Been there... actually, many times. So sorry! Google is a fickle &$@*!

Are you indexed, at least?

I'm a 3 but I used to be a 5 before they stripped me of rank b/c I did paid postings for PPP.

I had to take everything off my site pertaining to them, *apologize*, promise not to do it again... then they gave me back a 3.

groveling doesn't taste good, but I need the PR for text links

everything is dofollow on your site, right? what's your ratio of outgoing links to backlinks?

I am indexed, but do a few PPP. Is that my problem? I don't advertise PPP, just do a few postings

everything is DO FOLLOW, yes

how do I check my backlinks/outgoing links?

someone said I had 700+ pages indexed and he couldn't figure out why I didn't have rank. He's a pro but not a blog SEO pro

Google webmaster tools says I have 9000 external links

I guess those are my backlinks...looking for outgoing #

I have 113 links to my main page, the rest are to other pages

Google doesn't approve of PayPerPost because basically they're selling page rank. But isn't every paid link out?

According to Google people should make use of the nofollow tag on ads.

I don't know what algorithm they use, but it's something to do with how many links go out versus what comes in.