Google pagerank updates

Some people report that some datacenters report updated pageranks. This will stirr emotions and cause nausea for some, happiness for others. Personally, I prefer high pagerank above a lower one. Because pagerank is still some factor in the algorithm. But it doesn’t seem to be as great a factor as it used to be. If you have good anchor text for example you might do better then a page with higer pagerank. So I don’t think one should stare blindly at it: the value of a page in a search is determined by more than incoming links. Get those other factors right and you should do well.