My PR is gone…

Yes. When Google updated its Page Ranking last January 2008, this blog got a PR of 3. I thought…cool. Then I submitted this blog to PPP. After doing 2 opps for PPP, Google took my PR away.

Last night while I was browsing through my PPP opportunities section, I just saw two opps available for me and both don’t require a PR. I already felt something is up so this morning, the first thing I did was to go to a Page Rank checker site ( because I don’t trust my toolbar) to check my PR and sure enough, it is now officially 0.

I think it is cruel of Google to do that and PPP sucks for not being able to do something about it. See, PPP launched RR last January with the aim to fix this Google PR problem but until now advertisers still have the option to require PR.

When will this end? Sure Google has its own reasons to take the PR of blogs doing sponsored posts, sure advertisers have their own reason why they want their sponsored post in blogs with PR, and sure PPP has its own reason why until now they still allow advertisers to require PR. Sure.

But who will look after the interests of posties? We are left with 2 options :

1. Do sponsored posts, have a PR of zero = no opps= no earnings
2. Have a PR, do not do sponsored opps = no earnings

See, either way it is a lose/lose situation for posties.

Don’t tell me to quit blogging and get a real job because for many of us, this is our real job. Blogging is a job and we are working for a company, is it not but right that the company we are working for will also look after our interests and not only theirs?

So…

Payperpost when will this madness end?