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I've done a lot of work since then. Redesigned the navigation, added all of the RFC's (3,000 of them), written over 500 articles (bringing the total to 1,500) and gotten rid of Zeus. I've also worked hard on getting quality links, into DMOZ and Yahoo and so forth.
My traffic has always been good, though, so I didn't worry much.
Well, 4 months ago my site reappeared with PR4 and traffic appeared from google again. Traffic increased, of course.
2 months ago, PR5 and more traffic still.
Last month PR6.
Now, it's gone up to PR7 and the traffic is fantasic. Also position 1 on several keywords and phrases that I desired.
What does this say? A site can come back from being dropped from Google. And ethics works. I do not (and never have) engaged in any "questionable" techniques. Everything is done above board and by the rules.
It works.
Just wanted to share one of life's small victories.
Richard Lowe
It gives you goose bumps watching that PR climb upward each index. It would be nice if it didn't stop, just one more!
That is a great story. I have a rank of 5 now, would love to get to 7 or more.
What do you mean you wrote "articles"? Added RFC's?
Thanks,
Tesla
Is there any evidence that having lots of pages can help the index page gain PR?
Do internal links to index help?
What do you mean you wrote "articles"? Added RFC's?
Every night I write two articles and add them to my web sites. This gives me lots and lots of content. My site is informational, and I just write about the things I've learned on the internet.
RFC's are Requests for comments. These are the documents used to define the internet standards. They are public domain and very interesting reading. If you want to find out how it all works, these are the place to start.
The point I was trying to make is content, content and still more content. I believe that's what google and the search engines really want...searchers to find useful information. And that's what I provide.
Richard Lowe
Is there any evidence that having lots of pages can help the index page gain PR?
I believe that my site has gained PR because it has good content and many other webmasters have linked to it, indicating that they agree. I kind of view it as a peer review system. If I link to your site, then I am recommending your site to my visitors, then your site must be okay. At leat that's the way that I see it. The content makes other webmasters want to link to my site, because it offers information which is of value to their visitors.
Richard Lowe
I believe that was your first post here?
I think it was one of the first. I was perplexed, but it worked out well as I was forced to learn other ways of promotion.
Richard Lowe
Imagine your site as a net, and visitors as fish. The larger you’re net the more fish you catch.
You are also increasing you pull on keywords that you may have otherwise been unable to rank on. You are also offering "link to me" friendly content. People are more likely to link to good content that is of use to their users. Even if you sell products on your site. Offer free content, try and attract links that way. people will not simply link to you and sent you their visitors for you to sell them something.
