Written on October 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am by Darren Rowse
Competition: Create a Slogan for Bloggers Hit by the Page Rank Slam of October 07
Lets lighten the mood around here a little and have a little fun with this whole Page Rank Update – it’s time for a competition.
The winner gets a 3 month subscription to Brian’s new Teaching Sells program – worth $97. If you’ve already bought it then you get a refund.
The competition is simple – design a slogan for bloggers hit by the PageRank hit that Google dished out yesterday. Submissions will be received in the comments of this post for the next 24 hours.
- Entries can be in any form you want – image, video or text (perhaps a little banner ad that bloggers can put on their blogs might work?). Get as creative as you like.
- One entry per person.
- Brian and I will select a winner tomorrow.
Here’s one I quickly whipped up – I’m sure a lot of you can do much better though!

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Update
The Sydney Morning Herald just published an article about the page rank shenanigans of the last 48 hours. You can read it at WWW spooked by Google algorithm tweak.
PS: it’s an old picture and not my computer – I didn’t trade in my MacBook Pro :-)
Update: I’ve closed comments on this as the 24 hour deadline is up. Thanks for everyone for entering! Now Brian and I need to sort through them all to find a winner – give us a day or two, there’s a lot here!



145 Responses to “Competition: Create a Slogan for Bloggers Hit by the Page Rank Slam of October 07” - Add Yours
Vern
October 26th, 2007 11:37 am
“You can knock us down in rank, and STILL we’re making bank!”
Sotek
October 26th, 2007 11:39 am
What’s up with this PageRank craze lately!? Who cares!? Everybody knows Google uses dozens (if not hundreds) of other techniques and algorithms to determine its search engine rankings. Please stop it! It’s not funny and honestly, lame. Write better content and don’t bullshit the system.
Daniel
October 26th, 2007 11:50 am
‘PR0 and $10k a moth – Sucks it Google’
Daniel
October 26th, 2007 11:51 am
SHOULD BE:
‘PR0 and $10k a moth – Suck it Google’
Ben Evert
October 26th, 2007 11:52 am
What, Me worry? More to life than page rank.
Rt the fitness guy
October 26th, 2007 11:53 am
To update or not to update, that is the question….
Safi
October 26th, 2007 12:01 pm
When your blog monstrously overshadows any other blog out there, it’s only fair that Google give you a “Page Rank Handicap” … its just their way of leveling the playing field. :)
(at least thats their way of seeing things)
When you get “handicapped” by Google, you should think of it as a huge compliment and a challenge…only the best bloggers can continue to dominate the blogging scene, even with their Google Page Rank handicap.
alex
October 26th, 2007 12:13 pm
My PageRank fell and all I got was this lousy tag line.
Michael
October 26th, 2007 12:15 pm
Google Handicap: 3
Meg
October 26th, 2007 12:15 pm
Here’s my image
http://blogpond.com.au/images/bohicaPR.gif
Yax
October 26th, 2007 12:16 pm
Dipsy Doodle Google
Sly from Slyvisions.com
October 26th, 2007 12:16 pm
“Google took our rank, but they can’t take us down.”
Sly from Slyvisions.com
Willy
October 26th, 2007 12:16 pm
After they updated PageRank, I thought someone might be reading our YaGoogley.
If you haven’t seen Zoolander, you probably won’t get it.
kat
October 26th, 2007 12:17 pm
http://imageshack.us
kat
October 26th, 2007 12:19 pm
Bummer, my image didn’t show up.
But anyway, I can email it to ya, it says,
Thank you Google! May I have another?
I call it the Google spank…LOL
Darren Rowse
October 26th, 2007 12:21 pm
if you have an image or vid – just leave us a link to it
chtanxw
October 26th, 2007 12:21 pm
I am thinking the “no smoking” sign here!
“No PR”!!!!!
Dan Schulz
October 26th, 2007 12:22 pm
“I got blog-slapped by Google.”
