Apparently there’s been a recent Google PageRank update which has smacked many top ranking blogs and sites. Andy Beard’s “DIGG FAVORITES SLAPPED BY GOOGLE” has a list of some of the sites.
He says:
After the very controversial hit many sites took just 2 weeks ago for various degrees of selling PageRank or linking to clients, you might have thought Google would take a breather, but Google it seems hadn’t even started its crackdown.
Not sure what PageRank is? Here’s an article.
I don’t pay much attention to PageRank on my sites. I use Mac’s Safari browser, and need to switch to Firefox to check PR, so I tend to stay blissfully unaware of changes in PR.
There are many theories as to why Google appears to have penalized some sites.
Will this affect your blog? No one knows – but keep an eye on your PR if you’re selling ad space and text links and are concerned.
If your PR drops, relax: a good blog is a good blog, no matter what its PR happens to be.
If you’re just starting your blogging career, here’s my blogging guide, which will help you to establish a great blog quickly.
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