Comments on: What the heck is going on with pagerank? http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/ Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Las Vegas homes expert http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22955 Las Vegas homes expert Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:33:35 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22955 Your rank could have been affected due to a lot of your backlinks getting their page rank reduced as well. But its more likely a wonk from Big Brother Google. Your rank could have been affected due to a lot of your backlinks getting their page rank reduced as well. But its more likely a wonk from Big Brother Google.

]]> By: beth http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22953 beth Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:08:41 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22953 I got knocked down from a PR5 to a PR3 about 2 weeks ago on one site and from a PR3 to a PR2 on a new site I have. I hear they have really hit the blogs that do PPP and from what I can tell that's pretty much true. Of course, there are others. I took the 'no-follow' stuff off my blogs because I have heard that is a trigger to get PR reduced. I've also changed all my categories so that nothing has any keywords that would trigger the bots to think they are paid posts (hopefully!). They are saying they are doing it to have more accurate ratings as opposed to ratings that are falsely inflated because of buying links, etc. But they are also putting in misleading searches (i can't find the link to the article I read about that earlier this evening or I'd put it here). It seems to me they are just taking more control of the nets and hammering down some of their potential competition. My google adsense earnings have gone down by half even though I haven't seen that much difference in terms of traffic from google searches. Of course, it has drastically affected what I can make with PPP. I got knocked down from a PR5 to a PR3 about 2 weeks ago on one site and from a PR3 to a PR2 on a new site I have. I hear they have really hit the blogs that do PPP and from what I can tell that’s pretty much true. Of course, there are others.

I took the ‘no-follow’ stuff off my blogs because I have heard that is a trigger to get PR reduced. I’ve also changed all my categories so that nothing has any keywords that would trigger the bots to think they are paid posts (hopefully!).

They are saying they are doing it to have more accurate ratings as opposed to ratings that are falsely inflated because of buying links, etc. But they are also putting in misleading searches (i can’t find the link to the article I read about that earlier this evening or I’d put it here). It seems to me they are just taking more control of the nets and hammering down some of their potential competition.

My google adsense earnings have gone down by half even though I haven’t seen that much difference in terms of traffic from google searches. Of course, it has drastically affected what I can make with PPP.

]]> By: Jeff Quipp http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22935 Jeff Quipp Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:36:52 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22935 @ Randy ... precisely. Toolbar PageRank is merely a red herring! @ Randy … precisely. Toolbar PageRank is merely a red herring!

]]> By: Randy http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22901 Randy Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:17:42 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22901 Is anyone actually seeing traffic down, or just not liking their lowered page ranks? If it's just a lower page rank, then who cares, right? Is anyone actually seeing traffic down, or just not liking their lowered page ranks? If it’s just a lower page rank, then who cares, right?

]]> By: JasonJ http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22896 JasonJ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:20:42 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22896 It is really crazy. All my blogs went from PR 3 to PR 1 on this update, even though I have thousands of inbound links and my blogs are over 1 year old.... I know that's not 12 years old, but still crazy. I feel you pain. It is really crazy. All my blogs went from PR 3 to PR 1 on this update, even though I have thousands of inbound links and my blogs are over 1 year old…. I know that’s not 12 years old, but still crazy. I feel you pain.

]]> By: Henson Ray http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22890 Henson Ray Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22890 I hate Google. I hate Google Adsense. I hate Google Adwords. They are evil and karma is a bitch! It will all come back to bite them someday, and you will be the better for it. Don't stress on it. You still have a good site that people follow. So who cares what Google says. www.ithappenedinplainfield.com I hate Google. I hate Google Adsense. I hate Google Adwords. They are evil and karma is a bitch! It will all come back to bite them someday, and you will be the better for it. Don’t stress on it. You still have a good site that people follow. So who cares what Google says.

http://www.ithappenedinplainfield.com

]]> By: Beaman http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22889 Beaman Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:52:58 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22889 I just joined PPP this evening so looking forward to the challenge. My Technorati rank plummeted a few weeks back but my blog PR is steady at 5 and hasn't changed. I just joined PPP this evening so looking forward to the challenge. My Technorati rank plummeted a few weeks back but my blog PR is steady at 5 and hasn’t changed.

]]> By: Hoto http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22885 Hoto Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:48:45 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22885 It´s me again tricia. good to here that ppp doing a ralrank because i just went from 2 to 0 !!! rrrrrr my blog was new that´s right just 3 month old but, a lot of work i swear !!! sets see what happens with ppp. looking forward to it. It´s me again tricia. good to here that ppp doing a ralrank because i just went from 2 to 0 !!! rrrrrr

my blog was new that´s right just 3 month old but, a lot of work i swear !!!

sets see what happens with ppp. looking forward to it.

]]> By: Tricia http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22884 Tricia Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:38:19 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22884 Dee this site was a PR5 up to two weeks or so ago and as I said in my post I really was expecting it to go higher since it gains new links daily. It dropped to a 3 two weeks ago and is holding steady for now. It's my other sites that dropped to a zero (celebrity, gardening, two tech blogs, my husbands guitar and humor blogs and another general blog I write) ... all zeros when they were PR4, PR3 and Pr2 before these drops started. I've pretty much written Google off but it's still hard not to let it get to me when I've taken such a big hit across the board! Dee this site was a PR5 up to two weeks or so ago and as I said in my post I really was expecting it to go higher since it gains new links daily. It dropped to a 3 two weeks ago and is holding steady for now. It’s my other sites that dropped to a zero (celebrity, gardening, two tech blogs, my husbands guitar and humor blogs and another general blog I write) … all zeros when they were PR4, PR3 and Pr2 before these drops started.

I’ve pretty much written Google off but it’s still hard not to let it get to me when I’ve taken such a big hit across the board!

]]> By: Tricia http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22883 Tricia Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:34:46 +0000 http://www.feverishthoughts.com/2007/11/15/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-pagerank/#comment-22883 Hoto is your site fairly new? A PR 4 would have been nice but at least you are still a pr2 ... that's better than my 12 year old website and my year to year and a half year old blogs! LOL If you've been reading the Izea (ppp) blog you should know that they are bringing in Realrank next week so we'll all have a new system that gages our site ranks by traffic/visitors/page views. Once Izea is fully up and running in January anyone will be able to sign up - not necessarily to make money through the system but to use it as a ranking system ... you know if they promote it properly it could replace Google and a lot of other stat sites. Keep an eye on this! It's going to be BIG! Hoto is your site fairly new? A PR 4 would have been nice but at least you are still a pr2 … that’s better than my 12 year old website and my year to year and a half year old blogs! LOL

If you’ve been reading the Izea (ppp) blog you should know that they are bringing in Realrank next week so we’ll all have a new system that gages our site ranks by traffic/visitors/page views.

Once Izea is fully up and running in January anyone will be able to sign up - not necessarily to make money through the system but to use it as a ranking system … you know if they promote it properly it could replace Google and a lot of other stat sites. Keep an eye on this! It’s going to be BIG!

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