Andy Beard
October 26th, 2007 12:27 pm
“I was DEFAMED By Google”
Ritu
October 26th, 2007 12:34 pm
” Pagerank is like gambling,
forget it , ignore it,
and keep on rambling ” ;-)
Blogging Success Journey
October 26th, 2007 12:35 pm
Here’s mine :
http://bloggers-journey.com/wp-content/uploads/google-pr.jpg
Douglas Karr
October 26th, 2007 12:36 pm
Poogled, Goggled, Gaggled
Ronald Huereca
October 26th, 2007 12:36 pm
Blame it on the lousy PR department.
Gyutae Park
October 26th, 2007 12:48 pm
I put my page rank slogan as a post on my blog: http://www.winningtheweb.com/page-rank-slogan.php
But if you just want a screen shot of it, go here:
http://www.winningtheweb.com/wp-content/uploads/page-rank-screen.jpg
Jeremy Steele
October 26th, 2007 12:49 pm
“PR? They’re Still Using That Thing?”
Ian
October 26th, 2007 12:55 pm
Page Rankled
Kelvin Kao
October 26th, 2007 1:05 pm
I’ve been hit but I sure am bouncy.
Michael Beck
October 26th, 2007 1:06 pm
Here’s my submission:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d130/wingedwheel78/forums/newgooglepageranksystem.png
Mike Goad
October 26th, 2007 1:11 pm
PageRank…
Who Cares?
We do it the old fashioned way.
We earn it.
( and, of course all of the above would be centered)
Aaron Brazell
October 26th, 2007 1:14 pm
Blame it on the PR folks.
Chris Jacobson
October 26th, 2007 1:19 pm
“Google slapped me and all I got was a bigger pay check and more traffic. This rules!”
John Pachecus
October 26th, 2007 1:21 pm
Here’s mine :
Downgraded by Google
thirstan
October 26th, 2007 1:21 pm
http://www.mypanicblog.com/googlebombed.jpg
Moses Francis
October 26th, 2007 1:23 pm
Got DeRanked?
A Blog about Nothing
October 26th, 2007 1:27 pm
Here’s mine, click image for full size (if all works like it should that is)…
A Blog about Nothing
October 26th, 2007 1:31 pm
Imagine that it didn’t work. Ok so try this…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/bsd13/blogstuff/wheresmypr.jpg
elizabeth
October 26th, 2007 1:32 pm
I’m graphically challenged, so no pictures from me.
Losing some pagerank ain’t no thing
When you got a blog that’s got the bling!
Darren Rowse
October 26th, 2007 1:51 pm
some of these have had me in stitches – nice work all. just 22 hours to go!
Lowell
October 26th, 2007 1:54 pm
PageRank: Google get Frugal
Starfeeder
October 26th, 2007 1:56 pm
You just got PRwwned!
kat
October 26th, 2007 1:57 pm
“if you have an image or vid – just leave us a link to it”
Ok. Here’s the link to my entry/pic
http://www.mysinglemomlife.com/blog/archives/2007/10/google_spanked.php
John T.
October 26th, 2007 1:58 pm
Google can dish out a lickin’, but our sites will keep on tickin’
Lisa
October 26th, 2007 1:59 pm
“B#@%h Slapped by Google”
next STEPH
October 26th, 2007 2:11 pm
“We got knocked down,
but we’ll get up again,
PageRank won’t keep us down.”
Eureka Diary
October 26th, 2007 2:13 pm
“On a scale from 1 to Stupid my PageRank is a 10″
Mark
October 26th, 2007 2:20 pm
“Pranked”
tom wall
October 26th, 2007 2:21 pm
http://www.funnysworth.wordpress.com
Miracle
October 26th, 2007 2:29 pm
Deranked By Google.
Endorsed By You!
Image
Rhonda
October 26th, 2007 2:36 pm
Darren, how’s this…
I got Scroogled! Hopefully the image worked!
Rhonda
October 26th, 2007 2:41 pm
if the image doesn’t work here’s the link:
http://www.ourweddingplus.com/graphx/Screwgled.gif
Rhonda
NetCritics
October 26th, 2007 2:43 pm
Another two entries :)
http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=783246hammerandeggjv7.jpg
and
http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=googlemoogleca6.jpg
:)
James
October 26th, 2007 2:49 pm
PageRank? We don’t need no stinking PageRank!
