Can we determine why PR Grey?

Is there a way to determine why sites are that color?

[crosenblum]

I am a Web Developer for a company that has a dozen sites, all content-driven ecommerce sites.

We just released a brand new site, so I was assigned the responsibility of submitting it.

I used WebPosition Gold, to submit, and help plan, and create reports. I do not do daily/weekly or even monthly querying of google at all. I do it just once in a great while.

I usually use a service called MarketLeap.com, which has a couple real great tools for seo.

But now the my company's main site, which i did not submit, is now pr grey. And the new site is PR Grey. I can understand it being a low number, after all it is a brand new site.

I just want to know how to figure out why these two sites are now consistently pr grey. Where as a bunch of our other sites, are normal.

Any ideas/thoughts?

[DaveN]

pr gray means you are no longer in the google database.

pr0 means you have a google penalty or (no backlinks at all I have added this because of a new site which google found :: cough :: but there are no backlinks at all and it's a pr0

A large PR drop like pr8 to pr5 could be a automated pr dampen or a manual pr hand adjustment.

There are also sites which DON'T pass PR at all.

Dave

[Eriklange7]

My site, which I launched in Mid April is in the google index but is not showing a PR either, and has not since the start....I have been told that Google is using results from February for the PR....which is why.....I think around mid-June it should register....

[internetbrothers]

(((There are also sites which DON'T pass PR at all)))

what do you mean?

[yetanotheruser]

pr gray means you are no longer in the google database.

DaveN,

What does it mean then if you've got pages showing under site:mydomain.com, and inbound links showing under link:mydomain.com and you appear on the first page for a relevant search, but the toolbar shows grey? ..

Is it just a glitch? I haven't done anything to even vaguely justify a penalty.. ( AFAIK ;) )

[DaveN]

yetanotheruser - yer toolbar glitch or hold on to your pants time ;)

internetbrothers - Exactly what I said some high PR sites don't pass on any PR to the sites that they link too this is done at google(can of worms) not by the site.

Dave