Our Google Authority Listing

In January 2008, Google dropped our PageRank from a PR5 to a PR4 for selling links but just today I noticed that we have been given an “authority listing” by Google for JaKel Daily. Is it a huge deal to have Google acknowledge that I’m the authority for information about ‘Ja Kel Daily’? To be honest I’m not sure - but I guess it’s better than not having an authority at all.

Similar to an “indented listing” (see below), an “authority listing” is a site which has received a significant of natural backlinks, total number of daily searches, and high quality linkback “authority” from other high PR sites, over a long period of time. Many of you already know that JKD started with fashion and celebrity blogging in February 2006 then following the Geektalk section in February 2007.

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48 Responses to “Our Google Authority Listing”

  1. Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Our Google Authority Listing on April 20th, 2008

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  2. Get Camping on April 20th, 2008

    Nice one, thats a cool little milestone to reach I think, shows google thinks good of the site.

  3. PS3 on April 20th, 2008

    I’d say it is a big deal in so far as you need quality backlinks from high PR sites to earn the “authority” tag. Will be interesting to see how/if your traffic increases as a result.

  4. web design on April 21st, 2008

    That’s great! Now you have more value in google’s eyes ;)

  5. Music Dictionary on April 21st, 2008

    Congratulations! I am really happy for you.

  6. Bape on April 21st, 2008

    Wow! That is a bit of good news. Good to see some hard work paying off for you! Keep it up!

  7. Miami web design on April 21st, 2008

    Bah! Google…. I don’t think even they know what they mean sometimes :) still, good for you i guess, let us know how this influences the traffic you get!
    Marzena

  8. Davion | Secrets of Affiliate Marketing on April 21st, 2008

    Congrats! This is great news!

  9. Patrick Burt on April 21st, 2008

    Congrats. Hopefully the PR hit won’t impact revenue.

  10. Paul on April 21st, 2008

    Congratulations, I wouldn’t mind to much that your PR dropped I am sure it will not effect your revenue. But it is unfortunate that it did drop.

  11. James on April 22nd, 2008

    Congrats… maybe one day i’ll be an authority on something.

  12. Irene Rose on April 22nd, 2008

    the PR thing already a hotly debated topic. and google always penalises a lot of sites for some reason or the other. so the “authority listing” should come as a respite.

  13. Stefanie on April 22nd, 2008

    Congratulations on the enhanced listing. I don’t know that it does much at all, but I know I was excited when we got ours :)

  14. Owen on April 23rd, 2008

    Congratulations and guess it shows how PR can be a bit silly if it was to be taken as only measure to determine blog/website’s quality and relevance.

  15. Make Money Blogging on April 24th, 2008

    Gratz on the authority, authority is authority. Every one wants it! As for the pr drop, there’s not much you can do about that. Just keep doing what you’re doing and it should start to rise again.

  16. pelarge on April 25th, 2008

    That’s sounds great, congrats :) Btw, how to check if our site is given an “authority”?

  17. Direct Home Find on April 25th, 2008

    Wow…congratulations. That is pretty cool. I always wondered how someone gets those “authority” listings. Good Job.

  18. Job Search Sites on April 26th, 2008

    I hear a lot of sites have recently gotten that authority listing. I have been to quite a few blogs that are talking about it so unfortunately I don’t thing it is much of a big deal. My blog got it too.

  19. Make Money Online on April 27th, 2008

    If you are an authority site, that is very good. You should see ranking increases because of that.

  20. hijinks on April 30th, 2008

    Congrats! That’s quite an achievement!

  21. Life on Mars on April 30th, 2008

    cong. but ur pr has fallen to 3…

  22. Webmaster Forums on May 1st, 2008

    Yes i see your site at PR3, 2 days ago was an update. Well anyway congratz:)

  23. Red Hot Chilli Peppers on May 1st, 2008

    Congrats!
    to Life on Mars, he has PR4 on http://WWW.jakeldaily.com and PR3 on Jakeldaly.com (without www)

  24. Paul on May 1st, 2008

    PR update for us yesterday. Our homepage stayed the same but I did receive a little increase on the inner pages.

