Pagerank Update - PR increased but Visitors decreased ?

Discussion in 'SEO' started by DeSanta, Mar 1, 2008.

  1. #1
    Heya there.

    One of my Blogs jumped from 0 to 3 due to the Pagerank Update. But by this time , my Blog got heavily dropped down in the searches. Normally i was getting around 400-500 Searches a day thru google, now iam getting about 10. My Site is still listened but it seems to be vanished for nearly all of my keywords.

    So whats the solution? Wait for Google to finish their Overall Update ? Setup a new domain name to get the Visitors from SERPs back ?
     
    DeSanta, Mar 1, 2008 IP
  2. wragge11

    wragge11 Guest

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    #2
    PR has no relation to traffic. Even a PR10 could have 0 traffic....
     
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  3. qazu

    qazu Well-Known Member

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    #3
    My SERPs have also dropped during update time but they came back higher after a couple of weeks. I's just sit tight and continue posting and building backlinks.
     
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  4. Lordo

    Lordo Well-Known Member

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    Exactly. The PR represents the strength of your web pages with regards to its popularity (incoming links) while traffic is a a result of a huge factors mix (where popularity is one factor).
     
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  5. DeSanta

    DeSanta Peon

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    Well even if its true, its weird that it happened to the same moment as the PR Update went Live.

    Actually Google tells me that i dont have any problems with this site , regarding to webmaster tools. But iam getting nearly no hits from SERPs.
     
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  6. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    Desanta it's not wered is aother exemple that PR is worthless maybe with such many exemple some morons will understand this ....
     
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  7. alemcherry

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    May be some spam penalty, if you are seeing such drastic change in traffic.
     
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  8. DeSanta

    DeSanta Peon

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    So whats the solution ? The Website is currently hosted on a sub domain, can i get the stuff back into SERPS listing with changing the urls and subdomain adress ?
     
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  9. Markz

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    #9
    It still amazes me that even with so many threads and topics about PR people still think its the be all and end all, focus your time on SERPS`s and see results.
     
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    gsv13 Well-Known Member

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    It is happening with me also ... I have taken wait and watch strategy for next 90 days before taking any step!!! Till then keep adding links and unique content to the site!!
     
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  11. Professional Dude

    Professional Dude Prominent Member

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    I would say you wait, sometimes serps drop and come back to their position ..get quality backlinks and hopefully you will get your serps back.
     
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  12. Spider-Man

    Spider-Man Banned

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    #12
    Please search Google for 'Matt Cutts Pagerank' ;) PageRank does - according to Matt - have some form of impact on SERPs.
     
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  13. SEOBusiness

    SEOBusiness Well-Known Member

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    #13
    Have you ever checked your competitors sites?Maybe they got a better pr too, and get a better SEPs than your site.
     
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    Without knowing the cause, there is no solution, only guessing.

    Be patient for at least 30 days. During that time, work on content and cleaning up any areas that you feel you mayhave over-optimized. If a that time it hasn't improved, post again here.

    /*tom*/
     
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  15. alex_d1

    alex_d1 Well-Known Member

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    #15
    I think this is a classic exmaple of why SERPs are more important that PR. It could be a temporary glitch as this update is still taking place - so for now, I would sit tight and wait a week or so. If traffic continues to drop, try and start getting some more relavant backlinks to your site, as well as add some new content.
     
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  16. amitfan

    amitfan Active Member

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    #16
    That is too true.

    Keep updating content and some good relevant backlinks.
     
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    Today, my PR also jumped. My site is 3 months old and had a PR0 before. Today it jumped to PR4. However looking at my visitors... I usually average 30 -40 uniques a day. Today, I have had 0 visitors.
     
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  18. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    #18
    PR and traffic dont have any good connection. Do onpage and off page SEO
     
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