Google PageRank Update Strikes Again
Google PageRank Update Lowers Rank on Many Popular Blogs & Websites Today
The suspected cause is the selling of text links, blog posts, paid reviews, and other paid content. Some have even wondered if the discontinued display of AdSense Ads is the cause.
Search Engine Land has compiled a list here.
Jennifer at Search Engine Guide has written an in depth post concerning nofollow links, page rank, blog spam and the like.
Mashable speaks of the Hypocrisy of link spam and ‘bad neighborhoods’ found in Google’s AdWords ads.
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Mine stayed the same so far, do you think they are done??
It is hard to say what this is about. I have read lots of theories, even that this was simply an overall correction. It does not seem to include only those who buy or sell links. I do not monetize my blog and I forget just when I stopped checking page rank, but I would be surprised if Google broadened this to affect search engine results, they need to keep the relevance.
I wasn’t affected by the drop, I stayed at zero just like before the updates.
I think they’re changing the algorithm and penalizing for paid links/posts. I don’t have any real evidence of it. I find it interesting that Google hasn’t bothered to post an official blog post about this. With so much chatter I expected at least a generic post about pagerank updates.