Google PageRank is Dead, It's successor

Does my friend still use Google PageRank as a tool to measure the quality of a blog SEO?

If so then you should buddy must stop the habit of now.
Why?
Because Google PageRank is dead.

Google PageRank is dead?

Google PageRank death issues actually been circulating for a long time, precisely since last October 2013.
Only issue at the time of death was not proven because in December 2013 turned out to Google to update the PageRank.
Yet it is more than one year since the last updated, Google PageRank until now there has been an update again.
Many consider that Google PageRank is completely dead and will no longer be updated for the foreseeable future.
This is corroborated by the statement of one of the parties of Google, John Mueller, one of which says that the video was likely a Google PageRank will not be updated again in the future.

If real death, roughly what his successor?

As we know so far Google PageRank is one of the metrics or trivial language tool that is often used to measure how handsome a blog or website in the eyes of Google.
The higher the PageRank of a blog or website will be more handsome then also in the eyes of Google.
But if Google PageRank really is dead then it is no longer are relevant to measuring instruments used. We need to look for other alternatives.
Then what about the appropriate replacement PageRank?
The answer is easy .... BACKLINK
Backlink is one of the main factors used by Google's algorithm to rank web pages on the internet.
So it is definitely no better metrics in addition backlink to serve as an assessment of how handsome or cool a blog or website in the eyes of Google.
But the problem .... to assess the quality of a backlink is not enough just to look at the quantity or number only.
Most SEOers beginners only see a backlink from numbers alone. The more backlinks that means the better. Though not the case.

Blog with 1 million backlinks could be considered ugly by Google if the backlinks are from sites Spam.
Blog with 10 backlinks could be considered super handsome if these backlinks come from authority sites.
Because judging a backlink rather difficult then we need to look for other alternatives that can be used to measure handsome a blog or web.
Well .. Domain Authority and Page Authority is one of the best alternatives that can be used as a substitute for Google PageRank.

What is Domain Authority and Page Authority?

Domain Authority and Page Authority is a metric used by one of the SEO company named Moz.com to predict how strong a domain and web pages can appear in the top results of search engines.
Domain appraisal system and Page Authority Authority is almost like Google's PageRank. If Google PageRank uses a score between 0 and 10, Domain Authority and Page Authority uses a score of 0 to 100.
Just as Google PagerRank, the higher the Domain Authority and Page Authority that means the better.

Differences Domain Authority and Page Authority

Domain Authority and Page Authority is the same metric, Domain Authority for assessing the overall domain, while the Page Authority to assess individual page.
So if your blog using free subdomain such as blogspot.com or Domain Authority tumblr.com then your blog will be the same as the other blogs that use the same subdomain. The only difference being the Page Authority.

Way of checking the Domain Authority and Page Authority?

It's easy, simply go to https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/
Put your blog address and click Search

Closing ...

It could be Google's PageRank is already not be updated anymore, but the possibility is not really dead or still used by Google as part of the algorithm. It's just that PageRank is no longer shown to the public.
Enough to stay here my post this time. Do not forget to check the Domain Authority and Page Authority of your blog and show off in the comments below.