Did any of you experience drop in ranking after the latest PR update? I have been ranking 1st and 2nd for very competitive keyword phrases and suddenly disappeared after this PR update. Do you think Google changed algo again?
They had to change algo. Some sites listed had nothing to do with search terms and some sites where not even around anymore. The search results are still bad. I see some sites rank for good keywords that i know have not been online for over 8 months. The sites are gone no more but google still has them listed so either update is not complete or algo is still bad.
SERPs are the same with almost no chnage in Traffic. But there is almost 1 to 2 ranks drop for old sites and a jump in 1 to 2 ranks for relatively newer sites.
I also noticed a PR jump in one of my brand new websites. The strange thing is I can't think of a single place I linked it. I was trying to keep it fairly quiet for now...but when the PR update rolled around, it popped up to PR 3. Google is showing zero backlinks.
YEs ranking dropped after pr update because there is a change in algorithm for backlinks and they only evaluated the quality of inbound links. In terms of rankings, there are some changes in the data center of google.
I noted also a serious changes in the algorithm for backlinks. As a result my backward links disappeared, and PR dropped significantly.
my serps also drop (but not a lot) so I think they really changed algo. anyway we need to figure it out soon for a better ranking again.