Google strikes again. Let's punish the little guys!
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Tagged with: I guess my Google pagerank is going to be reduced to ZERO soon. Why? Because I have text-link-ads on my site. And in their all-knowing internet-regulating wisdom Google has decided to punish the site owners trying to make a little bit of revenue for having them.
Today a post I made about the iPod Touch may be very relevant because it's actually about the iPod Touch and iPod/iPhone websites link to it. It may therefore rank high for searchterms such as 'iPod' which is useful for people looking for things related to this subject. Some time soon though, my post will be deemed completely irrelevant to the searchterm 'iPod'. And why? Because there's text link ads on my website. Go figure. I'm too stupid to understand why but apparently this is going to make my post a lot less relevant to the search term 'iPod'.
Now before you get started: YES, I think Google has all the right in the world to 'protect the quality of their index'. I'm all for it. However, (I'm speaking to you, wealthy Google executives) if your algorithms are so clever that you can detect paid links and feel they shouldn't propagate PageRank then why don't you just not give any pagerank to the sites behind these links instead of cracking down on the little guy running a small site? Paid links would slowly disappear as they lose their value and my post about the iPod Touch would still be relevant to the search term 'iPod'. Like it should.
So Google, put your money where your mouth is and go ahead and 'protect your index'. No need to punish the little guy just like you screwed everything up for legitimate blog commenters instead of the linkspammers with your stupid nofollow attribute everyone got shoved down their throats.
See you all in Pagerank 0 land. I don't give a flying fuck!
At 08 December '07 - 19:32 Jake wrote:
At 08 December '07 - 19:59 hcabbos wrote:
Seems to me that if things keep going the way they are, whether it’s only by putting money in Google’s pocket that we’ll be visible anywhere near the top of their results. Is the underlying truth that of Google trying to push their own paid advertising network above all else? Is the only legit way to stay true to your site’s mission, make money, and maintain pagerank (or decent search position) by buying into AdSense?
A good marketing plan encompasses a good of mix various outlets. This just goes to show that offline marketing will continue to be important as Google’s method of operation continues to be a moving target.
Google’s day will come. Maybe not now, but one day the culmination of a bunch of stuff will change consumer behavior. It always happens. When it does, consumers will vote with their pockets and that’s where advertisers will turn to. Left in its wake will be a reminder of what was once the behemoth that we know today as almighty GOOGLE.
At 21 January '08 - 14:29 Kabalyero wrote: