I think by now, most of you are already aware of the recent Google PR Penalty. The question that most people are asking now is that, "Does this affect your Search Engine Ranking?". Let's see some actual websites and its rankings before and after the PR Penalty.

Here in Creative Weblogging, we have a website called www.bootstrapme.com. Prior to the PR penalty, this website is PR5, now it is only PR2. That's a sudden 3 Page Rank drop. One might think this huge drop will surely affect the rankings. But let's look at the actual figures.

Here are its ranking last Sept 9, 2007

Ranking of http://www.bootstrapme.com as of Sept 9, 2007

1.) Bootstrap Business Google Rank#4
2.) Bootstrap Tips Google Rank#2
3.) Bootstrapping Google Rank#6

Here are the rankings as of Oct 31, 2007

1.) Bootstrap Business Google Rank#4
2.) Bootstrap Tips Google Rank#1
3.) Bootstrapping Google Rank#5

Another website is www.daily-diabetic.com. Let's look at the rankings

Ranking as of Sept 11, 2007

1) Berberine Google Rank#16
2) Snacks for diabetics Google Rank#3

Rankings as of Oct 31, 2007

1) Berberine Google Rank#18
2) Snacks for diabetics Google Rank#3

It might be too early to say but initial data shows that ranking isn't greatly affected by the PR penalty. So how about you? Have you seen some major negative changes in your rankings?