Drama In The Blogosphere
Well let’s face it, as much as Google has made things great as far as easily monetizing blogs and other content websites, they have also really done a lot to make sure that blogging is never boring. Stay with me here…
Without the infamous “Google Slap” where would the excitement be?
They keep the drama coming - and without a doubt they have the power to put companies out of business. For example, the Text Link Ads Drama…
Admittedly, Text Link Ads (TLA) will not go under because I stop using them. However, I have noticed a few other larger websites and blogs moving in the direction of purging the TLA code (which I find unfortunate, but who am I to question the Almighty decisions of the “big G”?)
Since Google is apparently unable to use an <if> <then> statement in their algorithm to simply exclude ranking/authority credit for these standardized snippets of code used specifically for TLA and has instead decided to implement their “slap” for the bloggers, who are apparently straight from the Pit of Hell for wanting to monetize their blogs in this fashion. It is “Check” and then “Mate” with me having to tip my king… I have been forced “by the slap” to stop using TLA - my “thousands” of subscribers will note that I have removed the TLA banner and have removed their widget from the site.
I can only hope that someday, after spending enough time in Google Purgatory I will be allowed to re-join the “saved” masses and once again enjoy a PageRank3 *sighs*
Oh, wait… that is another drama - PageRank doesn’t matter any more… right?…
*sarcastic* riiiiiiiight
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February 21st, 2008 08:59
you might have also gotten slapped because of the “paid review” buttons you have on the site.
bummer man
February 21st, 2008 09:40
@45n5 - Didn’t even think about that… guess I will remove those too…
February 21st, 2008 10:22
oh yeah, they slapped pay per post just as hard as tla
February 21st, 2008 12:53
@45n5 - Well, at least I always have Alexa rank to fall back on *deep sarcastic sigh*
February 21st, 2008 13:33
Mark,
I think nothing is lost as long as you continue to put out the good content. I have dramatically changed my view on paid links and paid reviews….
Google is the king of search whether we like it or not. Are they fair- I do not thing so. Is it worthed to test them- NO. Just stumbled this post.
March 15th, 2008 14:55
Wow, Google just get stricter and stricter.
Cannot say I agree with your ever so light hearted comment about google page rank. It really does not seem to reflect the profitability of my sites.
I have a site with a PR of zero which makes me more money than my PR 4 site.
Go figure!