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Originally Posted by mit
Reason could be the buying / selling the links. Have you done something like that?
And PR has no relation with SE rankings. |
PR has direct relation to search engine ranking. It is one of the ways google uses to return search results...From google...
"Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search."
To the original question...I don't believe you have penalized, Google penalties are usually very dramatic. It is more likely that there is increased competition for your specific keyword. I would recommend looking at who links to those sites listed above you and try to get links from those sites.