Yes, both alivedirectory and blazemp should have been PR8, but neither changed. At least PR7 for alivedirectory; definitely 8 for blazemp.
What is happening I have two sites I didn't do any SEO on at all and I got a PR5 out of the blue? PR5 = PR4 PR6 = PR5 PR7 = PR6 PR8 = PR7 Is google going to update the homepages of sites not already PRd
I did not see any significant drop in my websites, but gain is definitely unnatural. I had 10k weight pointed on one website, purchased a few PR5 and 6s for that website, but it still stands at PR2. I think google is playing with their algo, i might not be surprised if this update is rolled back.
Personally, I think this will all go away very quickly. Obviously something isn't right at G and they will fix it.
I think older sites might be updated last, maybe Google left them "as is" for now to do a comparision? Even if Google did do something to make obtaining a higher page rank easier I am thinking the quality backlinks will still help out in the SERPs and that is what brings visitors.
Hah, no sooner than I spoke, 1 of my domains was a PR5 (new site) now it is dropping back down accross the DC's to a 0.
Most of my sites saw nothing but had two go from PR0 to PR5. It definately looks like an Update. It is strange though. The site I worked the hardest on with directory submissions, good link exchanges etc. Stayed a PR4, and the two that went to PR5 are practically ignored by me. No promotion, nothing. In fact the only backlinks that I know about are a few from my other sites, all of which are lower than a PR5.
My site which went live in November and didnt recieve any PR last update jumped up to PR4 today out of the blue. I wonder if this Update is picking up the missed pieces from the last update.
If this sticks, it will really devalue the little green bar. Just noticed that a new garbage site of mine has a PR4. It has 2 PR0s and 1 PR2 pointing to it and noone would link to this site voluntarily. Let the Google conspiracy theories begin.
I think this is an update to STABLIZE the rolling PR that people have been experiencing since the last update. It is having affects on new websites and a percentage of other more established websites. I believe these results will be rolled back since I think the main objective is to stablize PR from last update and its having some side effects. Case in point : ALL MY ESTABLISHED SITES NO PR MOVEMENT - BUT PR STABLIZED NOW ON ALL DATACENTERS. My new website 3 weeks old. 2 links coming in from a pr2 page. Its now a PR5 Means Nothing
It must be a glitch, for example this site www.pdawatch.net has a pr4, I never pointed any links to it (at least I don't remember doing so) and even yahoo doesn't show any backlinks to the domain and yet it's pr4, insane Edit: I guess with the link in this thread I should expect a pr6 in the next update
Sorry , I definatly disagree, I am not tryng to bash you, but seriously this kind of mistake at google? That would be one hell of a mistake