 Pagerank myth
As it seems more and more that everyone agrees that pagerank is more for bragging rights rather than having much, if any, affect on actually ranking.
What is a good quantifier of a sites worth and ranking?
I've always looked at pagerank as a fairly effective way of gauging a sites quality and indicates a certain level of trust. Alternatively Alexa ranks are quite often referred to, but their rankings are so easy to artificially inflate as to become meaningless unless your in the top 10,000 (anyone can get top 100,000 if you can be bothered - email if you don't know). | 
