I am very dissappointed. Here is why: I have a site. It was a pixel ad site (yes I had one as well). I was working on that site by exchanging links, submitting to directories etc. This was around a year ago. But after a while I stopped. And around three months a ago, I just dump the pixel site and just stick some affiliate links on the page and left it on its own faith. So I had no expectations on that site. But This morning I found that it gone up from 3 to 4. I was very surprised, because I also have another site, which is two months old. And i have more backlinks to that site than the old one. Also the quality of the back links are much better than the old one. But I saw no change in PR with my new site. As I had very high expectations with the new site, I was very dissapointed. Now I have to wait for the next update.
Don't let PR get you down, it has almost nothing to do with anything. Besides, it's only a snapshot of the way things were a couple months ago... and on top of that it is in no way a reflection of traffic, which is what counts right? People put too much emphasis on PR...
Me too, I update my site everyday with new content. Backlinks have increased but no PR change. I don't get it?
I hear you! I was going to start a similar thread but I see that beat me to it. My newest project, Lavaseek, on which I've spent considerable time and money, apparently missed the boat on the last PR update. To be sure, it is less than two months old. Not that PR really matters...but since it's a web directory, a niche where PR plays a large role, I will have to wait about 3 more months to make any money from it. BTW, I too have a pixel site (www.milliondollarbuzz.com) that went from PR4 to PR5. I guess I better to go back and try to sell pixels while waiting for Lavaseek to become PR5+.
I think you should read the thread before writting anything. There isn't any outbound links mentioned in my thread.
I know PR has no reflection on traffic and quality. But it certainly place a big role in selling links.