Google's PageRank Update Goes After Paid Links?

Seems like there is a PageRank update taking place now that seems to be impacting sites that sell links. Can't say that we were not warned about this. Danny Sullivan wrote Official: Selling Paid Links Can Hurt Your PageRank Or Rankings On Google over two weeks ago, and now it appears many sites are getting hit with a drop in PageRank.

Here is a list of some sites, including major publishers, who seem to have taken a hit overnight:

* http://www.washingtonpost.com ==> / PR7 to PR5
* http://www.forbes.com/ ==> PR7 to PR5
* http://www.suntimes.com/ ==> PR7 to PR5
* http://www.sfgate.com/ ==> PR7 to PR5
* http://www.statcounter.com/ ==> PR10 to PR6
* http://www.masternewmedia.org/ ==> PR7 to PR4
* http://www.autoblog.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://www.engadget.com/ ==> PR7 to PR5
* http://www.problogger.net/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://www.copyblogger.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://www.joystiq.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://www.tuaw.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://www.searchengineguide.com/ ==> PR7 to PR4
* http://www.searchenginejournal.com/ ==> PR7 to PR4
* http://www.johnchow.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://www.quickonlinetips.com/ ==> PR6 to PR3
* http://weblogtoolscollection.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4
* http://andybeard.eu/ ==> PR5 to PR3
* http://www.seroundtable.com/ ==> PR7 to PR4
* http://www.blogherald.com/ ==> PR6 to PR4

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