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Page Rank Is A Changing
Unfortunately not for the good :(
I noticed yesterday that my page rank had dropped. The drop was not drastic, but since it took a lot of hard work to get it from a 5 to a 6 it was very depressing to see it back at a 5.
First thing I did was check out my fav forum Web Pro World. Seems I am not the only one that is seeing the change, though not are all bad.
Now some are of the opinion that Page Rank really doesn't matter as long as you are still getting the traffic. In some respects I agree with that, but if nothing else I see page rank as a positive or negative Google 'handshake'.
It appears the scoop is the drop is from 'inter-linking' and/or 'selling links'. Well I do have links to sites I have created. I think that is just part of business, these are websites my company has created - the portfolio. I certainly don't have paid links. Some are also saying it is the Big Players that have been "spanked". Well I would not put my company in the Big Player category, at least the definition it seems they are using.
So why the drop?
Since paid links is not an issue my next step is checking out what is going on in my stats programs. Google Analytics and Crafty Syntax - Live Help, which I can use to communicate with folks who visit my site and more.
If you want to read an article about what is being called "Pagerank Smackdown" Click here.
Certainly one concern I have is that the 'hack' I had awhile back is now coming back to haunt me. (You can read more about that here Surely Google would check this considering I even posted a remark to Matt Cutts (not that I heard anything back) and they are saying sites were viewed by humans and not just a script. This is a scary thought.
One thing to keep in mind when reading this is that Page Rank and search rank and two different things. I checked a couple of keyword phrase search terms for my site and I am still doing ok.
Jan
I noticed yesterday that my page rank had dropped. The drop was not drastic, but since it took a lot of hard work to get it from a 5 to a 6 it was very depressing to see it back at a 5.
First thing I did was check out my fav forum Web Pro World. Seems I am not the only one that is seeing the change, though not are all bad.
Now some are of the opinion that Page Rank really doesn't matter as long as you are still getting the traffic. In some respects I agree with that, but if nothing else I see page rank as a positive or negative Google 'handshake'.
It appears the scoop is the drop is from 'inter-linking' and/or 'selling links'. Well I do have links to sites I have created. I think that is just part of business, these are websites my company has created - the portfolio. I certainly don't have paid links. Some are also saying it is the Big Players that have been "spanked". Well I would not put my company in the Big Player category, at least the definition it seems they are using.
So why the drop?
Since paid links is not an issue my next step is checking out what is going on in my stats programs. Google Analytics and Crafty Syntax - Live Help, which I can use to communicate with folks who visit my site and more.
If you want to read an article about what is being called "Pagerank Smackdown" Click here.
Certainly one concern I have is that the 'hack' I had awhile back is now coming back to haunt me. (You can read more about that here Surely Google would check this considering I even posted a remark to Matt Cutts (not that I heard anything back) and they are saying sites were viewed by humans and not just a script. This is a scary thought.
One thing to keep in mind when reading this is that Page Rank and search rank and two different things. I checked a couple of keyword phrase search terms for my site and I am still doing ok.
Jan
Labels: SEO
posted by Jan at
1:39 PM
