At the beginning of August Google penalized a group of similar websites I own. Today I noticed that one of the sites is showing N/A for Google PR. Previously this domain was PR2 or PR3. Is that domain most likely toast now? Or is there still hope? After noticing this I did fix a bunch of broken links that I had inadvertently left in the new site design. Perhaps those broken links caused the PR drop. What do I do now? Is it worth trying a reconsideration request? Or am I better off hiring SEO help to try to resolve the penalties and just be patient? If so, can anyone help me?
If your site penalized..it doesn't show in google site:sitename.com if site showing index pages..it mean you only loose PR...
I didn't say it was PR 0. I said the PR was N/A. Big difference. As for the site: command, yes that will show if a site is indexed or not. A site can be penalized and indexed though. Does anyone have any useful insight? Or is everyone just trying to get a quick backlink?
I think it should be better to wait for next major Google update. If you site is not full of garbage there is every possibility of getting back everything you lost during this period. As you know since Panda update PR N/A blogs come in SERP; it may prove to be true for you too.
This is an incorrect statement. If your site is showing up with the site: command, then it has not been de-indexed. How old is your site? If your site is new, I would continue to build links and create new pages with quality content. If you have an old site where this is happening, there is reason for concern. Perhaps there are some on-page issues such as keyword stuffing, hidden keywords, etc...? Perhaps you lost a valuable link?
I think I should've asked this on a more knowledgeable forum. I forgot that most people on here just post without thinking. I never said my site was de-indexed. I said my site was penalized. Then you go on to ask if my site is new, yet in my post I mentioned that it was previously pr2-3.