Search* Engines Web
October 26th, 2007 2:56 pm
———————–
* PR Jail
or
* PR-ison
———————————————–
BTW:
THIS IS WHERE THE IDEA ORIGINATED. Here is the official entire list of blogs and Websites (but it is on a private Google intranet)
blogoscoped.com/forum/110901.html
Louiss
October 26th, 2007 2:56 pm
google slap us, we kick google ass out.
Lani
October 26th, 2007 2:58 pm
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc2/austinphotobucket/GOOGLE.jpg
Mark
October 26th, 2007 3:05 pm
“Google B|#ch-slapped me and all I got was this lousy slogan!”
John Pachecus
October 26th, 2007 3:17 pm
Hello again..
I added an image to my slogan
Downgraded by Google
http://www.articler.com/pics/downgraded-by-google.jpg
derek
October 26th, 2007 3:34 pm
Tyra Banks speaks out about Google:
http://dereksemmler.com/images/tyra_google_so_what.jpg
blackysky
October 26th, 2007 3:36 pm
I was listening to kanye west song when I hit this page
what about that don’t kill me
Can only make me stronger
blackysky
October 26th, 2007 3:46 pm
I forgot to put my pic link
http://www.blackysky.com/pictures/bloggerstronger.jpg
Jon - Art of Money
October 26th, 2007 3:53 pm
Google Page Rank Updates Leaving You Feeling Limp?
Blog Viagra – Two Small Blue Capsules and You’ll Feel Like You’re on the Technorati Top 100 List!
Real Client Testimonial:
“After the last Google slapdown I was left with a PR of 4, but my wife got me a bottle of Blog Viagra and now I’m feeling like a PR7 again … I’m blogging all night long”
Anuj Seth
October 26th, 2007 3:56 pm
“Google Who??”
Pearl
October 26th, 2007 4:02 pm
I’m not even ranked! (or am at zero) but I feel for all who got affected!
http://fresh-perspectives.net/2007/10/dont-let-it-bring-you-down.html
SportSayer
October 26th, 2007 4:08 pm
Here is mine (multiple variations):
http://www.sportsayer.com/google-pagerank-victims.php
Also, Darren, where can I get more info on the Bonus day at BlogWorld Expo? Location, signup info, ect… was not include in your post.
Carlo Selorio
October 26th, 2007 4:15 pm
Pagerank Slapped United! Do You Think We Care?
fantomaster
October 26th, 2007 4:21 pm
Let’s be constructive, folks – how about implementing an alternative? Here’s a suggestion:
http://saloonix.stripgenerator.com/2007/10/26/ragerank-rules.html
nkmedia
October 26th, 2007 4:23 pm
Q3. When Google declared war on webmasters.
Sweta
October 26th, 2007 4:37 pm
Google is Threaten by SEO!!
rob
October 26th, 2007 4:44 pm
Love the subtlety of the underlying message
How bout, “This blog is Google sneered but reader cheered”
Rhys
October 26th, 2007 4:52 pm
Hi,
I’ve included my entry “Kicked In The Googlies” on my latest post:
http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2007/10/bollocks-to-google.html
Daniel Ted Feliciano
October 26th, 2007 4:54 pm
Google the Ogre
Shawn Farner
October 26th, 2007 4:58 pm
We lost rank but never sank.
Sara
October 26th, 2007 5:15 pm
Darren,
The graphics were superfast, but let’s just consider it a concept piece =)
Scroogle
Sara
Phil
October 26th, 2007 5:29 pm
Ha! You do all clearly care, I bet some of you didn’t even lose PR and you still write about it.
CashQuests
October 26th, 2007 5:37 pm
“Unreliably basing our link valuations on Alexa since 2007.
