There’s an old saying; “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”. It seems that the saying holds true today, especially in the form of Google’s PageRank system. If you thought that the days of the Google Smack-down were over, think again. The boys and girls at the bog G are still fully engaged in the tactic of penalizing [...]
If you’re like me and rarely read the Google AdSense TOS updates, you may have missed the new(ish) policy stating that all sites running AdSense ads must have a publicly displayed privacy policy. As far as I know, Google hasn’t kicked anyone out of the program for not having one yet, but hey, who wants [...]
Google’s PageRank smackdown has left a lot of bloggers bemoaning the loss of traffic and prestige their blogs recieve, but does having your Google PR wiped out or lowered really affect how many visitors you will get on a daily basis?
From my experience, the answer is a resounding “NO”.
The first of my blogs to get [...]
Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few days. I’ve been dead in the middle of a site redesign that I want to have finished by Christmas if possible, and all my time has been spent up to my ears in PHP code and CSS tweaks. This doesn’t mean that I [...]
I’ve already stated that I took a hit to my Google page rank on any blog I host that is running Izea (formerly PayPerPost) sponsored ads. The big G took this action a step further a few days ago and removed all PR from my primary blog, dropping it from a PR 3 to a [...]
