PR is basically one of 200+ signals Google uses to rank sites pages. It has way more importance given to it than it should. I suggest installing MozBar from SEOMoz on your browser, from that you can check attributes that, in my experience, matter more than PR does.PR is basically one of 200+ signals Google uses to rank sites pages. It has way more importance given to it than it should. I suggest installing MozBar from SEOMoz on your browser, from that you can check attributes that, in my experience, matter more than PR does.