my site is relativly new I have only gone through 1 pr update my question is does your traffic drop right before a pr update? I noticed it before on the first update and it seems to be happing now I have had a few inner pages get updates already.
PR updates happen all the time - almost constantly. What you are referring to is a "PR Export" which is when PR is converted onto a 0-10 scale and exported into "Toolbar PR". This should have no effect on your rankings, however there is often SERP movement around this time, which I imagine is due to all of the datacentres normalizing. Either way the bottom line is don't worry about it. Never take hasty action, if you drop, give it a couple of weeks and you'll more than likely resurface.
i'd say same, it can maybe affect ur serp but traffic is due to how much advertising you do and how well ur promoting
what affects traffic is your positions. Have your positions change before you see the ups and downs in traffic?
You may want to look for other reasons why your traffic dropped. It has nothing to do with PR update. Most likely you had your link somewhere that was getting you traffic and it got deleted or buried.
PR has nothing to do with your traffic, its the ranking in SERP's that matters and affects the traffic.
PR changes sometimes indicate site's status on G, like sites used to have pr before and have good traffic then suddenly lose it's traffic from G and pr drops... then pr and serp now relates...
your traffic drop or increase will not effect PR. but I'm sure if your PR drop it will effect your income. XD
I agree. PR is constantly changing (for good or bad) and the PR update is just an update on the toolbar and not on your rankings. Good luck!
i do agree this what have to do PR with traffic we can get visitors by promoting or buying clicks etc