Google Changes Search Algorithm...Another Reason For Fresh Content

That's because it still works. I know his for a fact because competition in one of my niches is doing it and is kicking my a$$.

It upsets the applecart of standard SEO but it increases the value of quality original content and presentations.

I can see where this is going. We're gonna see a new paradigm being born and it should bring about some major changes in strategy. It was bound to happen. People just get sick of getting irrelevant search results and hype.

People don't have the time to waste on bs.

I think this has all come about due to blogging which evolved into social networking which has now evolved into something else and we're seeing it.

When anything new comes along it's founded on something solid. If it makes money you'll see the scammers pile in, monopolize it, foul it all up and then something ethical emerges to wipe out the crud.

Knowledge and experience are of great value on the web. People know it now and when ethical things take root, prosperity will bear fruit.

You are too cool and cute!

I have three FB friends, and my younger sister on FB who have idiotic traffic to their FB pages with subscribers to their feeds. All of them did it by accident. It was "what" they were posting and the fact the posts were being shared like wildfire is what does it. None of them are IM savvy but I just followed their lead and discovered a gold mine. One of them has over 180,000 subscribers that she can feed stuff to. Every time she posts something all 180,000 subscribers know about it. They 'share' her posts. It's insane. Wish I had thought of her niche and I can if I use my skills of illustration.

With that kind of loyalty you don't need to submit to Google to get traffic because FB does it for you and so do all the people who 'share' what you post. I wrote an article for a client's site this past week that went viral just from FB alone. I put up ONE link to the article and discovered another gold mine. You almost had to beat the traffic off with a stick.

I have pals with huge traffic sites. None are IM savvy but a few and I'm trying to teach them. They don't need Google and have millions of subscribers to their newsletters. It is SICK how much traffic they get and will destroy your servers if they link to you. If you have an FB page that they link to, you RULE. I had several pals link to articles I wrote and the traffic was insane again. Each was tied in with FB. It was like push button Jetsons money.

People go to Facebook for answers because you can friend people who are experts in like every field. If your friend's friend's friend is a rocket scientist you can ask them a question and get an answer and multiple replies.

Who needs the other answer sites when you can ask a Nobel Prize winning scientist who you "liked" or is the second cousin twice removed of your old high school friend's second wife? No searches, just link up, like, friend, and you're good to go.

Google had better think fast. IMers had better get the best quality fresh content they can find and fast.

Agree totally, FB should create their own search engine.

I think you're spot on. I hope they get rid of the sites with needless backlinks that are structured that way to beat the competition. I know it's harsh but even I get tired of searching for something and having page after page of nonsense pop up. Time is money. Wasting time searching sucks.