Google page rank of -1

[pixeltierra]

What does a google page rank of -1 mean?

[Right Reading]

This might be a question for Stephen Hawking.

[sandyeggo]

where did you see a -1?
does it say -1/10?

[tedster]

PR -1 used to mean the kind of PR 0 that came from a penalty or ban, in contrast to the kind of PR 0 that came from not yet showing enough links to get up to PR 1. Could this be what you are referring to? I haven't heard anyone talking about that for a long while.

[g1smd]

Where do you see that figure?

[pixeltierra]

Yes, the ranking site <edited> gives me this
PageRank of URL: -1/10

Googel webmaster tools also confirms this. Though I can't imagine why I'd be banned. I'm don't do anything weird and don't even sell anything online.

[edited by: tedster at 3:32 am (utc) on Sep. 10, 2006]

[pixeltierra]

I "naively" looked around several times on the google pages looking for an address to ask/complain about this, but of course, found nothing.

[Bones]

Pixeltierra, I tried a couple of domains on the tool you mentioned, (like webmasterworld.com for instance) and it also gave -1/10 for them. So I would suggest that the tool is perhaps just broken/rubbish.

How is this 'confirmed' in the Webmaster Tools exactly?