So i have been doing some link building for this site: happyhedonist.com... just some blog commenting, a bit of forum posting... nothing to scetchy... They started out as PR2, I brought them up to PR3, but now they have dropped to PR1!!! I have no idea what happened.. could it be some google spam filter? Please help me out with some ideas.
have you check your domain backlink before you buy it!! if your domain backlinks is too low buddy, it can be dropped at next PR update because your url in some web or blog has been remove when you set up your blog without new posting!!my domain ever dropped to...From 3-0!! but it doesn't matter, my advice for you start to do some link building again with high quality links, write some unique articles and submit in some directories!! (if you wanted to bought some domain again, please check backlinks result for the domain)
Happens all the time... could be your blog comments was removed or the blog turned to nofollow. Lots of factors to consider
It just happens. I would recommend doing some article marketing. That can bring up a site's PR very quickly. If you need help, let me know, I can kind of show you the ropes. You can easily get a PR 4 at the next update if you do things correctly. I've done stupid stuff in the past, like links sales on my blog that have dropped it down to PR 0 and it never recouped it.
PR drop can be one of many reason and some of it as below - penalty for selling links like paid post, paid links on side bars, etc. - dofollow backlink pages might drop their PR value or increased outgoing link on that pages. - you might have PR leak on your own website that gives out many heavy (high PR pages) dofollow link to others. Check where is the mistake and correct it. The easiest way to get back your PR if there are no penalty is to concentrate on getting high PR pages dofollow backlinks again. Next update will be on September 09, so you got another 1 month+ to do that. Good luck!
PR drop occure only due less visits. So try to makr your site popular. Then your will increase from PR2 PR1 in few days.
It is hard to find the root problem behind PR drop. I don't worry about PR. Just optimize your web site to get more traffic and better position in search results.