Well, 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.
I'll continue to link to you, Andy and any other blog I find useful. If they penalize me then they have some serious issues to work out!! As a matter of fact, you'll see a link come in here in a few hours.
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?
Besides John Chow case it looks like only toolbar PR- at least for me. I still rank for the terms I was ranking few days ago. So maybe entire thing is nothing. I do think it will have some financial implications and I just hope it will involve a giant like eBay to pull the plug on PPC and make Google dance one more time.
My knitting blog got socked with a toolbar PR lowering too. Oh well….
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!
I’ll continue to link to you, Andy and any other blog I find useful. If they penalize me then they have some serious issues to work out!! As a matter of fact, you’ll see a link come in here in a few hours.
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?
Besides John Chow case it looks like only toolbar PR- at least for me. I still rank for the terms I was ranking few days ago. So maybe entire thing is nothing. I do think it will have some financial implications and I just hope it will involve a giant like eBay to pull the plug on PPC and make Google dance one more time.
My knitting blog got socked with a toolbar PR lowering too. Oh well….
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!
Although a lot of blogs have reported a loss of PR, very few have actually commented on the effect on traffic and SERP position.
Perhaps it is too early to tell
Although a lot of blogs have reported a loss of PR, very few have actually commented on the effect on traffic and SERP position.
Perhaps it is too early to tell
First of all, to ask people to stop linking to you is in a way saying that your site is dependent solely on Google's will.
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
Yes Teli,
I forgot to say they should stop linking if they depend on Google- I stand corrected 😉 . Nice to see you here.
First of all, to ask people to stop linking to you is in a way saying that your site is dependent solely on Google’s will.
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
Yes Teli,
I forgot to say they should stop linking if they depend on Google- I stand corrected 😉 . Nice to see you here.
That sucks. Some sites are hit even worse:
http://andybeard.eu/2007/10/pagerank-update.html
That sucks. Some sites are hit even worse:
http://andybeard.eu/2007/10/pagerank-update.html