How Search Engines will Screw Everyone..

[Sparhawke]

I don't make many topics, for the most part I tend to keep a very low profile and just turn up from time to time in topics that interest me that others have started but I was thinking before about Google Panda and to tell the truth, I have been thinking about this way longer than these recent changes.

Google DOES NOT want original topics, they couldn't care less about relevant search results and the less said about scrapers the better; since they bring in money.

What the Panda changes are meant to do is simply force people to buy advertising in order to get to the top of the search results for their given keywords.

I have a friend near where I live who has a security firm, all he needs for his site is a little one or two page holder telling people his name and address and phone number.

Since he does not have "original" bovine scat for the crawlers his site will get buried...until he coughs up money to Google to be a sponsored link.

This is the same for almost every other site in the world too, by putting only the biggest leviathans on the top ranks like Ebay, Amazon, Wikipedia and various others Google can guarantee that very few people can compete therefore they will have to buy advertising.

Cynical, I know I am but how else would Google makes its money if they didn't force people?

The general consensus amongst people in the world is that Google is a wonderful thing, and it is for the most part...they have done something that no one else ever has done before in truly making a global marketplace but lets not forget they are not here for the people, they are here to make money only.

Googles motto from day one has always been said to be "Do no evil" and yet as soon as they met up with the overture creator they stole his idea...so much for the angelic claims.

What do you think the future of Google will be when no one can get away with not paying for advertising due to the bias for sites that suck up all the population that constantly make content?

[PtJc]

The Panda changes really messed up the system, i have a number of micro niche sites, and several got hit, while some that i didn't care about jumped 2 or 3 pages.

We have to adjust to the changes. But Google isn't the only place to go, and i think Mastering Facebook, will be more and more important, even more than the top page on google search.

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by Sparhawke

How Search Engines will Screw Everyone ...

"... who allows their business to be largely dependent on search engines".

[Mrmuscle90]

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

"... who allows their business to be largely dependent on search engines".

You have to be pretty dumb to do that

[Lea Karana]

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

"... who allows their business to be largely dependent on search engines".

The people that are new to this business unfortunately

Not everyone here knows the ins and out of Internet Marketing.

This is why I'm here, to learn from the best I hope



Lea K

[KenThompson]

Here is an excerpt from an email I received from Howie Schwartz -
a cool guy.

Maybe this will help you, maybe not - it's up to you.

My opinion:

I have been doing this full-time for 12
years! I have seen more Google updates
and whiplash then most people in IM . . .

I have also lived through each and every
single one. We need to learn what happened
and try to piece together the "why". Then
we need to take action and push forward.

It doesn't help anyone to sit there and
complain or whine about Google doing this
or that. This is an every month (or quarter)
part of online life. Google makes changes
and there is always collateral damage.

They try to hit ONE goal and the broad brush
stroke wipes out tons of other sites in the
aftermath. Its part of the game.

We need to suck it up and push forward.

What has kept me going over these 12 long
years full-time online is this:

CONSISTENT PROMOTION. Show your sites
love every single day and Google will too.

Until they slap you that is Then you
need to lick your wounds and build more
sites but most importantly . .

PROMOTE THEM EVERYDAY.

Ken

[AnniePot]

This link will be of interest to people following the general theme of this thread: Google Braces to Pay at Least $500M in Ad Probe - FoxNews.com

[yukon]

It's all a conspiracy, I tell you!

Did you know the government has a car that will run on water? They don't want everyone to know because we'll buy all the water, then there won't be anything left to drink except beer, & they know beer will set us free! - Steven James Hyde III

[Sparhawke]

Originally Posted by AnniePot

This link will be of interest to people following the general theme of this thread: Google Braces to Pay at Least $500M in Ad Probe - FoxNews.com

That is a great link, thanks for sharing it

[jeswarrior]

Yeah, Google just wiped out my whole site after many years without any problems and now is forcing me to advertise with Adwords or die. Now all I see is a useless reconsideration request? Hope those SOBs get broken up by the government.