Are You Linking To Me?- Better Take Those Links Down!!!
October 24, 2007 – 8:02 amWell, I am not surprised. Evidently Google has decided to punish me as well. At least this may be looked as a consolation to other bloggers out there. Noticed I said consolation not justification.
The drop in page rank from PR4 to PR2 is significant I would say. So am I a bad neighborhood? I wish Google would put out a list of websites that are qualified as “bad websites to link to”. There are about 500 blogs out there that link to me, some have a site-wide blogroll links pointing my way. If you are one of those please consider to remove your link to my website. I am very serious about it- no offense will be taken.
Tags: Affiliate Marketing, Usual Rant
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Of course google changes all the time and no one can say for sure what they'll do next so it's up to each SEO or webmaster to track it for themselves.
I am not tracking copyblogger's pr but I can tell you it takes then more then a few days for the PR to settle,, it's more like weeks even months I've seen.
Jeff
Oh and Vlad,, you might want to start hiding your affiliate links with javascript so it doesn't look like that's all you are promoting. I believe google might penalize for sites that link out with a lot of affiliate links. Peace.
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On another note, your comment spam plugin may be affecting your site's rendering after a comment is submitted. The last time around, I received a page filled with your site's HTML code (took a quick screen shot if you need it, just e-mail me).
~ Teli
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Not necessarily so, Jeff.
You're correct that one shouldn't take too much stock in the green bar they see in their browser, but Google does fluctuate and the lowest number isn't always the final number.
Take Copyblogger for intance; although Brian's PR dipped down to 4, his final PR is 7 although it fluctuated between 4 and 7 for days. 4 was his new number, but it wasn't his final number.
If you truly want to see what your future/final pagerank will be, have a look at the PR Digger site that Brian linked out to. It gives you an general overview of what numbers the datacenters are giving off and you can guess your final number by looking at what the majority of them are saying.
In Vlad's case, it looks like you may be heading into a PR2 direction, though I must admit, I didn't take the time to count them.
~ Teli
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It's all a waiting game but I'd say if you are seeing a new pagerank # then that's what it will stay at once the google dance is all over.
Anyway, pagerank isn't all it's cracked up to be so I wouldn't worry about it.
Peace,
Jeff
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Thanks for stopping by. Strangely enough it looks like my site is back to PR 4- I guess now I do look like a fool...
But what about this coincident? My site is green and the bar is green! ;)
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I can tell you why it has really happened. It's because you link out too much. You have links to every widget imaginable on your site.. you freely link out to other websites and you're not getting enough links pointing at you to bring back all that pagerank you're giving away. Pagerank flows like water,, or electricity. If you have a bunch of leaks you'll lose a lot,, if you keep it tightly fit then you'll keep it secure and flowing in your direction.
Now, are you in a "bad neighborhood", I don't know. It of course depends on who links to you and who you link to. If you're linking to only authority type sites then you're ok. You can't be penalized for people linking to you.. or can you?
If you could be penalized for a certain person linking to you then you could essentially ruin anyones ranking simply by pointing tons of links to your site from some crappy link farm or other.
Pagerank in my opinion doesn't mean that much anymore. I wouldn't be worried too much about it unless your traffic drops way off. In that case it might be time to move the site. Your domain isn't that easy to remember. I had to search google to find your site... even after we have already talked.
I'm not a fan of Google anymore... They've pissed me off in more ways then one and I'm no longer supporting them... meaning I'm getting rid of using their services.. slowly but surely. Enough is enough and I see someone else taking over. It would be a breath of fresh air.
Anyway, keep your head high no matter what. Google can't stop you from doing what you want. Never forget that.
Regards,
Jeff
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http://andybeard.eu/2007/10/pagerank-update.html
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I forgot to say they should stop linking if they depend on Google- I stand corrected ;) . Nice to see you here.
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People tend to forget that it's not necessarily about PageRank, but it's about your "traffic" rank (to invent a word). If the people who link to you do so with good intentions, then let those links be.
What truly matters are the people they are sending to read the valuable content you have here.
Keep providing good content, helping people, and everything should sort itself out in time. Nothing is carved in stone yet, and until your Google rankings and traffic start dropping, it's nothing to worry about really.
Just my 2 cents. ;)
~ Teli
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Perhaps it is too early to tell
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But as for BigBucksBlogger, all good sites in this area monetize. So, all either run affiliate links, paid links, sponsored posts etc. Obviously I'm not going to stop linking or ask them to stop linking to the sites that give good SEO / monetizing advice. I mean... sheesh!
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I know it's probably too early for you to tell, but have you heard of any of these blogs losing SERP positions or just toobar PR?
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