Ibrahem AbdelGhany
October 26th, 2007 6:08 pm
http://filaty.com/i/710/d1662a4.penalized by google.jpg
Ibrahem AbdelGhany
October 26th, 2007 6:12 pm
Sorry Darren.. once again
http://filaty.com/i/710/d1662a4.penalized_by_google.jpg
Motti
October 26th, 2007 6:23 pm
Just thinking will are not fighting against Google but we are competing between ourselves.
So here is my point of view:
http://ultimate-adsense.xtraez.com/private/pictures/Problogger_Competition.jpg
chris Pinchen
October 26th, 2007 6:35 pm
http://slowspain.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/googles.jpg
Bee
October 26th, 2007 6:43 pm
“PageDunked and proud”
Darren D
October 26th, 2007 6:47 pm
I have a question for everyone who has been hit by this page rank reduction. Have you suffered a corresponding reduction in Google traffic?
If the answer is no, then what’s the problem? Can anyone point to a direct correlation between page rank and search traffic? Has this blog suffered a 33% drop in such traffic?
James
October 26th, 2007 7:02 pm
Hi Darren, my slogan is:
“PR11, because I’m worth it.”
My image:
http://blog-money-wiki.com/images/misc/pagerank11.gif
Cheers,
James
Bill Perry
October 26th, 2007 7:03 pm
“Google – Completely, totally and utterly beating up PageRank AND ego all at the same time!”
James
October 26th, 2007 7:11 pm
http://blog-money-wiki.com/images/misc/pagerank11.gif
Neil Matthews
October 26th, 2007 7:28 pm
Here is my PageSpanked Logo
http://www.fraudulent-clicks.com/pagespanked/pagespanked.gif
Pete Moore
October 26th, 2007 7:30 pm
Theres no point in getting vexed
If you were hit by googleplex
Lets spread a little cheer
By cracking open another beer ;-)
Pete
Neil Matthews
October 26th, 2007 7:31 pm
While I’m on a roll, a Page Rank haiku
my page rank has dropped
google does not control me
site will rise again
Newsniche
October 26th, 2007 7:39 pm
“If you can read this then your Page Rank has been lowered”
Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com
October 26th, 2007 7:51 pm
Google Trick – No Treat
Matt Jones
October 26th, 2007 7:58 pm
The bar is always greener on the other blog
Zac
October 26th, 2007 8:49 pm
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7073/googleprwd9.jpg
Alfredo
October 26th, 2007 8:58 pm
Here’s mine.
“GOOGLE CAN DROP MY PR BUT IT CAN’T DROP MY TRAFFIC”
Amrit Hallan - Content Blog
October 26th, 2007 9:26 pm
Here’s the link to my entry :-)
http://www.contentblog.net/globalimages/pagerank.gif
Silky
October 26th, 2007 9:38 pm
Hmm, how about:
“Google ate my Page Rank”
as an oh so amusing parody of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Starr#Freddie_Starr_.22ate_my_hamster.22
Tom
October 26th, 2007 9:48 pm
http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/TomasP78/?action=view¤t=Untitled-1.gif
Yes it looks like kiddydraw … supposed to be ;)
Clement
October 26th, 2007 10:06 pm
Just wondering about all this noise about PR. Let Google do it their own way.It is theirs. Concentrate on improving your blog and writing good articles. If your blog is great like Darren’s traffic will always be there for you. Period!
Sangesh
October 26th, 2007 10:07 pm
Clickdi click, its the Google’s trick.
Clement
October 26th, 2007 10:16 pm
Just a small stupid question. We hear a lot about Google’s PR? What sort of page ranking mechnanisms do other search engines (Yahoo!, Ask) use?
Contest Beat
October 26th, 2007 10:37 pm
Hi there
I blogged about your contest here – http://www.contestbeat.com/want-a-400-portrait/
All we do is write about contests in the blogosphere so hopefully we can send you a few more entries too!
Regards, Matt.
Hyder
October 26th, 2007 11:00 pm
Here’s Mine!
“You May Take Our PageRank, But You’ll Never Take Our Freedooooom!!!”
Link To Image
Dom
October 26th, 2007 11:08 pm
PageTanked!
Travis Seitler
October 26th, 2007 11:10 pm
PageRankl’d!
