PayPerPost has a PR of 6
Smorty has a PR of 4
PayU2Blog has a PR of 3

At least real cops go after the pimps, streetwalkers and johns.

Live and learn… I might not have wanted that much heat though… “Ouch” I am still hurting a little from this minor viral reaction. LOL!!!! Thanks for the comment bud.

After reading through this post and its comments, I must say that I am more than a little disappointed at the people who have chosen to speak out against Garry. Did you guys even take the time to read the entire article?

Garry is a very good friend of mine, and perhaps I know him better than most of you do. His statements have been taken out of context and used against him. The purpose of this post was to inform the readers of what can happen to their blogs if they choose to write sponsored reviews. He chose to inject a bit of his unique humor into the article, and now he’s getting attacked for it.

Not only that, but I think it is very childish to point out spelling and grammatical errors in the way that has been happening here. I could probably visit each and every one of your blogs and find a few mistakes. Grow up!

Garry is one of the most friendly and caring people in the blogosphere. He has helped so many people with the tips he has given here on GarryConn.com, but that is only half of it. If you only knew how much time he devotes to helping other bloggers on a more personal level! I have learned a lot from him, and I am proud to call him a friend.

I recently signed up for SponsoredReviews. I was fairly ignorant of the effects it could have to my PR4 blog, but when my readers started giving me more information on the topic, I chose not to write any paid posts. I’d rather maintain my standing with Google. I found this post to be helpful, as it convinced me that I made the right decision.

Thank you, Garry, for continuing to provide helpful information to those of us who actually read the articles instead of just looking at the pictures!

LoseMoneyToday Wrote:
“I’m not saying I support smorty. What I am saying is that Google is not the ultimate law maker. Sure they make up the bulk of search traffic. But those of us who have been around for a while remember when the kings of search lived short lives as the #1 dog.”

In response to…

Gary Wrote:
“It is in Google. and one of the problems I have is that everyone doesn’t know about their webmaster guide lines. And companies like smorty will play off the ignorance of the publishers. If many of these publishers were told up front that they could lose their rank in Google, they would opt out.”

I agree, Google isn’t the ultimate law maker. What I mean by this statement is the fact that many publishers, including myself, value our PageRank. Many publishers who haven’t read the guidelines go unaware of the situation and participate in doing sponsored post, and paid links not knowing that they are putting their PageRank at risk. If they were aware, they would then have to option to make a decision on whether they want to continue participating or not.

Granted, as Webmasters, we all should read the TOS from all the search engines, but a lot of people don’t. It would be far fetched to expect Smorty, ReviewMe.com, or PayPerPost to put a statement on the dashboards of registered members that warn people of this! LOL!!

And I wonder – what if after some time I will go through my posts, delete those worst ones about loans, add no follow for nice ones and don’t accept any more paid reviews, could I get the page rank back, or it’s all lost for me?

In addition, about no follow in posts and sidebar links – do I need to add that attribute manually for every link?

Based on the last couple of comments it is obvious that Google has either 1 or 2 issues. 1 – There system if broken, 2-People who have had there PR modified for selling links, have not been modified in the search rankings. (which seems impossible, but we know how that goes)

I don’t think the two are tied together. PageRank is predominantly for passing link juice and such, and doesn’t seem to be included in Google’s algorithm (or not much if it is).

It is not in Google’s best interest to have it actually effect search results. If it did, then they would go from providing the most accurate search results to providing the most accurate search results of blogs that comply. If they did that, people wouldn’t be providing accurate search results and that would leave an opening for Yahoo search or another competitor to be more accurate.

Gary Wrote:
“It is in Google. and one of the problems I have is that everyone doesn’t know about their webmaster guide lines. And companies like smorty will play off the ignorance of the publishers. If many of these publishers were told up front that they could lose their rank in Google, they would opt out.”

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I’m not saying I support smorty. What I am saying is that Google is not the ultimate law maker. Sure they make up the bulk of search traffic. But those of us who have been around for a while remember when the kings of search lived short lives as the #1 dog.

I generally believe in following Google’s guidelines (because I think they make sense), but when I hear webmasters fall in complete lockstep with the Google mantra and start preaching while drinking the koolaid, I envision sheep being led to slaughter.