SEOPTI - 2:29 pm on Dec 4, 2008 (gmt 0)

They definitely used the whois data in this case. I can clearly see the incoming links (PR) have been devalued by about 80% if not all of them at the time the non-private whois info came into play.

It's a site with only 5-7 URLs (offering a free widget) so I can rule out a lot of things. This site is 5 years old and never had any problems.

I reverted back to private and will see what happens.

[edited by: SEOPTI at 2:30 pm (utc) on Dec. 4, 2008]