SexySearch Ron
09-17-06, 05:14 PM
Who has felt the good and bad side of Google updates? it seems we are at the mercy of google these days and it concerns me...
In the last quarter of 2004 I went through a VERY golden period when I got some great listings on Google, I was really raking it in and I thought I had found the golden goose. Unfortunately, it didn't last and a few updates later my traffic started to go down and I lost some good listings, and with it the money. :joystick:
I hanker after that golden period again, and am trying hard to get my rankings up again. (My main site is a links list btw) . But it must have just been a lucky coincidence when my pages just happened to have all the right elements Google's algorithm was looking for at the time.
My PR is still the same as back then, but the great listings I used to have, have slowly disappeared. Has anyone else experienced the same thing?
Or perhaps I inadvertedly did something wrong somewhere that Google didn't like and got penalised. I know they are constantly tweaking their algorithm though.
I do worry sometimes that a lot of my income is at the mercy of one search engine. (altho I do have bookmarker and traffic from other SE's etc., the majority of my good traffic comes from Google tho)
I am now looking to set up more a>b>c type trades (natural linking) as I understand this is looked upon more favourably by Google than straight forward reciprocal link exchanges.
While we're on the subject if anyone wants to set up some of these more 'natural' linking trades (with PR4+ pages) drop me a line.
What are your experiences in getting Google to work for you? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts..
In the last quarter of 2004 I went through a VERY golden period when I got some great listings on Google, I was really raking it in and I thought I had found the golden goose. Unfortunately, it didn't last and a few updates later my traffic started to go down and I lost some good listings, and with it the money. :joystick:
I hanker after that golden period again, and am trying hard to get my rankings up again. (My main site is a links list btw) . But it must have just been a lucky coincidence when my pages just happened to have all the right elements Google's algorithm was looking for at the time.
My PR is still the same as back then, but the great listings I used to have, have slowly disappeared. Has anyone else experienced the same thing?
Or perhaps I inadvertedly did something wrong somewhere that Google didn't like and got penalised. I know they are constantly tweaking their algorithm though.
I do worry sometimes that a lot of my income is at the mercy of one search engine. (altho I do have bookmarker and traffic from other SE's etc., the majority of my good traffic comes from Google tho)
I am now looking to set up more a>b>c type trades (natural linking) as I understand this is looked upon more favourably by Google than straight forward reciprocal link exchanges.
While we're on the subject if anyone wants to set up some of these more 'natural' linking trades (with PR4+ pages) drop me a line.
What are your experiences in getting Google to work for you? I'd be interested to hear your thoughts..