Is Google changing page rank in accordance with panda

 

Recently I have noticed some weird changes in google page ranks. Several of my blog posts and helium.com articles jumped from 0 to pr2 within 24 hours. In addition, I have noticed a drop in page rank of several sites. Helium.com dropped from PR6 to PR5 within 24 hours. Hubpages.com also dropped from PR6 to PR5 within that period. I have confirmed these findings by using several page rank websites and Google chrome plugin.

In addition, my main blogsite, http://mentalhealthdoc.blogspot.com has gained a page rank of 1 with no serious link building.

But I have not noticed any immediate search engine ranking advantages from these changes.

 

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What can be the reason?

I think Google may have changed their page rank algorithm in accordance with the recently introduced Google panda.  That’s why I am not seeing any improvement in search engine rankings, because it was changed already in Fen 2011 and currently they incorporate panda into their page rank to reflect true picture. In effect they might have put old wine into a new bottle.

However, this change means inpage factors in a web page may play a big role than outpage factors such as link building in future.