Well Google came took my PR4 site and reduced it 0, all because I updated regularly, added relevant links with different but relative anchors and added new pages. So what now, why have i been hit with such a drop? What is deemed acceptable, what can I do and add? The maddest thing is the forum which gets less updates from the site in question has been given a PR3? So I ask what works in SEO, anything and what do I need to refrain from doing, as the site easyinsurance4you.co.uk is purely a list of cool cars and info on insurance and blog of car projects> Where now
If your sole purpose in life is PR, well, too bad. Buddy, build a good website that your readers will love and that is when magic happens. I know PR5 websites that get 100 visitors a day and PR2 websites that get 1,000 visitors a day.
Have you looked at the website? It has relevant blog items, lots of info and stories, what more is there to offer also its updated regularly. Hence in IMO I have done that If it was an MFA or similar or brandnew with dodgy SEO i'd understand.
Major PITA that is mate. I feel for you, very frustrating. What domain is it tho? The domains in your sig are PR3 for the forum and PR2 for the mobile site... Is the PR0 another domain or something? I will then try and offer something useful!
Ta mate so many threads get pushed to the back, glad there are still some decent members, the URL is www.easyinsurance4you.co.uk
ok mate. Well, its pretty obvious what the problem is..... but why you got hit so hard, I am not sure Selling links is what Google is penalising sites for!! Though I didnt trawl the site and find out how many there are! if I were you, I would clean that page up (remove the link selling bit and all traces of sold links *refund if necessary*) and make it a 'submit your relevant site link for consideration for FREE addition to our useful resources page' or something similiar. and then I would do this Make sure you follow all the guide lines for re inclusion to try and get your PR back...and keep us posted
YEs good idea, even though no want bought ads lol, shame google can sell adwords but we can't :9 munkies
You can sell links, just nofollow them. Either add something saying the links are nofollow, or remove link selling all together then just sent in a report to the google webmasters thing saying you've changed your link selling policy. Next update they should fix you up. In the mean time, do some more directory submissions and contact bloggers in your niche to try and build some more linkbacks.
Is link selling your primary source of income for that site? If not don't worry about PR as it doesn't seem to be hurting SERPs.