My Food and Drink Blog, which in theory was set up as an AIS but is now just a blog with reasonable adsense income on, has had it's PR updated from 1 on the front page and 3 on internal pages (don't ask me why, I don't understand it at all!), to 4 throughout. This is a site I tried to initially get Text Link Ads on but was instantly refused, which I can only assume was due to the PR 1 on the index page. Now it's on a PR4 I'll be looking to get some links on this, and am hoping it'll be an easier job than the last site, due to the subject matter.nnHowever I'm intending to rebrand the site first, with a new domain name and alter the (5th) template with my own food and drink photos first. I'm trying to come away from the idea of diet (which people assume equals weight loss) and just into food and drink (the latter I've done well tonight with!).nnI'll do a roundup on last month later. My ADSL is completely down at present thanks to those great guys at BT so being online isn't straightforward as usual 
Maybe I'm being a bit dim here, but if you change the domain name won't you lose the PR value the existing site has gained?
If you do a 301 permanent redirect from the old domain to the new one, the PR will transfer over soon after. Even though I'll be parking the new domain on the old one, i'll still do a mod rewrite for a 301 on the old domain to the new one
I think Google may have cocked up parts of its last PR update – I have a site on which the main page is PR2, but the inner pages (Some without content!) are PR4. This update appears to be taking the main page to PR5 and leaving the other pages alone…I have not touched this site since the last update!
Bear in mind (in theory) PR is about inbound links, not what's on your site, what's been done to it etc.nnMy food blog has spent the last X number of months with a PR of 1 on the front page. Didn't make sense to me. It wasn't until I happened to use a tool which told me the PR of every link on a page did I suddenly notice that all the internal pages were PR of 3! Even the author page link! So having a PR of 1 on the front end really didn't make sense when the author page got PR 3.nnI've seen a low PR front end page for a high PR site a few times now, and it doesn't really make sense. If PR is just for inbound links then more often than not your front page will be linked to more than the internal pages (acceptions apply of course).nnUsually it's not something I even concern myself with as we all know how accurate or inaccurate PR can be. But with some sites such as TLA using it as a reason to use or discard your site now, PR is suddenly more of interest.
Just had a look at your food site and was really confused by the coffee bean header graphic – definitely time to update the image
nAnother quick point – you could add an Amazon aStore (in an IFrame) on each of your diet pages (GI, Atkins & Zone) to showcase books catering to those particular diets – I know the commission isn't much but it's better than nothing and only takes 10 minutes to set up – real AIS.nnI liked the Lobster revue – £14.95 for lobster thermidor is incredibly cheap! Have you asked the owners if they want a website designed/SEO'd? 
Hey Peter,nnYes the top image was from the template I found. I've got some new photos I've just not had the time to get them off my camera and onto the site. As for Amazon, well I've got books linked and sell the odd one as direct sales (so 7.5% made), however I'm not a fan of iFrames plus a lot of firewalls can block the Amazon ones as I know Norton's one can (as I used to use it). I've still got a lot of stuff to do to the site, it's just really been trying to gather momentum first (which it is finally) to give me the motivation to add more.nnAs for the Lobster Grill, not sure if they'd go for a website, but I'd do it for free if it meant eating there more often!