Comments on: Dude – where’s my Pagerank? http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/ Tired of useless Top 10 Lists for ranking in Google? Looking for effective and insightful info? SEO Black Hat Blog offers articles on Blackhat SEO, Linkbait & Link Spamming. And if you need to escape White Hat SEO Whiners, check out he Private Black Hat Search Engine Optimization Forum. Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:07:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: theebbandflow http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9603 theebbandflow Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:02:45 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9603 Probably just means Google's about to drop the hammer like in a disaster movie where they have the minor events happen before a volcano erupts in New York or something. I've used zero scientific analysis to come to this conclusion. Probably just means Google’s about to drop the hammer like in a disaster movie where they have the minor events happen before a volcano erupts in New York or something.

I’ve used zero scientific analysis to come to this conclusion.

]]> By: Reve http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9602 Reve Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:03:01 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9602 Your "Google" and "Doorway Pages" category pages now have PageRank back. But looking at it - those are the pages in your top menu, and are site-wide. With all the previous suggestions about doing "PageRank sculpting" from Matt Cutts, maybe Google are realising that site-wide links on your site to other pages are not always to key pages (e.g. "about us", "privacy policy") and are doing some sort of algo to try and reduce the PageRank of these? Your “Google” and “Doorway Pages” category pages now have PageRank back.

But looking at it – those are the pages in your top menu, and are site-wide. With all the previous suggestions about doing “PageRank sculpting” from Matt Cutts, maybe Google are realising that site-wide links on your site to other pages are not always to key pages (e.g. “about us”, “privacy policy”) and are doing some sort of algo to try and reduce the PageRank of these?

]]> By: barrera http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9579 barrera Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:03:46 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9579 The research we have been doing on this points to the need for external links to these pages. We are seeing this across more and more sites that we manage. The research we have been doing on this points to the need for external links to these pages. We are seeing this across more and more sites that we manage.

]]> By: towerofbabel http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9578 towerofbabel Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:45:54 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9578 When I saw it on the first site, I thought maybe it was some auto filter for pagerank, that had penalized that page for the amount of links on it (very crappy sitemap.html with too many links on it - like, a link to every page on the site). But the other site I mention only has around 30-40 links on the sitemap page. I wonder if turning the sitemap page (on my sites) into a more informational style sitemap (split the sitemap into sections, short intro texts per section, so it would be more like a "normal" page) would reverse this? When I saw it on the first site, I thought maybe it was some auto filter for pagerank, that had penalized that page for the amount of links on it (very crappy sitemap.html with too many links on it – like, a link to every page on the site). But the other site I mention only has around 30-40 links on the sitemap page.

I wonder if turning the sitemap page (on my sites) into a more informational style sitemap (split the sitemap into sections, short intro texts per section, so it would be more like a “normal” page) would reverse this?

]]> By: QuadsZilla http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9576 QuadsZilla Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:37:15 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9576 I'm seeing it on other blogs too. Also seeing the sitemap.xml getting no page rank on a few that I checked. Perhaps it has to do with external links to the page? or the URL string? One thing seems certain, Google seems to not want to rank these pages or allow them to pass link juice. I’m seeing it on other blogs too. Also seeing the sitemap.xml getting no page rank on a few that I checked. Perhaps it has to do with external links to the page? or the URL string?

One thing seems certain, Google seems to not want to rank these pages or allow them to pass link juice.

]]> By: towerofbabel http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9575 towerofbabel Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:10:49 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9575 I have noticed it on 2 different sites I manage - html sitemaps dropped from PR4 and PR2 to grey, both in the last week. two totally different niches, sizes, even in two different languages. I have noticed it on 2 different sites I manage – html sitemaps dropped from PR4 and PR2 to grey, both in the last week. two totally different niches, sizes, even in two different languages.

]]> By: Thewirds http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9574 Thewirds Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:58:13 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9574 Maybe all the sites that linked back to your site are dead or their PR have been dropped too Maybe all the sites that linked back to your site are dead or their PR have been dropped too

]]> By: stefanjuhl http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9570 stefanjuhl Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:42:28 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9570 The goog seems to really be less and less capable of handling it's own data, so that's basically what to expect.. So wanting to index and make all data in the world accessible to everyone might still be a bit too much for them to handle! ;-) (especially when it turns out that there's so much commercially interesting data they'd rather keep to themselves.. like referrer data..) The goog seems to really be less and less capable of handling it’s own data, so that’s basically what to expect.. So wanting to index and make all data in the world accessible to everyone might still be a bit too much for them to handle! ;-) (especially when it turns out that there’s so much commercially interesting data they’d rather keep to themselves.. like referrer data..)

]]> By: Mick http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9569 Mick Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:50:23 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9569 Sometime back several links (FAQ Privacy Contact etc - boilerplate links that are at the very of the html.) all dropped PR from four to grey. Only change was their location however I can't be certain if this was the reason. All other sitewide navigation retained their PR. Is Google deciding their importance as zilch? Sometime back several links (FAQ Privacy Contact etc – boilerplate links that are at the very of the html.) all dropped PR from four to grey. Only change was their location however I can’t be certain if this was the reason.

All other sitewide navigation retained their PR.

Is Google deciding their importance as zilch?

]]> By: QuadsZilla http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/comment-page-1/#comment-9567 QuadsZilla Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:53:49 +0000 http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/05/dude-wheres-my-pagerank/#comment-9567 nope - same webhost. nope – same webhost.

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