Google Crap Continues
According to the SmartPage ranking and evaluation service, as of a few minutes ago:
What's really telling is the dramatic drop in the number of backlinks Google lists compared to Yahoo's figures:
Website ValueI've watched this value rise steadily since I began using the service a few weeks ago. It rises along with the number of viewers. Still Google doesn't restore the PageRank on any page in this website! I suspect that people who use Google to search for writing help or an editor don't find A Writer's Edge listed toward the top of the returns, either, as it used to be.What a slap in the face of someone who has promoted Google and it's various features for several years.
The estimated value of www.writers-edge.info is: $20,043
This value is represents the approximate value of the website entered. Of course, this value does NOT include the worth of the company behind the website but rather is an estimated value of the website itself. Some of these valuation factors include: PageRank, traffic, backlinks, age of the domain, directory listings, and other items not shown in the summary above.
What's really telling is the dramatic drop in the number of backlinks Google lists compared to Yahoo's figures:
The total number of pages that contain links to:There's not much I can do except encourage readers to boycott Google and all its products and perhaps complain, if you can find a place to do so. Here's their address:
writers-edge.info www.writers-edge.info
449 Google: 449
35,800 Yahoo: 35,700
85 AltaVista: 33,000
84 AllTheWeb: 32,200
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001
I know A Writer's Edge is not alone in being unfairly demoted and punished by Google. How about deluging them with complaints by phone and especially fax.
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posted by Georganna Hancock | 9:15 AM
5 Comments:
It seems that Google has simply changed the way that they determine page rank (which they do quite regularly, though they do not advertise such changes). It seems that Google now only counts independent links on sites, that is a sidebar link only counts one time, no matter how many places that the sidebar shows up. A link within an article counts once as well.
This helps to cut down on those who generate hordes of free sites, or link excessively to one site with keywords in an attempt to drive up search results.
I hate to say it, because my sites were hurt in this change as well, but this probably helps your site more than you think. With an entire industry geared towards attaining desirable Google results, it's becoming harder and harder for the average person to break into the top rankings. This cuts out a lot of the SEO companies from using their dirty tricks and puts the Google onus back on honest linking and quality content.
At least with Google, the written word is the best way to get good search results.
Interesting, Brad. Where are you getting your information? I ask, because Google's algo is always a matter of speculation. Google says nada, except what's in the webmaster's guide. PageRank is calculated separately from SERP, too.
I don't see how a PageRank of zero helps me, or the loss of an advertiser. I never saw multiples of sidebar links, either. According to SEO gurus, we are being punished for having paid links on our sites.
And I've always hoped that what I wrote was useful and worthy, not without value as a PageRank of zero indicates.
Hey Georganna,
The whole PR thing made some really big waves around the blogosphere about two months ago. Problogger went form 7 to 4 and many other sites were hit.
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/10/24/problogger-pagerank-4/
http://andybeard.eu/2007/10/pagerank-update.html
I'm also not sure why, but on some PR checkers I have a different PR - go figure!
But the main thing is that people like your blog and keep coming back because you give that value added, right?
Well, Mell, the PR thing that made waves around here was the late November sweep of websites with many backlinks suspected of being "paid links" and Pay-Per-Posts. Neither have appeared on A Writer's Edge, unless you count paid ads as "paid links".
From my point of view what it's all about is revenue. The advertiser I had paid for ALL my Internet costs--a few dozen email addresses (don't use all), two website hostings, cable expenses (modem and TV), and my AT&T Worldnet account which provides a backup dialup in case the cable conks out.
Being the one who makes the investment, I like to think that the blog is the value here. Occasionally I give specific assistance to individuals privately, make donations to charities, and blog for free elsewhere for good causes--so that's the added value for readers. I apologize if I misunderstood what you wrote. This is how I see it.
Oh, just meant that IMO, the value of your blog is determined by its (excellent) content rather than its PR. It's the content that keeps people coming.
(But I totally understand your frustration over the PR, it's definitely totally unfair and unprofessional of them.)
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