For some time, I had built up to a PageRank of 6, according to http://www.pagerank.net/pagerank-checker/.
Then, I had someone deface my site with spam links hidden inside HTML comments and Google picked up on that and flatlisted me and my PageRank went to 0. I of course fixed the defacement and contacted Google to let them know, but my PageRank stayed at 0 for several months.
I just noticed that it has edged up to 3, so that’s good.
Hey buddy, can you spare a link?
I spared you a link: it sucks to lose your Google Juice. Mine dropped a few points last year due to the Text-Link-Ads I added to the site (or so it seems). Such is life.
Thanks, Bruce!