BrilliantJeniAs some of you may know, my Google PageRank has inexplicably gone from a 3 to a 1. While I can’t be certain why, I did read Matt Cutt’s “heads up” earlier this week which indicates Google PageRank changes:
Hey folks, I wanted to let you know that new toolbar PageRank values should become visible over the next few days. I’m expecting that also in the next few days that we’ll be expiring some older penalties on websites. [post from Matt Cutts]
As most bloggers have come to learn, such updates tend to cause changes in our page ranks- sometimes for the worse.
I have also received a number of new links this week which may have contributed to the drop; particularly since several of these sites are PR 0/1 sites. I say, PR be damned! I’m happy to have the links and see what happens when these site ranks increase. In the meantime, with the loss of my beloved 2 points, I am inspired to focus on Google’s PageRank system this week. Let’s kick the week off with a little Sunday Link Love dedicated to outstanding page rank articles in the blogosphere:
- How do you know you got a Google page rank update- Imwithjoe.com (I absolutely love this guy- he knows what he’s talking about, and writes with character. If you’re not subscribed to his RSS, you’re missing out!)
- More info on Page Rank by Matt Cutts
- Are you chasing PageRank and SEO? at KiloBox by Wedge
- Why I promote Link Building Not Page Rank - by Breakaway at Link Bible.
- Microsoft Challenges Google PageRank by PerfectFact at The Human Network.
Have a link related to page rank on your blog? Post it below!
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Great article and kudos for not condemning the little guy for linking to you. Here’s an article from another blog that helped me: http://www.tysblog.com/2008/07/02/increase-your-pagerank/
Wow….thanks for the love! I just try
to be myself and hope people like it.
Posts like these really give me the
motivation to keep moving forward.
I really appreciate it…look forward
to reading more of your site….I
will add you to the feed farm!
Thanks a bunch for the link love!!! Hope it encouraged you… just don’t obsess over PageRank…
Thanks for the additional link Flyingblog. That is certainly a helpful article.
Good point LBB and something I plan to cover this week- (as soon as I clean up the earthquake mess in the office.) PageRank is certainly not something to prioritize and more importantly, a low PR does not mean you can’t reap the benefits of high search positioning. One of my sites is #1 on Google with over 2 million competing websites and receives well over 100k readers per month… yet fluctuates between a 1 and 2 page rank.
Great site. I will definitely visit for I can and need to learn a lot of this stuff. See ya on Plurk, V
Great post ! I want to know when you update your blog, where can i subscribe to your blog?
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