Comments on: It’s Google’s Way or The Highway http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php Primarily covering topics about affiliate & search engine marketing, micro & mobile blogging, making money online, search engine ranking & optimization, social media & networking, software & technology, web development & graphic design, and anything else on my mind. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:53:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dropping Text Link Ads - h0bbel http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3931 Dropping Text Link Ads - h0bbel Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:08:02 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3931 [...] Garry Conn: It’s Google’s Way or The Highway [...] [...] Garry Conn: It’s Google’s Way or The Highway [...]

]]> By: My ReviewMe Nightmare - Revisited | Thor Schrock's Technology Blog http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3835 My ReviewMe Nightmare - Revisited | Thor Schrock's Technology Blog Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:07:44 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3835 [...] recent revision of their webmaster guidelines and their growing push to differentiate paid links versus real links might make services like [...] [...] recent revision of their webmaster guidelines and their growing push to differentiate paid links versus real links might make services like [...]

]]> By: jackbravo http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3826 jackbravo Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:46:36 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3826 You know, I wonder if blogspot has the nofollow thing automatically installed. I also wonder why blogger doesn't provide a sitemap or a template for a sitemap when you first start your blog. I blog at blogspot now, and have liked most of the thngs that they do, but wonder why they're not optimised for their own search engine. You know, I wonder if blogspot has the nofollow thing automatically installed. I also wonder why blogger doesn’t provide a sitemap or a template for a sitemap when you first start your blog. I blog at blogspot now, and have liked most of the thngs that they do, but wonder why they’re not optimised for their own search engine.

]]> By: What’s FUD? | Dragonfly Media Curacao http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3668 What’s FUD? | Dragonfly Media Curacao Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:36:43 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3668 [...] of the blogs I read regularly is garrycon.com. Last week Garry posted a somewhat panicky post about how he thought that he’d been doing all the wrong things on his [...] [...] of the blogs I read regularly is garrycon.com. Last week Garry posted a somewhat panicky post about how he thought that he’d been doing all the wrong things on his [...]

]]> By:   Internet Marketing Tips From Around The Web by Making Money Online http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3660   Internet Marketing Tips From Around The Web by Making Money Online Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:09:54 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3660 [...] It’s Google’s Way or The Highway The bottom line for me is that you should NOT rely on Google or any other ONE site for most or all of your traffic. You should focus on building a remarkable site that people will want to tell other people about. [...] [...] It’s Google’s Way or The Highway The bottom line for me is that you should NOT rely on Google or any other ONE site for most or all of your traffic. You should focus on building a remarkable site that people will want to tell other people about. [...]

]]> By: Explanation of The Site, Linking and Structures published on Garry Conn dot Com http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3640 Explanation of The Site, Linking and Structures published on Garry Conn dot Com Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:15:32 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3640 [...] my last huge post that stirred things up a bit, I want to publish this article as it may be difficult to follow all [...] [...] my last huge post that stirred things up a bit, I want to publish this article as it may be difficult to follow all [...]

]]> By: Thor Schrock http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3634 Thor Schrock Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:15:23 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3634 Google is out to get rid of all pais link ads. They are considering the use of a new tag that publishers could use to label paid links so they are not counted toward SEO rank. Publishers who do not use the new standard could see their own rankings fall. http://www.thorschrock.com/2007/05/09/give-or-sell-links-on-your-blog-google-will-stop-you-soon/ Google is out to get rid of all pais link ads. They are considering the use of a new tag that publishers could use to label paid links so they are not counted toward SEO rank. Publishers who do not use the new standard could see their own rankings fall.

http://www.thorschrock.com/2007/05/09/give-or-sell-links-on-your-blog-google-will-stop-you-soon/

]]> By: Thor Schrock http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3633 Thor Schrock Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:11:02 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3633 The main thing you have to remember about Google is that humans - in theory - have no place in the decision making process. Google is a reactionary company. If you follow the rules and are not trying to defraud their system, you are pretty much ok. In fact, Google has defended itself in court saying that it is the company's first amendment right to rank a website wherever it pleases - for whatever reason it pleases. A great example is a blogger who asked his readers to link to the www.whitehouse.gov website with "Failure" as the link text. For months a Google search for the word failure returned George W Bush. Google realized they were being link spammed and eventually adjusted the ranking algorithm to account for the possibility of massive numbers of inbound link spammers. Now the result is gone. I have to say that I found your blog by looking for a DoFollow blog. Since then, I have grown to appreciate your content and we have even talked about partnering with each other on certain things (which would jive well with your post). I will continue to read and learn here, but I am afraid that your readership growth may be hindered by this move. At a minimum, you might consider continuing the Technorati favorites exchange since they do nothing for link juice, and are not regulated by Google. Google was one of the first Web 2.0 companies - the whole concept of ranking websites based on links from other people allowed the public to determine what websites were worthy of readership. I think it is funny that now they are distrusting the people to decide what websites should be ranked where. Microsoft had the same life-cycle - sassy start up, to tech player, to tech power house, to shareholder pleaser. Its just a matter of time until it happens again, and maybe the DoFollowers will be the ones that make it happen! The main thing you have to remember about Google is that humans – in theory – have no place in the decision making process. Google is a reactionary company. If you follow the rules and are not trying to defraud their system, you are pretty much ok.

In fact, Google has defended itself in court saying that it is the company’s first amendment right to rank a website wherever it pleases – for whatever reason it pleases.

A great example is a blogger who asked his readers to link to the http://www.whitehouse.gov website with “Failure” as the link text. For months a Google search for the word failure returned George W Bush. Google realized they were being link spammed and eventually adjusted the ranking algorithm to account for the possibility of massive numbers of inbound link spammers. Now the result is gone.

I have to say that I found your blog by looking for a DoFollow blog. Since then, I have grown to appreciate your content and we have even talked about partnering with each other on certain things (which would jive well with your post). I will continue to read and learn here, but I am afraid that your readership growth may be hindered by this move.

At a minimum, you might consider continuing the Technorati favorites exchange since they do nothing for link juice, and are not regulated by Google.

Google was one of the first Web 2.0 companies – the whole concept of ranking websites based on links from other people allowed the public to determine what websites were worthy of readership. I think it is funny that now they are distrusting the people to decide what websites should be ranked where.

Microsoft had the same life-cycle – sassy start up, to tech player, to tech power house, to shareholder pleaser. Its just a matter of time until it happens again, and maybe the DoFollowers will be the ones that make it happen!

]]> By: Google’s Will http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3620 Google’s Will Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:23:21 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3620 [...] mentioned earlier that on Garry’s blog I participated in this long conversation on pleasing Google. Well, in the comments of a recent post Rob A. just left the following comment on my [...] [...] mentioned earlier that on Garry’s blog I participated in this long conversation on pleasing Google. Well, in the comments of a recent post Rob A. just left the following comment on my [...]

]]> By: cooper http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php/comment-page-1#comment-3619 cooper Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:00:23 +0000 http://www.garryconn.com/its-googles-way-or-the-highway.php#comment-3619 Too bad most of the blogs using these tricks are not all that. Too many people trying to be something before they have anything. Yeah viral links, I wish people had a little bit of a clue and would spend more time actually on their blog then trying to ma,e an empty blog popular. Too bad most of the blogs using these tricks are not all that. Too many people trying to be something before they have anything.

Yeah viral links, I wish people had a little bit of a clue and would spend more time actually on their blog then trying to ma,e an empty blog popular.

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