  25. Daryl Auclair on May 2nd, 2008

    Check out the ‘Sitelinks’ section of the Google Webmaster Tools and you can somewhat control the sitelinks for your site.

    I noticed the PR update too, very nice indeed!

  26. John Walters on May 3rd, 2008

    I managed to get a PR2 in this most recent update. I know that page rank actually means nothing unless you decide to sell links or give a monetary value to your site, but it is definitely pleasing to see that the hard work you are putting in is actually doing something.

  27. pelarge on May 3rd, 2008

    “I know that page rank actually means nothing unless you decide to sell links”

    I’m afraid I cant agree that. AFAIK the value of PR is determined by the backlinks to your site, and the backlinks is actually 1 of the main factors for SE ranking. Having a higher PR shows that you’v done a good job in liking, and thus it may help in ranking. (of course I didn’t mean higher PR = higher ranking, there are still many other factors like content, domain age etc…)

  28. seo on May 3rd, 2008

    Congrats! Did you see any change in traffic? When it comes to PR. It really does not make any sense now…

  29. Life is Colourful on May 4th, 2008

    Hey that’s cool Jason, congratulations.

  30. Life is Colourful on May 4th, 2008

    By the way, what happened to your PR, it’s down to PR3 now?

  31. Seo Services on May 5th, 2008

    Hi dude,
    First of all, congratulations!!!
    Now, you have become trustworthy in Google eyes. As, it is very hard to get that trust. By getting these much of links, you will get more visitors as well as bloggers.;)

  32. web design on May 5th, 2008

    Many people had their PR dropped at the latest PR update

  33. Dotster review on May 5th, 2008

    Google is very mysterious. About there PR strategy. Know one really knows how they maintain it.

  34. Paul on May 5th, 2008

    It drives me mad that google seem to have so much power in this new world of internet business.

    Well done anyway matey. Takes hard work and dedication.

  35. April on May 6th, 2008

    It seems to me that Google is a little random about the site links. I have it on some sites and not others. Some of the sites that have it I don’t feel are that worthy. Anyway, I suppose at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter that much.

  36. Unsecured on May 7th, 2008

    Hey its great, that Google give me the authority.

  37. Tenant Loans on May 7th, 2008

    I get the information regarding the Google power and how it handles all the problem.

  38. Sameday on May 7th, 2008

    Hey, my site PR are increased from 7 to 5.

  39. Cesar on May 7th, 2008

    That’s a good news! Also I actually never heard about Google Authority before, so thanks for telling me this too.

  40. seo оптимизация on May 7th, 2008

    That’s just sitelinks. Traffic is the important thing here PR is just a result not a predicate. Still I’d like to know what’s the result of sitelinks on high traffic keywords. I’ve managed to take out the “authority” from a competing site but google never gave it to another(there are 4 sites rotating in the first 4 places for that high traffic keywords on hourly basis in my case)

  41. FashionBrain on May 9th, 2008

    Pretty much everybody I’ve heard from have had a drop in PR this time around - really makes you wonder what/how decides PR for google.

  42. Free Xbox 360 on May 9th, 2008

    I don’t feel are that worthy. Anyway, I suppose at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter that much.

  43. blog gambling on May 9th, 2008

    Hmm… I am little bit surprised that google didn’t listed my blog yet. though it is a new one but about 2 month have passed.

  44. Poker Rakeback on May 11th, 2008

    Congratulations! Keeps going..

  45. DazzleCat Website Design on May 12th, 2008

    thats brilliant news for you well done a definite achievement for anyone

  46. JT on May 12th, 2008

    Cool! Congratulations!
    It sucks how Google drops PR just because you’re listing paid links.

  47. RSS Explained on May 12th, 2008

    Not a big fan of the new evil imperial empire.

  48. MP3 Player Review on May 13th, 2008

    Congratulations. I am also trying to achieve this with one of my websites, but it doesn’t seem to work.

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