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PR 0 Due to Forum SPAMMERS

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by bookatechie, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello All,

    I have noticed that a while back all the sudden my PR dropped to 0 where it was at 4 just a few months before! I had no idea why for the longest time but after reading up on what google bases their PR on, I think I figured it out.

    I run a website auction related forum which has perfectly legitimate auctions and lots of useful website auction related info but it has been getting a lot of SPAMMERS posting to credit card numbers, drugs, and other illegal crap. I only have time to clean the forum once a day so I think google ends up indexing some of that and thinking my site is bad.

    Would this be a fair assumption? Has anyone else seen this or experienced this before? If I do a better job of cleaning these, will google restore my rank?

    The funny thing is that as far as traffic goes, it hasn't really dropped much, I still rank pretty high for websites for sale and other things.
     
    bookatechie, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  2. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    #2
    Manually setting your PR to zero is usually done because they suspect you are selling links.
     
    mjewel, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  3. bookatechie

    bookatechie Peon

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    Oh! ... that's interesting. I didn't know that was a problem! I guess Google doesn't like the competition ...
    Why isn't selling advertiser links and banner space considered a legitimate income stream for a website?
     
    bookatechie, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  4. dzi

    dzi Well-Known Member

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    #4
    well, just ignore PR then, i think...
     
    dzi, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  5. mjewel

    mjewel Prominent Member

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    You can sell as much advertising as you want as long as you make the links "nofollow". Goggle's ad are all nofollow and they are cracking down on sites selling page rank.
     
    mjewel, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  6. Shellerz

    Shellerz Active Member

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    Maybe you should have moderated/no followed those comments from the start ;)
     
    Shellerz, Nov 17, 2008 IP
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    ArfanCh Active Member

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    Yeah that No Follow is a very good idea, I know my bloggers and many social websites also do that. :D
     
    ArfanCh, Nov 17, 2008 IP
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    johnsunvalley Banned

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    #8
    you should have no followed for your site to avoid those spam.
     
    johnsunvalley, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  9. discuss4u

    discuss4u Well-Known Member

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    #9
    How about the ranking? If there is no change in ranking then you do not need to worry so much about the PR.
     
    discuss4u, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  10. walkingbird

    walkingbird Member

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    #10

    Page rank is not you goal rankings and traffic are well said
     
    walkingbird, Nov 17, 2008 IP
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    roentarre Active Member

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    #11
    Manually setting a blog or a website to zero by google staff? That is quite a bit of attention!
     
    roentarre, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  12. wptheme

    wptheme Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Whats your site URl. Maybe you mis-checked? Try defaulting links outbound to nofollow.
     
    wptheme, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  13. cnvseo

    cnvseo Guest

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    #13
    For that you have to mention some rules and conditions for forum members. You can also banned such users and clean their post. You need to give time and attention to your forum everyday.
     
    cnvseo, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  14. rena

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    #14
    Once u fix the problem it will be OK. And also there will not be any problem bcz PR1 To 0 is common, if dropping more PR at a time will be problem. Any how search ur site in google if found meant theer will not be much problem and also try to make more back links then wait until next PR updates
     
    rena, Nov 17, 2008 IP
  15. Shellerz

    Shellerz Active Member

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    #15
    Askimet is a good tool to stop spam - I use it on my wordpress blog.
     
    Shellerz, Nov 18, 2008 IP
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    SEOSUCKS Peon

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    #16
    Hey if your site is getting good organic traffic (from search enginges) as before..
    Then forget about PR if it is less becoz of selling links..

    your aim is to have a good forum on a topic of your interest and you are getting good traffic. Just enjoy :)
     
    SEOSUCKS, Nov 18, 2008 IP
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    sai6606 Peon

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    #17
    moderate the posts and users regularly .. PR will automatically improve
     
    sai6606, Nov 18, 2008 IP