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Connected Internet: Removed My Sold Text Links – Will My PageRank Return To 6?

  • DomainNameNews · 3 months ago
    so how does google know you had paid text links ?
  • Everton · 3 months ago
    Magic! They must be able to spot patterns on sites that have links that don't belong i.e. aren't relevant. They probably have other ways of spotting which the obviously won't share
  • vandread · 3 months ago
    I did not get my PR back when I applied for reconsideration. Still have a PR4 despite the fact that I do not sell links anymore for a long time.

    Everton, check your header !
  • Everton · 3 months ago
    I know - I've been trying to fix the header for two days with no joy. My theme is controlled by a theme functions file which isn't working - none of the settings get saved. Going to do a post to see if anyone can help
  • AndyBeard · 3 months ago
    Good luck on the reconsideration request.

    Vandread they are actually pretty smart on the reconsideration requests, and check things like advertising sales pages, can find evidence of paid reviews and possibly other linking schemes.

    However it is possible they won't trust you fully immediately, and that the value of the links you had before have diminished.
  • Everton · 3 months ago
    I got bumped up to a 4. I guess I'm being watched now, so hopefully I'll continue increasing as long as I behave myself
  • abrudtkuhl · 3 months ago
    How do you apply for reconsideration? I've also had the same problem with TLA
  • Everton · 3 months ago
  • MatthewN · 3 months ago
    My main website went from a PR6 down to 5 and then a 3. It stayed at 3 for maybe a year till I decided something was wrong. I cleaned up the past (ie, removed paid links) and submitted a reinclusion request right away. I was totally honest and open saying "I used to use the text-link-ads program to sell links, these have been gone a while now. Also I did some reviewme.com reviews and have got rid of those paid links". I think I submitted it on a Tuesday or Wednesday and by Friday night of the same week my PR jumped up to 5 and a couple of weeks later back to a 6.
  • allreviews · 2 months ago
    Your PR probably dropped because you were leaking out PR to those sites, if you wait for the next PR update your PR will come back. Make sure you are using nofollow on all the ads you have running and your Privacy Policy, About Us, Contact Us Pages, this will also increase your PR. Great site and thanks for all the informative posts.

    Kris
  • Everton · 2 months ago
    I got bumped up to a 4 the next day, so I hope it goes up further at the next review. I know it's not the only thing that google measures, but I just want my 6 back!