a mom with young children who wants to work at home. Perhaps you are retired and looking for income to supplement your pension. Or maybe you are the next gangbuster marketer to hit the Internet!

People from all walks of life -- even kids in high school -- are learning to make money from the Internet and having fun doing it.

Renting a house is a good way of putting a roof over your head, but once you are able to qualify for financing, then it's time to consider purchasing your own home.

Use a mortgage calculator to see how much more economical this is!

The whole idea of a mortgage calculator isn't to give you an exact amount of how much any given property will cost you, but rather to give a guideline of what you can expect to pay a mortgage lender should you decide to buy it.

As many people have found out, you can buy domains with high pagerank (PR) such as PR4 or higher on auctions such as eBay.

Why would anyone pay a significant amount of money for just a domain that doesn't even come with a business, website or hosting?

Well, the primary reason is so that people can take this high PR domain and use it to host a website primarily for the purpose of linking to websites with lower PR or no PR.

With dozens of mortgage options available to finance your home loan, how do you know which option is the best value for your specific needs? Many young families become confused about which mortgage option is right for them.

A mortgage calculator can be very useful to help you analyze different scenarios of repayments, loan lengths, terms, and other options to figure out your preferred choices.

It's getting to be fairly well known that you can submit your site to directories to get one-way, relevant links to your site.

Just go to Google and type "search engine friendly directories" into the search bar. You will get a huge number of directories.

You cannot realistically submit to all of them. So what do you do?

Go to each directory and note their page rank.

Sometimes the most obvious is the most overlooked.

That's why I was so surprised to realize that most of the websites I visit don't do this one little thing that will help them get repeat visitors.

They don't ask people to bookmark their site!

Did you know that you can insert a little script into your website that not only asks the visitor to bookmark your site but also makes it really easy? All the visitor has to do is click on the link and presto .

Everyone agrees that getting backlinks, or links from other people's sites, is important to helping your website get good page rank and thus visitors. However, did you know that not all backlinks are created equal?

For example, a common way of getting backlinks is exchanging links with other people's sites -- that's called "reciprocal linking.