Google Drops PageRank For Many Websites
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Looks like I am the only blogger who hasn’t talked about the latest PageRank update so far. So here goes…there were two batches of PageRank drop - in the first some sites like JohnChow.com, Entrepreneurs-Journey.com and this blog itself (from PR 6 to 5) that were selling text links were hit.
The second batch took place yesterday and I came to know from DailyBlogTips that this blog’s PR had dropped again from 5 to 4 this time. Many blogs were hit in the second batch including popular ones like Engadget, Problogger, Copyblogger, John Chow, QuickOnlineTips and Weblog Tools Collection!
Though many sites were hit, I still do see a few blogs selling text links that were not hit (like LiewCF.com) and the confusing part is some blogs that were not selling text links were hit too, so can selling text links be the reason behind these PR drops or is Google changing their PageRank algorithm?
Anyways before a third PR drop batch comes and drops my PR again to maybe 1 or 0, I have decided to remove my text link ads! I will be removing Text Link Ads by the end of this month and use nofollow for the other ads.
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Posted on October 25th, 2007 | Category: Google |
Mani Karthik
October 25, 2007 at 12:31 pm
The “PR drop wave” is probably because of the text link sales issue. I’m also assuming that it’s not the one single thing Google took into consideration while determining PR.
Because, many sites which used to sell links(not anymore) have also been affected. At this point it’s not clear as to what are the metrics Google is relying upon. We have assumptions - Yes!
I think now, Google PR 4 is a very good rank, most popular blogs are at 4 now.
As long as it doesn’t affect your traffic, you should be OK. Right?
Cheers!
Mani
Nirmal
October 25, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Yea Mani is right, as long as it doesnt effect the traffic and rankings , it should be ok.
Madhur Kapoor
October 25, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Mine is still 4 . I am also going to use nofollow from now onwards.
Innovations & Interesting Ramblings
October 25, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Google�s PR wouldn�t be of any relevance if they don�t eventually integrate it with their search algorithm to influence search rankings�..after all, if PR is devised to indicate quality, then google search results will have to throw the quality links ahead of others…
so expect the worse and plan and innovate to overcome this..be prudent never think of ignoring Google and its PR, atleast until they are no longer popular among surfers�…
Emanuele
October 25, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Still pr7!
JohnTP
October 25, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Mani and Nirmal - I agree. So far my traffic has not been affected, and I hope it doesn’t.
Emanuele - wow, you have sold so many text links (including to porn sites) and still you did not lose your PageRank, anyways it is a good idea to use nofollow for your text links.
maneesh
October 25, 2007 at 7:10 pm
selling text links on blogs are going to take a big hit because of this.. especially if popular ones like you begin removing them…
one more source gone down the drain..
JohnTP
October 25, 2007 at 8:30 pm
No more selling Text Links and Sponsored Reviews…thanks to Google bloggers will be making lesser money now!
Mani Karthik
October 25, 2007 at 11:20 pm
John,
I think you should pull off text link ads and sponsored reviews (comparatively OK I think).
Or go for NOFOLLOW on all sponsored links.
I don’t think there’s anything to fret over. After all it’s just a teeny weeny green bar.
Cheers!
Mani
JohnTP
October 25, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Mani - I just hope the teeny weeny green bar does not affect the traffic my blog gets from Google
Mani Karthik
October 25, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Hmm.speaking of organic traffic, I think we have some genuine reason to fret !
Srinivasa K. Ramanujam
October 26, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I’ve started a new blog on 26 Aug 2007, however Google is yet to rank my page even though my blog is 60 days old and have updated contents quite frequently! Any idea when will google rank my page?
Mani Karthik
October 26, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Hi Srinivasan,
Indeed yes. your answer is here - http://www.dailyseoblog.com/20.....-48-hours/
Mani
CypherHackz
October 26, 2007 at 2:02 pm
it happens to me too. i just lost my pr5 months ago. so sad…
JohnTP
October 26, 2007 at 8:09 pm
I removed TLA and lost this months earnings too
clara
October 27, 2007 at 12:07 am
My TLA didn’t affect the PR on my tips site during this update. I don’t know is it because it had already suffered a lower rating many months back from a 6 to a 4.
Srinivasa K. Ramanujam
October 27, 2007 at 9:55 am
,
thank you for your reply and the link. however, i don’t have any problem in google’s indexing. my blog is already getting traffic through google search, and it means google has started indexing my page since long time. but the problem is my 60 days old blog doesn’t have a pagerank yet and that’s what i want to know about!
Do you have any idea when will google assign pagerank to my blog?
,
i’m so sorry to hear it from you that you’ve lost the money that you deserve. consider removing the TLA plug-in now itself so as to avoid free advertising in your blog.
Srinivasa K. Ramanujam
October 27, 2007 at 11:02 am
I just now found that the problem is with prchecker icon and that google has already assigned a pagerank of 3 for my blog!
Vijay
October 27, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Another one of my blogs, around 35 days old has a PR3 as well.. As long as you have a decent amount of content, a PR3 isn’t gonna be a problem..
My main blog however has gone to PR4 from a 0 since it was started only after the last PR update
Vijay
October 27, 2007 at 1:42 pm
John, you were mentioning about removing text links. However, is it OK to have banner ads (like 125×125). Will that cause the same problems as text links?
EarnMoneyOnline
October 27, 2007 at 2:29 pm
My PR was 3 , now 0 .
Ronald
October 27, 2007 at 5:22 pm
John it’s seems google was dropped the Blog who sell the link like TLA , now my blog has PR 4 from 2
JohnTP
October 27, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Vijay- I have added nofollow to the 125×125 and 468×60 ads, why take the risk?
Craig
October 29, 2007 at 7:22 am
Yep, mine drop to a 2 from a 3, down from a 4 early this year and I was trying so hard to get it back to 4. Oh well!
Srinivasa K. Ramanujam
October 30, 2007 at 5:00 pm
John, for you difficulty is comeing in series!. Why don’t you write down to Google team and ask for explanation?
Samet
October 31, 2007 at 2:51 am
that is very interesting, i know many sites that increased the number of visitors, but their PR is decreased.
Maybe Google is working on a new PR algorithm, or something to replace.
subhash
November 1, 2007 at 3:43 pm
but dude ,y pr has increased from 0 to 4…thnx to google ..
lalit nagrath
November 1, 2007 at 4:39 pm
currently u r site has a PR of 2
tis is very bas
even mine blog ith 20 backlinks has a 3 PR
chk this link too
http://www.iwebtool.com/pagera.....johntp.com
David Bradley
November 29, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Looks like you took another hit John. I thought the TLA ads was the issue and reckon Google saw your affiliate banner at the top of the page. I hope they’re not following through from deranked sites via their comments and links to other blogs that have been cited….
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