Do you think Panda and Penguin is about quality websites? I guess not until you listen to this.
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Today I was reading a post from Spencer., one of my favorite adsense blogger. I was shocked when Tim from AskTheBuilder lost 75% of his traffic due to recent Google changes. Now this is a guy who has been featured by Google Adsense as an example of people who have quality websites.
Here is the link plus video that has been used most of the time by Google when introducing adsense to newbies.
https://www.google.com/adsense/stati...heBuilder.html
Now here is an interview (link at the end of post) that was conducted with Tim after the Google Panda and penguin. I'l just go ahead and grab the post from Spencer's blog.
"Let’s imagine for a moment a business owner named “Tim”. Tim owns a construction business and is very good at what he does.
Then one day he learns about the whole internet thing and decides to start writing articles around home improvement, construction, and related topics that he is very knowledgeable about.
He builds an exceptional site that visitors love. And it turns out that Google loves his site too! Without building any links and always following 100% “white hat” practices, Google is sending hoardes of free traffic to his site!
Well, then the rosy story turns into a nightmare, Google Panda and Penguin hit, and Tim’s traffic tanks! He loses 75% of his search engine traffic in just a few short months.
Sad story right? Well, turns out its NOT some made up story!
“Tim” is actually Tim Carter the owner of AsktheBuilder.com. But there’s more. Google actually loved Tim’s site so much that they featured it 2 different times as an Adsense “case study”. Once here, showing that he was making $30k per month from his site. And he was also featured on the official Google Adsense blog here.
He never engaged in any linkbuilding, only allowed links to come naturally. In fact, he even testified in front of Congress in favor of Google when they were coming under anti-trust scrutiny.
Ask the Builder was receiving millions of visitors each month, but after Panda and Penguin, his traffic is down over 75%! And guess what? He did everything by the book. So, this is why I am calling SEO a loophole. No matter what rules you play by (White hat, black hat, grey hat) the traffic is out of your control. If Google changes, there is not much you can do about it.
I have to tip my hat to James Hussey for revealing this interesting story about Tim Carter. In fact, you can listen to a full interview James did with Tim right here."
Let me know what you guys think after listening to the interview?
PS: You can read more at Spencer's post: http://www.nichepursuits.com/worried...you-should-be/
-Ron.
Here is the link plus video that has been used most of the time by Google when introducing adsense to newbies.
https://www.google.com/adsense/stati...heBuilder.html
Now here is an interview (link at the end of post) that was conducted with Tim after the Google Panda and penguin. I'l just go ahead and grab the post from Spencer's blog.
"Let’s imagine for a moment a business owner named “Tim”. Tim owns a construction business and is very good at what he does.
Then one day he learns about the whole internet thing and decides to start writing articles around home improvement, construction, and related topics that he is very knowledgeable about.
He builds an exceptional site that visitors love. And it turns out that Google loves his site too! Without building any links and always following 100% “white hat” practices, Google is sending hoardes of free traffic to his site!
Well, then the rosy story turns into a nightmare, Google Panda and Penguin hit, and Tim’s traffic tanks! He loses 75% of his search engine traffic in just a few short months.
Sad story right? Well, turns out its NOT some made up story!
“Tim” is actually Tim Carter the owner of AsktheBuilder.com. But there’s more. Google actually loved Tim’s site so much that they featured it 2 different times as an Adsense “case study”. Once here, showing that he was making $30k per month from his site. And he was also featured on the official Google Adsense blog here.
He never engaged in any linkbuilding, only allowed links to come naturally. In fact, he even testified in front of Congress in favor of Google when they were coming under anti-trust scrutiny.
Ask the Builder was receiving millions of visitors each month, but after Panda and Penguin, his traffic is down over 75%! And guess what? He did everything by the book. So, this is why I am calling SEO a loophole. No matter what rules you play by (White hat, black hat, grey hat) the traffic is out of your control. If Google changes, there is not much you can do about it.
I have to tip my hat to James Hussey for revealing this interesting story about Tim Carter. In fact, you can listen to a full interview James did with Tim right here."
Let me know what you guys think after listening to the interview?
PS: You can read more at Spencer's post: http://www.nichepursuits.com/worried...you-should-be/
-Ron.
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