PR changed?

Has anyone else noticed many site's PR had dropped for 1 during this dance? I see A LOT of sites that were PR 7 and are now 6, PR 6 now 5 and PR 5 now 4!

Maybe Google changed the "values" needed for a certain PR (need more quality links then before)?

Many sites have had their backlinks cut drastically within the last two dances. I'm guessing that this is why so many sites have droped in PR

Almost all of our sites dropped one PR notch even though backlinks increased.

Yes, but ever asked WHY all backlinks dropped? Most are speculating Google's problems have to do with it - what about change in the way PR is assigned? With (close to?) 4 bilion sites indexed maybe there were just too many high PRs? Google changes PR requirements, many sites drop in PR for 1 and the result is: sites that had PR4 now have PR3 and are not showing in backlinks.

Just an idea...

It is a direct result of all the backlinks that have been cut. My PR went down from 6 to 5 this go round.

I think c4 has a good theory there. I have lost 1-3 PR points and a client has dropped from PR2 to PR0.

Hasn't affected SERPs though. I am ranking #1 in my niche and embarrassingly #1 in unrelated SERPs that have coinciding words.

I have the google toolbar, and have been very patiently waiting for someone else to ask this most basic of questions.. less I be thought the slow kid on the block... well darn-it already, I really am stuck....

please type slowly, cause I can't read so fast... how do I use the magic google toolbar to determin the PR.. I see the green line on my site, but it doesn't have a number.... HELP...!

I've been unable to detect any real pattern thus far based on my own sites....except that the backlinks/SERP changes have had little effect.

Backlinks have dropped on some sites while PR has increased, and the reverse on other sites.

Rankings have remained broadly the same though: drops or gains of 1-4 positions in the results which I believe I can put down to recent updates on those sites.

I have not experienced the horror stories of sites going from #1 or first page to nowhere which I've seen posted around the net, thankfully!

Maybe the lower quality links have been dropped because they had such a small impact on ranking anyway and that is why SERP's have remained fairly stable?

I only see spammy results which many have pointed out in the usual bad neighborhoods (real estate, travel etc.)

Backlinks are not dropped...only google counts now backlinks from a PR 4 or higher,...and many people had backlinks on site with a lower PR

regards, hans

Just move your mouse pointer over the green bar and you will find message saying something like "PageRank is Google's measure of the importance of this page (5/10)"

X in "(X/10)" is the toolbar PR of the site.

wm_asia:
Yes, I know Google is showing only sites with PR4 or higher as the results of link:www.domain.com query (perhaps I didn't make that clear eventhough I said "sites that had PR4 now have PR3 and are not showing in backlinks.").

C4... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU....

for the past several months, as I have read various chat room, news groups, BBS, etc... I Have been waiting for someone to say how to get the PR... all they ever said was you need the Google tool-bar,... which I got and still didn't see the PR...

Were I a woman and you a man, I would surely offer to have your child, but since I'm not, a handshake will HAVE to do....

Thanks again!:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :-D :grin:

"Were I a woman and you a man, I would surely offer to have your child, but since I'm not, a handshake will HAVE to do.... "

LOL :-D

You're welcome, allways glad to help a fellow airplane-lover ;) (am a sport pylot myself

My PR has gone up from 4 to 5 on my main site and I have a PR 4 on a new site (under 2 months old) there has been no change to my backlinks.

Some people have all the luck!! :-)

Results for the last dance:
My pr dropped from 5 to 4.
My inner pages' pr dropped from 4 to 2.
My backlinks dropped from about 50 , to 14.
however , my serps got better
and my traffic has almost doubled

i'm happy