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Three of my sites went from PR5 to 3 last month and are now back to 5.
Anyone else?
one thing - i was making two new sites last months or so i think. they are now included in google BUT both have pr 0! one of sites is not even finsihed, a lot of missing pages.
is this normal to have new sites "debute" in google as pr 0? i cant imagine the way why would they get pr 0 and what could cause this? sites are nice, clean, I especially careful not to do something wrong.they are affilaite and lead to another site in the end but that cant be the reason or since 80% or more biz sites in web are basically affilaite sites. should i wait another month? if anyone has suggestion before putting my site in profile for googleguy to check.is it common to get pr 0 at first inclusion in google? sites have no external links pointing to them.
Brand new site, set up a few links from external sites (only about 4/5), site is just in Yahoo! and its PR0 already!
Danny, not sure if you're right? Shouldn't the toolbar be grey to start with?
Serious panic stations here....
J
but this time as far as i rememeber there or NO other sites or pages linking to this site. would that mean that site that has NO links pointing to it - that it is normal to have pr 0? site is like 10 pagesand has outgoing links but no incoming links from other pages or sites.
i would be extremly happy if that is the case.
liane, of of my sites got back to pr 4 (from pr 2)
I just looked again and it's back to PR7. I've got to get away from the computer today!
Anne
I just looked again and it's back to PR7. I've got to get away from the computer today!
Yeah ... mee too. I just checked again and they are back to PR3. I guess its just not settled yet. (I hope). I am keeping my fingers crossed though.
(Got to go finish my packing for the move tomorrow. I also have to find a new driver as the truck driver I had hired decided to cancel on me today. Man, this is becoming a major pain!)
Good luck to everyone with the SERPS and PR. I won't be around for the next few days.
Last month, I had a brand new site appearing in Google with PR0; this month, it has a PR4. So, itīs a fact that a new site may first appear with PR0 and move up from there.
The difference is that I already had links pointing to it, and you say thereīs no links at all to your page. Some people said that just by visiting their "under development" pages with the toolbar on was enough to let GG know about the page.
<added> Oh yes, my PR dropped last month and seems to be back up this month. It is nice to see the extra green but my rankings and traffic stayed the same the whole time so I wasn't too bothered.
It "appears" that one of my sites has regained its PR7 after a drop to PR6 last month, although it still drops down to PR6 every now and then. Another site went up from PR5 to PR6 for the first time, but that makes sense as I've done a lot with it over the past couple of months, including finding a lot of backlinks for it. A new site got PR for the first time, with a PR5. Another very minor site, which was a PR4, keeps alternating between PR3 and PR4. All others seem to have remained the same, as far as PR goes, but I've stayed the same or come up in the SERPs overall.
All is good with the world! :)
The PR rise back to their recent values may just be caused by a single change, such as allocation of PR10 to the OPD home again...
I think you are right starec. ;)
I just spent a few hours writing to directories that might link my site. I did that last month too. I suspect they will dribble in but hopefully I'll see some results by next update.
Anne
[edited by: annej at 10:52 pm (utc) on Dec. 2, 2002]
Also a new site managed to gain a PR 6 in just a month- probably due to 2 dmoz listings (they haven't done the directory dump or whatever but they've still picked up the dmoz backlinks) - as well as a link from the homepage of the PR 7 site.
So far I'm happier w/ the way the update has treated the new PR 6 site than the older much higher trafficked PR 7 site.
After this most recent update, I was ranked #1 for several top keywords in my industry, now I'm nowhere to be found.
Can someone please help?
I've had all legitimate linking within directories, search engines, webmasters of other topic specific sites have been kind enough to list my website on theirs.
No it's like I've been banned altogether. I don't understand. I've don nothing wrong whatsoever.
This is really serious and couldn't have come at a worse time right before Christmas as I have been laid off recently and have two children. Now my only real source of income has been banned for no apparant reason.
I don't know what to do. Anybody?
I doubt you'll see a major change in listings before the Christmas. I could be wrong, but I doubt anyone in this forum would encourage reliance on Google as a sole source of income either. not that you're in this position intentionally
But, since this is the case, I would continually watch my logs and update content and hope to get picked up by the fresh bot.
but I wouldn't count it.
BTW, was your host down recently?
I realize that relying on any website for sole income isn't and shouldn't be valued for much these days, but I'm trying to just make the best of it since I'm now jobless and just trying to make ends meet.
What I don;t understand is why my site seems to be banned now. It must be for some reason. Quinn (or anyone), do you know if Google is good about replying back if there has been some error on their part?
Thanks again.
Stickymail me your site. I can't say that Google's good at getting back to a webmaster that's lost a site. In general, it isn't really their responsibility to make sure everyone's site gets in. There are those who'll argue this point however...
Take your finger off the panic button. PR0 for a new site with links very likely means the site is in transition to an actual PR number with the following update. Happens to new sites I manage all the time. Wait a month. Go have a beer. Or three. ;)
truemarketing - you might want to seriously look at PPC (pay per click) options for the month- especially if this is your sole source of income. Adwords, Overture, Findwhat, Sprinks - it will cost you but at least you'll have traffic.
There are a lot of really bright folks around here who I'm sure will help you take a look at your site to see if you've done anything wrong - it sounds like a glitch though. I hope you get back in soon!
:)
Thats most reassuring to hear though. Thought I was screwed already.
Thanks
J
