Comments on: The Google Page Rank Pendulum Swings…. Again

By: Stephen C. Rose

Stephen C. Rose — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:05:34 +0000

Thanks for the clear help on requesting reconsideration. I got bumped from 5-4 and it does make a personal difference to me. All I have done is add a few blogs to my blogroll and I do that regardless of their page rank. If I like them it makes no difference.

By: Luxury Hotels

Luxury Hotels — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:07:24 +0000

I really don’t think PageRank plays a very big part in a site’s overall placements on Google. I’ve been lucky enough to retain my PR4 whilst competitor sites have seen their PR decrease, but I can’t say it’s had much impact, if any, on our placements.

By: Matthew Clark

Matthew Clark — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:06:31 +0000

Thanks for the information, I have been working on increasing my Page Rank for sometime and had made some great headway and then in one day to go back to the beginning. The comments and the story make me wonder do I need to focus on Page Rank as much as I have been and I guess the answer is no.

By: SEO Alchemist

SEO Alchemist — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:01:26 +0000

I’m pleased to say that that update didn’t do me any harm, although some webmasters I knew weren’t so lucky. A year on an the same Google Dance is being played.

By: ThorpeCottage

ThorpeCottage — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:40:54 +0000

I’m not so sure the page rank has as much weight as it used to have. Low ranked sites can be on page 1 of Google and higher ranking sites with more daily traffic can be indexed further back on Google. Its not getting any easier, thats for sure.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:54:48 +0000

Anyone been affected by the Jul-Aug 2008 pagerank swing…? Expecting to regain ground if you lost it in this round?

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:17:48 +0000

Re : Alistair’s comments – I get LOTS of traffic via this one – a bit like some of those you mention but much more personal – see http://www.uk-expo.com/bnb/

By: Lake District Accommodation

Lake District Accommodation — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:10:06 +0000

Another point is this, how does google determine linking/cross linking against paid for links? One way they could do this is to check whether links are between sites on the same IP block / IP address – if so they are highly unlikely to be ‘paid for’. However, there are tonnes of sites linking to each other without penalty. The thing to bare in mind is that Google has always stated that it rather solve the problem via the algorithm as opposed to direct intervention as this is the only long-term solution for a viable index.

By: Lake District Accommodation

Lake District Accommodation — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:41:15 +0000

I personally think PR is not as important as it was. Google seems to be steering down a lexical keywords / page keyword density route (back to the old days of excite! in 96). Link text is still as important as ever, both internal and external. Whatever, Google is doing these days they seem to be purposefully leaving themselves open to increased manipulation by SEO professionals and weakening the index as a whole. I mean bulk cross-linking and lexical keywords stuffing in titles, they should have an algorithm to kick that stuff out, shouldn’t they? but I plead guilty on all counts;)

By: Dr. Barnes

Dr. Barnes — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:54:52 +0000

Our 6 year old site http://www.medassistant.org just went from a PR4 to a PR 2 overnight, yet we are ranking well for keywords. Does anyone have a theory and is this something we should be concerned about? thanks!!

By: Lake District Cottages

Lake District Cottages — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:19:58 +0000

this is an excellent article, but what can I do to increase traffic to my site, if not increase PR ?

By: Alistair

Alistair — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:17:17 +0000

Hi there Grassmere bed and breakfast,

Can I suggest you submit your site to google…please read:

http://www.google.com/submit_content.html

Do not worry about Page Rank – you can have a very high page rank but score very low in google search results.

I also suggest adding your site to places like:
http://www.iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk
and
http://www.bedandbreakfasts.co.uk

(they are top of google when Grasmere and Bed and Breakfast is googled)

Hope this helps

Alistair

By: Grasmere bed and breakfast

Grasmere bed and breakfast — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:46:30 +0000

Can anyone tell me how long it will take before my site gets a PageRank and appears well on Google. I have just taken over a Guest House in Grasmere and I have a brand new domain and the site only went live yesterday. I have started building some directory links, but I am wanting to know roughly how long it will take before the site is generating bookings?

By: cd

cd — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:24:33 +0000

This is my best site: good quality, unique subjects. Still I have cover the cost + my time spending blogging it. PG has dropped from 4 to 0. That’s freaking nut!!!! I do sell TLA + Linkworth and have Amazon affiliates. But what is it that we suppose to do. Spend a huge chunk of a day and provide information for free? Geez! So let say I removed Linkworth which is at the sidebar. Will TLA embedded in post + Amazon affiliate link hurt my side?

Thanks

By: enfopedia

enfopedia — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:11:02 +0000

What can a new site expect to receive from Google in Terms of Ranks, ex: PR 3, PR4..etc

Any comments would be great.

By: Jenny (staylakes)

Jenny (staylakes) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:50:33 +0000

I want to keep hold of my PR4 so I’m definitely going to steer clear of buying directory links.

By: Kudos Investment Property

Kudos Investment Property — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:56:57 +0000

I too have been penalised by Google during this most recent update in PageRank. I wonder why Google is being so harsh this time around?

By: London Photographer

London Photographer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:46:19 +0000

What is Google doing with its PageRank? My site has just dropped down from a PR2 to PR1.

By: Mike Andrew

Mike Andrew — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:51:04 +0000

I didn’t experience any fall in PageRank around the time of the October PR update by Google, but in late February 2008 I have seen many sites, including my own SEO company site experienced a drop in PageRank. I understand paid links can cause a site’s PR to fall but I can confirm that no inbound links have been purchased and no outbound links have been sold.
In all the years I’ve been engaged in SEO work this is the first time I’ve ever taken a hit in PageRank.
What other explanations are there for a drop in PR?

By: Max

Max — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:54:31 +0000

This is what ticks me off about Google…