Google PR changed, now what?
Google PR got updated recently - as it did always in the past. yes, always. it’s like sun rise and sink, the little green bar on your google tool bar changed from time to time.
What’s different this time with Google PR updates?
What makes this time special is that the updates create sort of a panic in blogsphere. lots of blogs, including those well established ones like problogger and copyblogger got hit badly where their PR sunk from PR6/7 to PR4/3. (if you ask, yeah, i believe google is doing this purposely - the same as what they did to punish link exchange, page cloaking, keyword stuffing in the past by turning the algo knob.)
Now you might be wondering why many bloggers are so concern about google PR… the reason behind this is because many bloggers make revenue from their blog via Text Link Ads - a place where you can sell link ads to advertisers. these ads are basically priced based on the number of outbound links, link ads placement, and more importantly blog PR. yes, this means blogs with higher PR will charge higher price on link ads, aka, $ for bloggers.
For example, a blogger were used to charge $30 monthly per link ads with his/her PR5 blog. then comes recent google PR updates and guess what, his blog got hit and the PR turned south to PR3 - long gone $30/mo and he or she might need to be satisfied with maybe just $15 per link ads.
Get the picture? 
What’s FUN with this?
Of course, not all bloggers are panic. in fact most are well aware that google PR is now nothing more than just a meaningless greenbar on the big G’s toolbar.
Some went pissed and teach others how to loose PR:
(Graphic by Gyutae Park)
Darren from Problogger.net even made good fun (or use?) of it, launching a slogan competition for bloggers hit by the page rank slam, right after his blog PR sunk. you might wish to check out some creatives by bloggers around the world:
(Graphic by Meg)
(Graphic by Blogging Success Journey)
(Graphic by Micheal Beck)
(Graphic by Thirstan)
(Graphic by A Blog about Nothing)
OMG my blog got hit! is this google PR changed permenant?
Who knows?
While google PR had been rolled back right after its shy release for nearly 24 hours (again, a usual trend for google updates), the noise hasn’t. there’re lots of discussion and ranting around the blogsphere and webmaster forums. as usual, those who got slammed keep cursing and yelling (that google is broke); those who got promoted (in PR) kept quiet in the dark.
Like it or not, google is still the monopoly around the Internet and you gotta live with it no matter how. i am just happy that i’m not making my living out from PR re-selling.
More readings (and rantings)? here. not sure what the hell is google page rank? read more here.
My Ghillie » Google PR changed, now what? said,
Wrote on October 28, 2007 @ 1:24 am
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AhYap said,
Wrote on October 28, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
I thought you want to stop blogging for 6 weeks or put it as Cue-De-Sac?
PR, PR. When it is 5 years ago, PR change is very interesting and meaningful. Now? It is just some crabs and nonsense. And yet, it get more attention today (wider scope) than last time.
pelf said,
Wrote on October 29, 2007 @ 11:52 am
I have long disregarded what Grandma Google wanted to do with my PR. I realized that my readers returned because of my content, not my PR, LOL.
soufulow said,
Wrote on October 29, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
@Pelf:
Yeah girl, with your writing talent, checking Google PR should be always the last thing on earth in your to-do list!
@AhYap:
What’s following next? based on past experience, i susupect we are going to see some major Google ranking updates… god bless my websites.
pelf said,
Wrote on October 29, 2007 @ 4:56 pm
I hope I didn’t sound boastful, but what I was trying to say earlier was that a lot of blog readers are more into content rather than Page Ranks.
Advertisers, on the other hand, value our PRs more than our content.
So it boils down to who we’re blogging for. Our readers or the advertisers
soufulow said,
Wrote on October 29, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
No no no, nothing relates to that at all. i bet we all here get what you meant earlier. golden rule #1: always write for the readers, not the search engine bots!
A Blog about Nothing said,
Wrote on November 4, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Thanks for the link.
I still don’t get why everyone cares about PR, but oh well…
mkyong said,
Wrote on November 4, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Hi, thanks for info, i just wonder why some of my website PR will
soufulow said,
Wrote on November 5, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
@A Blog about Nothing:
No problem on the link - after all, it’s your content (the graphic).
Why everyone cares about Google PR? the same reason why everyone cares about money! on certain level, google PR is the synonyms to money. (yes, i mean it!)
Don’t you think?