Google updated the PageRank data shown in the Google toolbar at the turn of the year. Although Matt Cutts has stated that it may take 1 or 2 months for all data centres to be updated.

This is the first time Matt has announced a PageRank update. He took the opportunity to answer a few questions from webmasters about PR. These are the two main points.

• Toolbar PageRank is usually 3 or 4 months out of date.


• The PageRank data that Google uses in its algorithm is calculated continuously.

Read more from Matt Cutt's blog here