I have this collection that I started a while back that is utterly embarrassing to talk about but I figure that this is the one place (my blog) that I can feel that perhaps someone may relate. In any case, if I find a domain that has expired that has a link from some really cool site (ie. TIME magazine website) then I will buy it. Show of hands - who has a link from TIME? (Well, not me even, well I did not earn it, I scurry around like a little domain rat picking up the crumbs.) I don’t use them for anything, it’s not the old buying expired domains for SEO thingy. It’s my personal collection… like a wine cellar for people who enjoy wine.

Yes, I am actually going somewhere with this. ;)
In any case, I have these old domains and recently there has been a fairly massive PR drop that has affected some of my sites, and many many many other sites from what I hear. And I know that when you buy an expired domain that has its PR, it will lose its PR after the next update. But are they supposed to get it back? I am saying this because several of my “gems” got their PR back. I have never worked on building links to these domains, and some were just error pages (until a few days ago, tee hee).

I am wondering if this has to do with the recent change in how PR is calculated. Did they forget to hit the “expired domains” switch when recalibrating the GoogleBot?

P.S. Don’t tell Google.