Why Some Directories Dropped In Pr.

I know that this topic never seems to end but I wanted touch on it because I know it is a major concern for some directory owners. A few months back google performed a pr update that cut almost every directories page rank in half on directories that appeared to be violating their guidelines. For the most part alot of directories dropped because of buying high pr links to point to their directory. However, there are 100's of other directories that were not violating any rules yet still took a hit. Some feel that this has been a direct hit to the directory market in an effort to shut down directories. That may be true, as there are few things that I have noticed that just do not seem to be right, I'll touch on some of those issues later.

But what could be the reason why some directories took a pr hit. According to matt cutts the reason why some directories may have dropped is because there is just not enough page rank to go around in some niches. In this case, since most directories lost page rank on the inner pages of their directory this has caused a huge drop in page rank for directories that may have 100's of featured listings or regular listings on directories. Keep in mind that it can take quite a few links to get a page rank of 6 or 7, so just because you have a few pr 7 or 6 links or maybe even a 8 or two does not mean that you are going to get a high pr. Plus if you do have any of these links google is likely to think that those were paid for and therefore are not being counted in the pr algo.

The point is that although you may not be selling links for page rank or have bought high pr links to point to your site you are most likely being affected due to the lack of page rank that is available in your niche. I suspect that everything will get back to normal after another update or 2, but I am sure that there will still be a few directories suffering from the effects, as well a few that will be being watched to see if they have changed there ways. So in the mean time I recommend that owners stay focused on keeping their directories up to quality standards. Keep building links and keep doing whatever it is you were doing that help make your site successful.

As always thanks for reading and may the serps and pr be with you.