As many of you know it was pretty easy not to long ago to get some nice page rank out of Google by creating a network of sites and linking them like mad, no longer the case. As many internet marketers have recently noticed, the linking game is getting a little harder than it used to be.

Now to create page rank you have to get links the hard way, by working for them. Not that creating sites and linking them together is not working, it’s just that Google has decided that it’s not what they feel is a good link profile. It’s official, Google has declared Jihad on blog link farms and some of the big boys had to fork over some of their page rank to comply.

One of the largest and most popular blogs to get hit was Engadget taking a dive from page rank 7 all the way to a page rank 5, ouch. This could possibly affect revenue from link sales at many of these blogs, considering page rank seems to play a major factor when it comes to the price of links.

Another big player, at least in the “make money online” scene, John Chow took another hit moving his page rank from a 6 to a 5 and now a 4. What’s next for John Chow and his money making empire? You can check out a more complete list over at Daily Blog Tips Page Rank - You’ve Been Punked By Google List. Got a little creative with the title there.