For the last two updates only my new web sites PR changed . As for the main web site where I putting most of my effort is still the same: i gathered many backlinks but prior to the latest updates, the number of BL reverted to five months ago status-quo. I am really starting to think that most of my work is going in vain
In fact, no. I have a stable, old and reputable site that went down from PR6 to PR5 and another stable site from PR5 to PR6.
lol seems to be my case - i haven't opened a website in months - my newest one is like 6 months old and NO changes at all to any of them
the two latest PR updates were only for new web sites or old web sites but not stable. If your site is old and established, your PR is still the same. I see that in two latest PR updates, one of my site is still PR 3 since October until now even though now I get the first rank for my targeted keyword (in October, my SERP for my targeted keyword was around 12-15, on page 2). However, I see there are changes for my inner web pages despite my home page's PR is not updated.
My year and a half old web design website went from PR3 to PR4 just recently. Anyone want a link for $100 a month? haha
Yes, I have also got similar experience with my sites one two month old and one is one year. New site got Pr0 to Pr2 and high backlinks but older site stable with same Pr3 and now backlinks reduced to half.
A lot of our "old, stable sites" (like mine) have simply reached their appropriate PR level. I've been a PR5 for a while and remained a 5 on this update. There was no reason I should have leaped to a 6 or dropped to a 4. Backlinks have been slowly, steadily increasing, but nothing among the backlinks would have triggered a PR rise to 6. My sense of things is that a bunch of us have simply gotten our websites to the PR level they deserve. And without some drastic changes in the makeup of our backlinks, these sites are unlikely to change much at all from update to update.
tech, that's good. I'm happy for you. But what I was referring to is that eventually older sites reach a place of PR "equilibrium" at, say, PR4, 5, or maybe 6. From then on, they are not likely to see a PR increase without the addition of some powerful, high-quality, high-PR links.
yea, my 2 year old site just jumped 2 pr to 5 in the recent pr update, while my newest one that has more promise hasn't budged I doubt its split into "old" and "new" sites, and just if your site is stabilized or growing...