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5:49 pm
March 22, 2012
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nellterry
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Post edited 6:05 pm – March 22, 2012 by nellterry
Hi y'all! I wrote a post about Internet marketing for bloggers because I've been reading on here about people who've suffered ad revenue losses because of G slaps to their PR and it made me sad. I don't know if it's appropriate to link here, so just head to my blog if you're interested. I just thought it was timely, and I've been studying marketing for awhile so I thought I'd share to try to help some people with some new ideas. I hope that's ok. Thanks.
p.s. – be warned, it's a whale.
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7:14 pm
March 22, 2012
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sensetosave
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This is definitely something I'm interested in. My business model is based on text link ads in my sidebars. I just prefer it — except it doesn't seem sustainable now that Google is being a bully.
I've had a few advertisers recently contact me and ask me to pull their ads, and some aren't renewing. SHOOT!
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8:51 pm
March 22, 2012
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nellterry
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sensetosave said:
This is definitely something I'm interested in. My business model is based on text link ads in my sidebars. I just prefer it — except it doesn't seem sustainable now that Google is being a bully.
I've had a few advertisers recently contact me and ask me to pull their ads, and some aren't renewing. SHOOT!
Yea, that's why I wrote it. All the G changes are doing that to a lot of bloggers. I hope the post puts things on perspective a little for people. Sorry that happened to you!! :(
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1:52 pm
March 27, 2012
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theycallmecheap
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Fortunately, I wasn't harmed by the G-slap (or whatever you kids are calling it these days). And I'm not sure why. Either way, it's moments like these that really make us think about why we can't depend on the almighty Google to bring traffic to our website. I've known for YEARS the importance of building an email list. And finally got serious, within the last couple of days, about building one. Now I just have to figure out a way to repurpose my content across various platforms so that my income doesn't dry up due to one company's actions. That's terrifying!
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6:16 pm
March 27, 2012
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MoneyInfant
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As far as I can tell, the only reason for a visible PR is to draw advertisers to sites so that G can find out who those advertisers are and punish both them and anyone posting their links. Honestly, who else cares about PR besides bloggers and advertisers? And why do a manual visible PR update? Simply as a way of saying "We know what you're doing". G's business model is selling textual advertising and they are using the toolbar PR to find out who their competitors are and shut them down.
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8:44 pm
March 27, 2012
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MoneyInfant said:
As far as I can tell, the only reason for a visible PR is to draw advertisers to sites so that G can find out who those advertisers are and punish both them and anyone posting their links. Honestly, who else cares about PR besides bloggers and advertisers? And why do a manual visible PR update? Simply as a way of saying "We know what you're doing". G's business model is selling textual advertising and they are using the toolbar PR to find out who their competitors are and shut them down.
Really, really well said.. Steve.
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10:46 pm
March 27, 2012
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nellterry
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MoneyInfant said:
As far as I can tell, the only reason for a visible PR is to draw advertisers to sites so that G can find out who those advertisers are and punish both them and anyone posting their links. Honestly, who else cares about PR besides bloggers and advertisers? And why do a manual visible PR update? Simply as a way of saying "We know what you're doing". G's business model is selling textual advertising and they are using the toolbar PR to find out who their competitors are and shut them down.
Wow. Yes, that's EXACTLY what's happening. It's monopolistic, totalitarian… and wrong. I saw something about adding "no follow" to ads to make them comply?? Some chick on a site I found tonight openly accepts ads, and she says they have to be no follow to comply with G, and her pr is 3. Still. So maybe…
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3:25 am
March 28, 2012
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Matt76Allen
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If everybody knows it's a monopolistic maneuver by Google, why don't bloggers and advertisers alike simply boycott the PR ranking system? Easier said than done, I know, but seriously a 1 to 10 scale that updates only every few months or so? The PR ranking system sucks, but so many advertisers rely on it.
I like Crystal's (from Budgeting In The Fun Stuff) sentiment on this issue, as she urges advertisers to focus more on MozRank and Domain Authority.
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3:43 am
March 28, 2012
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Hank Coleman
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Everyone is upset about losing PR and possibly advertisers, but you are also not mentioning that PR is one of the factors that go into calculating where you will show up in search engine results for your keywords. Has anyone noticed a substantial decline in their search engine traffic because of their new lower PR?
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4:21 am
March 28, 2012
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MoneyInfant
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The thing is…I don't think PR has a much of an impact on search results as we have been led to believe. Certainly in the past it has, but not any longer. It has seemingly been replaced by domain authority (DA) which Google keeps to itself. I'm willing to bet no one has seen a drop in their search traffic.
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8:08 pm
March 28, 2012
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Dominique Brown
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Hank Coleman said:
Everyone is upset about losing PR and possibly advertisers, but you are also not mentioning that PR is one of the factors that go into calculating where you will show up in search engine results for your keywords. Has anyone noticed a substantial decline in their search engine traffic because of their new lower PR?
Hank google dropped my PR to 0. My search traffic at the time was 40% of my blog traffic. Now (after the downgrade) it's near 60% of my traffic.
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7:45 am
March 29, 2012
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We started a mozRank movement a year ago when the Google PR didn't update for 11 months, we can surely do it again. It's up to you guys to highlight alternatives. I've seen clients become really receptive to mozRank after the movement began.
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Sam
Financial Samurai - Helping you achieve financial freedom sooner, rather than later.
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8:15 am
March 29, 2012
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OneCentAtatime
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Good idea, I did read all the articles fro that movement. We can do it once again.
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