I run http://Fanfootage.com which has a PageRank of 0 and has been online for over 1 year. A few months ago, we moved from another domain name to this, and also switched to using all https.
We do not do any magic/shady tricks. I got nofollows set up, unique page titles, good descriptions, h1 tags in place, all links work across site, etc.
Anything I am missing?