Participants of Social Networking Sites/Services get their Google Page Rank hammered

**foxtucker** · 28-10-07

Specifically, power users of digg.com have had their Page Rank lowered by google:

Here are some unusual penalties for trusted sources of good content

Autoblog PR6 PR4
Engadget PR7 PR5
Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging - ProBlogger PR6 PR4
Copywriting tips for online marketing success from Copyblogger PR6 PR4
Joystiq PR6 PR4
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) PR6 PR4

Check out this article for more info.

**3wdl** · 28-10-07

The page rank doesn't mean anything anyway.

The important factor is if their TRAFFIC has been affected..

**hpops** · 29-10-07

hmmmm. James may be right but if that is true it does indicate a MAJOR algo update - it ain't easy to go from a seven to a five.
And it sure will effect traffic at that level.

**foxtucker** · 29-10-07

Originally Posted by 3wdl

The page rank doesn't mean anything anyway.

The important factor is if their TRAFFIC has been affected..

So you'd be entirely comfortable/happy with a page rank drop of two overnight?

**cyates** · 29-10-07

bear in mind that TBPR the green bar you see is 3 months out of date anyway ..
See Here Misleading Page Rank

also TBPR doesnt have any direct relation to the ranking of your site ..

i have 3 sites .. pr0 and getting over 200 visitors a day
i have a pr3 that gets maybe 20 - 30 a day ...

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**Azam.net** · 02-09-08

It's very surprising to see massive blogs sinking to PRs 4 and 5. For example, I can't believe Problogger is now a 4.

Google is getting very cocky hammering major commentators' blogs and their increasingly unfathomable behaviour will come back to haunt them.

**DioBach** · 02-09-08

File this one under "Old post boinked by spammer"...

Just to add to the pointlessness of page rank discussion, one of my sites had its PR completely wiped out, but since then, the daily traffic has doubled. I'd take that equation any day of the week.