Tie it down, hide it, whatever. Hold on to your Page Rank and hold on tight. Google is on the rampage again and is snaching PRs left and right.
I am so done with this fluctuating PR. My two most popular blogs, where there are no sponsored posts, one has text link ads, and the other only affiliate ads; I just noticed a few minutes ago they are both down to PR 0 from PR 3s. So what’s the reason? I guess Google doesn’t want us to have any kind of links on our blogs, paid or not, eh?
Now I’m no expert on SEO, algorithms, backlinks and whatever else. I am barely getting my websites to run. What little I make from ads, they are a drop compared to other bloggers. So I don’t understand why my blogs were penalized.
BLOG is supposed to be short for Web Log right? According to Wikipedia:
A blog (a contraction of the term “Web log“) is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual,[citation needed] with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic.
Did you read the part about linking to other blogs? So if you have a blog, and Page Rank is supposed to be a rating given to blogs, why then are we getting penalized for doing something that blogs were meant to do in the first place such as linking to other websites or blogs? Maybe I’m not smart enough to get it, but if you ask me, it’s just plain asinine.
OR could it be they are saying it’s OK to link to other websites, just link to the ones we tell you is OK?
You hit the nail on the head with your last sentence. I quit trying to figure it out a long time ago.