This weekend, Google released it’s long overdue toolbar Pagerank update. Although most SEO’s and experienced webmasters are aware that Google has been shuffling rankings on daily basis resulting in what has been the highest qualty search results ever, many novice webmaster have been crying out for a toolbar Pagerank update since late July when the last one was supposedly due. This update from Google has seen huge “Google Slaps” with numerous high ranking sites being punished for buying or selling text-links.
Below are some websites, who seem to have taken a hit overnight:
- The Washington Post PR7 to PR5
- Forbes PR7 to PR5
- Chigago Sun-Times PR7 to PR5
- SFGate.com PR7 to PR5
- StatCounter.com PR10 to PR6
- MasterNewMedia PR7 to PR4
- AutoBlog PR6 to PR4
- Engadget PR7 to PR5
- ProBlogger PR6 to PR4
- CopyBlogger PR6 to PR4
- JoyStiq PR6 to PR4
- Tuaw PR6 to PR4
- SearchEngineGuide PR7 to PR4
- SearchEngineJournal PR7 to PR4
- John Chow PR6 to PR4
- Quick Online Tips PR6 to PR3
- Weblog Tools Collection PR6 to PR4
- Andy Beard PR5 to PR3
- Search Engine RoundTable PR7 to PR4
- Blog Herald PR6 to PR4
- Clush Directory PR7 to PR5
- YouTube PR8 to PR3
A genuine suprise in the list is the Google owned Youtube dropping from PR8 to PR3. The hits on The Washington Post and ForbesMagazine are equally as dumbfounding. I’m not sure why Darren Rowse of Problogger, John Chow and Andy Beard were penalized but it’s not like the top bloggers really need Google to get visitors to their sites. On the other hand, many small publishers who have never bought or sold text links and have used natural White Hat SEO techniques have been rewarded with huge jumps in their Pagerank. I have been very fortunate in this update, seeing this blog rise to pr4 and also seeing many of my other sites jump from PR0 to PR3 or PR4 within a few months time. Love it or hate it, the dance is finished for now and congratulatins to those of you who have seen a rise in PR.
I’m happy with this update. My site’s pagerank stepped from three to four, and all other pages from zero to three.
Yes Dave… and i have confused many site have been take increase PR eventhough i have to know the content is just paster from another site. But i thing alexa is the next temp for each site.