Comments on: Dear Google

By: Mark Havenner

Mark Havenner — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:09:56 +0000

Speaking of backlinks, I left you one today

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:57:03 +0000

Thanks for your comments. I too resist the idea of churning content for the sake of churning, it is ruining what blogging set out to be in the first place. I hate telling my clients that is what they need to do, but it is just the way it is right now. Thanks for the great post.

By: A Sonnet for Google | The Way Things Are Publications

A Sonnet for Google | The Way Things Are Publications — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:10:54 +0000

[...] by Jim’s Marketing Blog’s letter to Google, I thought I’d write a poem. A sonnet, [...]

By: Wulffy

Wulffy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:51:02 +0000

If there’s too much rubbish of sites in a niche, they can boost you out of the top by building links and deep links over and over.

Traffic depends on keywords and links in niche at Google.

If you stop getting new links AND others in niche are getting more and more, you will get “penalized” by losing visitors.

I’ve made some theories about this, perhaps they are not perfect, but this seems to be Google’s law. And Google’s law has absolutely nothing to do with quality content.

By: Milos

Milos — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:23:12 +0000

This made me smile as it is a unique way of addressing something that doesn’t matter that much to you anyway (my gutt feeling). Your blog and some of the others get shared on Twitter and other social sites as well as by word of mouth so Google’s search traffic reduction is something you will get past in no time. Keep pumping out great content and doing your thing.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:23:36 +0000

Well put, Jim. Keep up the good work and let Google bury its head in the sand.

I also have seen a 50%+ cut in my AdSense income on my best site (not a blog). The quality of what’s there has not changed, but I was working on a new project and had slowed down on updates.

Crazy! But it just demonstrates the validity of the advice often given by the wise not to build a business that depends on the unreliability of the Google machine.

By: Susan/Together We Flourish

Susan/Together We Flourish — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:35:36 +0000

As I said on Twitter, diamonds are rare, but you are one of them. Keep setting the high standard for yourself and the rest of us.

By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly

Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:01:23 +0000

Mark,

Anyone who can get a Homer Simpson quote into a marketing blog, AND make a great point is my kind of person!!

By: Mark Havenner

Mark Havenner — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:54:47 +0000

This is, to borrow a line from Homer Simpson, funny because it’s true.

Any genuine traffic comes from quality back-links anyway.

By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly

Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:44:29 +0000

Lisa,

Thanks for the comment.

You mention in your comment that you are moving to direct mail;

“where my ranking are related to what I actually offer.

That’s pretty-much what I am doing here, without the cost or pitfalls of direct mail.