How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2?

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-09-2010, 09:20 AM

I have a site that went from a PR2 to a PR0 in one of Google's recent PageRank changes.

That site is updated regularly, has tons of content and gets incoming links from decently-ranked sites, but, whatever.

Okay, so that site is a PR0.

I have another site. It has 2 or 3 pages that are not password-protected. It runs on an old, slow web server. Half the time (literally) the site is not even up because the web server has crashed and needs to be manually reset. There is no real content on the site, no keywords, nothing of particular interest to attract the search engines. Yet, it is a PR2.

Boggles the mind.

Not that I particularly mind. One day, I'll move that site to a more stable web server and if it's got PageRank to get started, that's fine by me. But, it's just weird that it's getting a PR2.

butters · 04-09-2010, 09:23 AM

Maybe google is realising that people manipulate SEO so much that they have stealth changed and looking for sites which are more normal... I personally got no idea :P just a theory.

Marhelper · 04-09-2010, 09:29 AM

I hear you. I have a site that is only 1 month old with a few pages and almost no backlinks yet it is a PR1???

johnsander1 · 04-09-2010, 09:37 AM

check your back links.are they coming from right place.May be your link removed and website is not penalized.

DavidO · 04-09-2010, 09:38 AM

The ranking system seems completely senseless! I have a site that went to PR3 the first year when it was pretty thin and crappy. The next year I really developed it with tons of good original content and baclinks. So what happened? It dropped to PR2 for more than 2 years!

It just recently regained PR3 but I don't really care any more because there's no sense to it.

milan · 04-09-2010, 09:49 AM

Well, PR0 and PR2 are both pretty low. It's not like you can base a theory on those two examples. It's really easy to get a site to PR2.
Who cares anyway. It's about Google rankings, not the Pagerank.

aandersen · 04-09-2010, 10:33 AM

you know if i would have posted this question in the Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum it would have been moved, complained about, i would have been called a noob, etc...

just sayin...

but to answer your question, many people noticed a lot of off the wall page rank changes this time around. my guess is that it has something to do with the roll out of caffine and Google trying to emphasize the need for people to stop giving PR so much weight.

halfpoint · 04-09-2010, 11:00 AM

What's the url of the site? Have you looked at it's backlinks?

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-09-2010, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pat Jackson

What's the url of the site? Have you looked at it's backlinks?

The only backlinks are from a couple of my own sites. The sites with the backlinks are PR3.

halfpoint · 04-09-2010, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

The only backlinks are from a couple of my own sites. The sites with the backlinks are PR3.

What about the actual pages that the links are on? Are they PR3? Are there any other outgoing links on those pages?

GMatthers · 04-09-2010, 11:10 AM

That is why i say. PR doesn't really mean that much. Its the SERPs only.

indexphp · 04-09-2010, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

I have another site. It has 2 or 3 pages that are not password-protected. It runs on an old, slow web server. Half the time (literally) the site is not even up because the web server has crashed and needs to be manually reset. There is no real content on the site, no keywords, nothing of particular interest to attract the search engines. Yet, it is a PR2.

Is the content on your PR0 site password-protected?

Jill Carpenter · 04-09-2010, 11:27 AM

I had a PR 2 that went to a 0 and back to a 2 in the last few months. It is loaded with content.

I have another site that was a 0 and it went up to a 2. This other site is a blog with only one or two posts - nothing to write home about as I am still working on what I'm going to do on it.

There is no rhyme or reason.

I occasionally look at PR - but over all it is not important to me. Traffic and conversions are what will make me money - not PR.

Michael Mayo · 04-09-2010, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aandersen

you know if i would have posted this question in the Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum it would have been moved, complained about, i would have been called a noob, etc...

just sayin...

Satisfied now?

Have a Great Day!
Michael
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jeffhard · 04-09-2010, 11:36 AM

i think that your link partners have removed your website... so they are not linking you till now.. when the PR updated.. your site gone to 2 to 0.. or maybe you tried to use some of blackhats tricks..

Michael Mayo · 04-09-2010, 11:44 AM

Dan, Some of my sites go from PR-0 to PR-4. I think every now and then someone at G
plays with a Yo-Yo that has an optical sensor on it.

If the only back links you have to the site are from your own then maybe you should check them to make sure one of them didn't get sand boxed or d-indexed.

Have a Great Day!
Michael

04-09-2010, 09:20 AM	#1
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butters Lee Bartlett War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Harlow, Essex, Uk Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 93 Thanked 178 Times in 136 Posts	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? Maybe google is realising that people manipulate SEO so much that they have stealth changed and looking for sites which are more normal... I personally got no idea :P just a theory.

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johnsander1 Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 86 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? check your back links.are they coming from right place.May be your link removed and website is not penalized.
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DavidO Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: United Kingdom, Spain Posts: 2,031 Thanks: 10 Thanked 101 Times in 58 Posts	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? The ranking system seems completely senseless! I have a site that went to PR3 the first year when it was pretty thin and crappy. The next year I really developed it with tons of good original content and baclinks. So what happened? It dropped to PR2 for more than 2 years! It just recently regained PR3 but I don't really care any more because there's no sense to it.

04-09-2010, 09:49 AM	#6
milan An Old Hippie War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: All Over Europe Posts: 1,596 Thanks: 114 Thanked 129 Times in 81 Posts Contact Info	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? Well, PR0 and PR2 are both pretty low. It's not like you can base a theory on those two examples. It's really easy to get a site to PR2. Who cares anyway. It's about Google rankings, not the Pagerank.
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04-09-2010, 10:33 AM	#7
aandersen Advanced Warrior Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 536 Thanks: 1,005 Thanked 231 Times in 151 Posts Contact Info	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? you know if i would have posted this question in the Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum it would have been moved, complained about, i would have been called a noob, etc... just sayin... but to answer your question, many people noticed a lot of off the wall page rank changes this time around. my guess is that it has something to do with the roll out of caffine and Google trying to emphasize the need for people to stop giving PR so much weight.

04-09-2010, 11:00 AM	#8
halfpoint Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,431 Thanks: 661 Thanked 201 Times in 134 Posts	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? What's the url of the site? Have you looked at it's backlinks?
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GMatthers Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? That is why i say. PR doesn't really mean that much. Its the SERPs only.

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jeffhard 360 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 95 Thanks: 7 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? i think that your link partners have removed your website... so they are not linking you till now.. when the PR updated.. your site gone to 2 to 0.. or maybe you tried to use some of blackhats tricks..
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Michael Mayo WSOGold.com War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA. Kentucky Posts: 4,414 Blog Entries: 16 Thanks: 1,561 Thanked 1,307 Times in 657 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How Can This Site Possibly be a PR2? Dan, Some of my sites go from PR-0 to PR-4. I think every now and then someone at G plays with a Yo-Yo that has an optical sensor on it. If the only back links you have to the site are from your own then maybe you should check them to make sure one of them didn't get sand boxed or d-indexed. Have a Great Day! Michael
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