About 7 of our sites are currently going threw the Reset process as ive been watching backlinks fluctuating in most directories and PR0s takin over on these sites which means .... Its close but who knows when the PR will come...soon i hope! thx malcolm
I could see how some healthy paranoia might make one think that maybe Google is aiming at PR sales sources... ?
All kinds of sites are being reported as having lost PR, from X down to 0, it is nothing specific to directories.
well, as per botw's submission guidelines and process, you aren't paying for a link, you are paying for a review. so your speculation theory is bye bye. @everyone else.... Seriously, relax already. PR comes, it goes, it rises, it falls. Go be productive and blog about how worried you are about losing PR after you black-hatted.
It's not happening just to directories. It's happening to sites across the internet. The phenomenom is characterized by the PR going to zero but traffic, site:search and rankings remaining the same. In other words it's not a penalty it's just a toolbar hiccup. Reference Adam Lasnik's post at WebmasterWorld for confirmation. PR drops to Zero for some long established sites "I'd like to assure you that any negative shifts you see in TB PR are not likely to signal either very-recent or impending problems with your site... In other words, this isn't the way we communicate that your site is violating our guidelines..."
Looks like it is starting to come back, one datacenter is still showing them as a 7... http://livepr.raketforskning.com/