With all the previous discussion of paid reviews and my unwillingness to raise the white flag or bend over, this post is going to come as a bit of a shock. I am lowering the red flag Carry on reading to find out why this isn’t the same as raising a white flag, and is far from surrendering to Google on paid reviews. Robots.txt I have spent a long time deciding on a … [Read more...]
Google Pagerank Directory Clanger
I know a segment of my readers are sick to death with anything to do with Google PageRank updates, and I haven't even bothered mentioning the most recent update up until now. There wasn't really anything newsworthy in it. I just spotted a story on Sphinn that will likely get deleted because it is all in Russian - the Google Directory has apparently been updated from DMOZ … [Read more...]
Zerorank: More Pagerank Carnage Round 5
I have been receiving emails and comments today about yet another PageRank downturn for multiple sites. Andrew Ooi has compiled a short list of Malaysian sites, many were as much as a PR5 previously, and currently show a PageRank of zero (a white bar) Examples include: Colleen's Simple Kind of Life and 5xmom. The numbers seem to be stable across multiple data … [Read more...]
SocialSpark.com Preview: PayPerPost Goes Googley?
I have been watching & listening to PostieCon via Ustream and chatting in the Meebo chat room, and at the same time exchanging a few emails with Ted Murphey about Izea’s (new parent company of PayPerPost) new Advertising marketplace, SocialSpark.com. What Is Social Spark? Advertiser Social Network Advertisers Interact With Bloggers: Build up a network of media … [Read more...]
Penalty Confirmed: But I Don’t Sell Pagerank
Danny Sullivan has managed to get some feedback from someone at Google confirmed visible PageRank penalties are being applied, as much as a -2 on what is displayed on the Google Toolbar. This post was my follow on from my post yesterday: Dancing With The Gevil: Defamed By Google? Fair enough, for those people who have been caught selling links primarily for boosting … [Read more...]