Looks like Ian beat me to it–but I like the Flickr-slash-Teen-Girl-Squad spelling better. ;)
Wayne Liew
October 26th, 2007 11:19 pm
Google Mowed Our Lawns, Here Comes Google’s Dawn
Juggling Frogs
October 26th, 2007 11:21 pm
“Member: Rank Slam 2007″
I was hoping to get my first ranking. I started my blog in May, and have hundreds of natural back-links, and I’m still at page rank 0. (Only difference since the update is that now it’s a white bar, not a greyed-out bar.)
Meet
October 26th, 2007 11:42 pm
“Is this a Google or PR drop” :D
Juggling Frogs
October 26th, 2007 11:45 pm
Oops, forgot to add the link:
Proud Member of PageSlam 2007
Ken Y-N
October 26th, 2007 11:47 pm
Darren – great competition idea! My newly-launched web toy perhaps sums it up?
Your brain at PageRank 6:
http://brainscannr.com/brainscannr.gif?name=PageRank%206
Your brain at PageRank 4:
http://brainscannr.com/brainscannr.gif?name=PageRank%204
Thiru
October 26th, 2007 11:55 pm
http://picasaweb.google.com/tmurugan/HowToLive/photo#5125642552177198834
Eureka Diary
October 27th, 2007 12:05 am
“PR bitchslapped – the highest form of flattery”
My PR gets holllowed
I don’t use no follow
Hey Google… suck on this:
Worst Search Engine
Simonne
October 27th, 2007 12:10 am
Creative Idea: the google slam brought us closer together
Slogan: Bridged over the Grand Slam
Image elements: something related to the bridge game (either some cards, or a bridge table, or a hand holding some cards), plus the word Grand has to be written with Google typeface and colors.
Matt
October 27th, 2007 12:39 am
United Color of PageRank (125px x 125px) :
http://www.blogsbd.fr/blog/uploads/united-color-pagerank.png
Caleb
October 27th, 2007 12:55 am
“Down but not out”
Bitten
October 27th, 2007 1:04 am
Bloggers: “Pagerank’s not so important”
Google: “Ah, your blog’s not so important either”
Mohsin
October 27th, 2007 1:15 am
Since all of you PRO bloggers have been targeted by Google, here’s a little badge to tell the world how important Google thinks you are.
http://bloggingbits.com/pro.png
I hope everyone gets the irony :)
Truden
October 27th, 2007 1:28 am
“Let’s make Google search irrelevant”
Read how to do it.
redwall_hp
October 27th, 2007 1:30 am
Nice graphic, Moshin. IT might be easier to understand if you slashed the zero though (like in old BASIC listings :D ).
Leslie M-B
October 27th, 2007 1:41 am
PageTanked!
Paul Nilsen
October 27th, 2007 1:42 am
Google Pagerank – The beatings will continue until morale improves!
Caroline Middlebrook
October 27th, 2007 2:07 am
Hi Darren, great idea :-)
This is not a slogan, but instead I have created a LOLCATS-style cartoon strip that represents what I feel is the importance of PageRank now. I hope that it would bring a smile to the face of somebody who’s PR had dropped. It’s up on my blog here:
http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/blog/pagerank-lolcats/
Nick
October 27th, 2007 2:15 am
“The Google diet: My page rank went from a ten to a four in only 24 hours!”
Mark
October 27th, 2007 2:37 am
Hey Darren –
Great idea! I was just wondering how I would use this photo I recently snapped of two love struck cows here in the Caribbean…Enter your contest :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10294395@N08/1761487330/in/photostream
If it puts a smile on your face please give me a vote.
Best,
Mark
ps – just noticed FLICKR is sometimes giving a “stack overflow” error…just hit okay and you should get the picture.
Sonia Simone
October 27th, 2007 2:43 am
“This site is proud to be Google-independent since 2007″
Fred
October 27th, 2007 3:28 am
Don’t Panic!
