Comments on: That crazy little thing called … PR http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/03/27/that-crazy-little-thing-called-pr/ Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jon Pinney http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/03/27/that-crazy-little-thing-called-pr/comment-page-1/#comment-63832 Jon Pinney Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:23:53 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2008/03/27/that-crazy-little-thing-called-pr/#comment-63832 I think that you're conclusion makes a lot of sense. I don't know how Google can possibly tell if people are using paid links (unless they are somehow advertising directly on the site in plain text). But even still, I'm not sure Google has an easy way to monitor that, and I doubt they have people blog surfing to look it up. Making changes to their algorithm makes more sense to me. I think that you’re conclusion makes a lot of sense. I don’t know how Google can possibly tell if people are using paid links (unless they are somehow advertising directly on the site in plain text). But even still, I’m not sure Google has an easy way to monitor that, and I doubt they have people blog surfing to look it up.

Making changes to their algorithm makes more sense to me.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/03/27/that-crazy-little-thing-called-pr/comment-page-1/#comment-63783 Andy Beard Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:34:15 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2008/03/27/that-crazy-little-thing-called-pr/#comment-63783 I was only slapped down to a PR3, which was probably a -3 penalty at the time, and after I cleaned up and filed for reinclusion, it was fixed at least partially within a week. I don't think any of the penalties were automatically zerorank, that was something decided on a case by case basis. Matt Cutts did state that there was some human involvement. Some blogs even after 2 reinclusion requests were not fixed. This was due to people missing out on specific posts, or due to disclosure not being clear that reviews would be nofollow. Note: I still feel I am in some way on Google probation - they gave me PR5, when I could possibly be a PR6 based on data from the Google directory which is slightly older. I was only slapped down to a PR3, which was probably a -3 penalty at the time, and after I cleaned up and filed for reinclusion, it was fixed at least partially within a week.
I don’t think any of the penalties were automatically zerorank, that was something decided on a case by case basis. Matt Cutts did state that there was some human involvement.

Some blogs even after 2 reinclusion requests were not fixed. This was due to people missing out on specific posts, or due to disclosure not being clear that reviews would be nofollow.

Note: I still feel I am in some way on Google probation – they gave me PR5, when I could possibly be a PR6 based on data from the Google directory which is slightly older.

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