Wow! Google is fast in dropping my pagerank
I can’t help but laugh at what has happened. I feel like a moth flying high into the light. In less than a week or just 1-2 days after my censored post, Google reacted and dropped my page rank to 0. That post was dated April 17, and it’s when I checked last weekend, my page rank is an egg.
Personally, I have no regrets. I know that I was going to get slapped soon enough by joining the censored company but I did not expect it to be so fast. I guess that’s how good Google’s filter is. The moment they indexed my post, they quickly scan the post for any mention of the censored word then kaboom, instant 0 page rank. So today marks the second time my page rank got dropped to zero. The first time was last year I think. Oh wait, it was just last February 2008.
I managed to regain my page rank before by asking for a reconsideration request. I don’t know if they will reconsider this blog again as I broke their rules again. But I won’t panic nor cry due the loss of page rank. Checking my stats, more of less nothing has changed. My average visits per day are still the same and earnings from adsense are still the same. I don’t know what change should I expect but the only downside for this is that, I would have lesser opportunities for paid posts right?
So what’s my next plan? Well, I’ll just count this as one of my blogging experience and continue blogging. There’s no use thinking about page rank as it’s gone already. I’ll just keep on blogging and keep on moving forward!
Till next time,
Allen
I have clients and friends that fear a PR drop like it would be the end of all things. Glad to see you take it with a smile. Proves you are smart enough to know that all things change – both god and bad.
Now that you are looking for a way to make more money to recover from that horrid PR drop, find a way to profit off of Twitter. Heck, each twat that send s a tweet could also be sending you money (and give me 10%).
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@Richard McLaughlin – Hi Richard, I admit I used to be one of those people who think loss of page rank meant end of the world for bloggers. But after some insightful comments from my readers and through my own reflections, I realized that page rank is not that great. Aside from losing opportunities in paid posts, there are not other side effects.
btw, I don’t have a twitter account as of now but could you share how to make money from twitter?
my blog’s PR dropped from PR 5 to PR 4 but I don’t think my blog was penalized. Maybe the drop was caused by the withdrawal of links to my blog by other websites and blogs.
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I made 2 dozen sponsored posts. My PR dropped from 4 to 2.
@Selaplana – Mine was dropped simply by mentioning the taboo words. Oh well, I tried to change the wording but it was too late. haha
@benj – Oh! Just don’t mention any taboo words and you will be safe. hehe