BloggingContest
October 27th, 2007 3:49 am
Hello,
Just Blogged about your contest. You can find it at the url below.
http://www.bloggingcontest.com/win-a-3-month-subscription-to-the-new-teaching-sells-program-worth-97-ends-in-24-hours/
John Place
October 27th, 2007 4:06 am
To the Tune of Milli Vanilli’s “Blame it on the Rain”:
Blame it on the RANK,
Because it’s fallen,
Blame it on the RANK,
that fell last night
Whatever you do,
don’t put the blame on you,
just Blame on the RANK… Yeah.. Yeah…
Mariella
October 27th, 2007 4:08 am
“PageRank? That’s so 2006.”
Mike
October 27th, 2007 4:23 am
My entry to the competition can be found here:
http://www.twentysteps.com/images/chuck-sidebar.jpg
However, I got a bit carried away…
http://www.twentysteps.com/friday-fun/
Oops…
Rose
October 27th, 2007 4:36 am
Great idea Darren. Looking forward to what everyone comes up with.
Andrew G.R.
October 27th, 2007 4:39 am
PageRank, as relevant as CopRock.
Shawn Farner
October 27th, 2007 5:06 am
My tagline (somewhere above) inspired a poem. Forgive me, I’m an English major.
I am the captain of my words
I sail so that they might be heard
I float beneath the sunny skies
or stormy ones if God defies
And God is one we cannot see
He makes the rules so slaves are we
His name beginning with a G
Two O’s, one G, one L, one E
He leads us as he keeps us blind
When people search and try to find
We have the answers but they’re tossed
We are outranked and so they’re lost
But we may fight this tyranny
From he who starts with letter G
And though we may have lost our rank
Our ships, our words, they never sank
Andrew Ferguson
October 27th, 2007 5:09 am
PageWhat?
Bank
October 27th, 2007 5:13 am
Google did it again!
Joe
October 27th, 2007 5:19 am
http://funuselessstuff.blogspot.com/2007/10/image-contest.html
McBilly
October 27th, 2007 5:27 am
Great idea Darren! I’m also loving the Teaching Sells Brian!
Here is my entry. Hope I win!
http://www.mcbilly.com/2007/10/27/google-pagerank-parody/
Manojit
October 27th, 2007 6:18 am
“I’ll be back” (as in Terminator by Schwarzenegger)
Thilo
October 27th, 2007 6:36 am
GOOGLE… I don’t care, but your users care!!!
Geek-more.com
October 27th, 2007 7:14 am
here’s my entry
Thomas
Geek-more.com
October 27th, 2007 7:20 am
here’s my entry
It’s animated. You have to wait about 3 seconds before it does anything.
Thomas
Geek-more.com
October 27th, 2007 7:22 am
Sorry those don’t work. :-/
here’s the URL
http://bp2.blogger.com/_22t3YOPC0rA/RyJZnGJSQ4I/AAAAAAAAAFI/mRBvyY1kE7I/s1600-h/PRanimation.gif
Thomas
Wendy Piersall
October 27th, 2007 7:37 am
I cant has pagerank?
[Not an entry into the contest, just wanted to play along :) ]
James Wilcox
October 27th, 2007 8:03 am
Here’s my impression of Google to the rest of the world…especially bloggers.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2260/1764838007_fb80d9291b.jpg?v=0
Chris
October 27th, 2007 10:33 am
This is a parody of the Montana Anti-Meth Ad available at http://www.montanameth.org/ads/run/sister_type.jpg
“My Sister Always Looked Up To Me. Even After I Made Her A Pagerank Addict.”
Corinne Edwards
October 27th, 2007 12:15 pm
My suggeston:
WHO ARE YOU WRITING FOR? GOOGLE OR THE UNIVERSE?
Chris
October 27th, 2007 1:10 pm
Hi Darren, Your PR is back up to 6 on the toolbar and on Iwebtool’s PR checker!
I lost 1 point of PR from two pages, but it those two points seem to have migrated to a previously unranked page that now has a PR 2.
Maybe things will shakeout for everyone during the next week.
FIRE Finance
October 27th, 2007 1:44 pm
!! PAGE RANK HIT YET I AM FIT !!
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