(Poker) Less Relevant than Before?

I think I\’m flummoxed. I mean sure, SEO is so 2006 … but Pokerati\’s traffic has been growing, our content has been improving, other blogs continue to find reason to link us up, and we\’re ready to bust nuts at the super-big frickin\’ WSOP! Yet in the eyes of almighty Google, we are less than we once were — as Pokerati\’s \”page rank\” has dropped from 5 to 4.

This may not mean much to most of you, but it\’s kind of a bummer to poker web geeks, especially those of us who just finished reading Search Engine Optimization For Dummies. You see, we have long been a 5 here at Pokerati, and frankly, kinda felt like we should be a 6 … or at least wanted to become one because all my friends were 6s. But Big Brother Google must have recently recalibrated its algorithm or something, because their page ranks have dropped, too. Check it out:

Pauly dropped from 6 to 5
PokerProf — from 6 to 4 (LasVegasVegas dropped from 7 to 5)
Bill Rini — from 6 to 5
The Fat Guy — from 6 to 5
Iggy — from 7 to 5
PokerBlog (run by the SEO team at PartyPoker) — from 6 to 4
Wicked Chops — from 5 to 4
PokerWorks — from 6 to 5
CardPlayer — from 7 to 6
Bluff — from 6 to 5
worldseriesofpoker.com — from 7 to 6
PokerStars Blog — hanging tight at 6
Up for Poker — hanging tight at 5
The Poker Biz — from 4 to 3

ALT HED(s):
(Poker Blogs) Less Relevant than Before?
(Blogs) Less Relevant than Before?
Outkicked?

UPDATE: Bigger Deal (a new collaborative blog featuring Anthony Holden, Al Alvarez, and others … and apparently an SEO-minded venture connected to PokerStars) — coming out of the gate at 0

UPDATE UPDATE: Google Page Rank is \”dead\” … at least according to this guy (currently a PR 7) in 2003.