pageoneresults - 3:23 pm on Jun 14, 2008 (gmt 0)

First Yahoo Directory, now BOTW too. Seems like even the "trusted" directories are getting grey-barred on their internal pages. It's tough to know if this is just a visual deterrant for people looking to buy links on high PR pages or whether these pages have actually been flagged as lower quality pages.

I would tend to agree with the premise that Google is manually adjusting TBPR on those websites that have trust. Notice how Matt said that Yahoo! had PR based on their internal systems. Well, I think the same applies to all those that are now gray. I mean, if your directory home page is PR6 and then everything under that is gray, and its been out there for a few years, and those pages are performing, I think we can assume that there is manual intervention at play.

It also puts an end to all the "Our link pages are PR4" type statements. No longer will advertisers be able to sell based on PR. It really puts a rather large kink in the armor as they say. ;)