Comments on: Google and PR Becoming Less Relevant?

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:48:40 +0000

You know Maggie – I thought about doing just that, lol! I was that angry. Now? Now I just don’t care because it’s worthless. PR means absolutely NOTHING and I’m not going to worry about what-so-ever!

By: Maggie Climbing

Maggie Climbing — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:33:47 +0000

I had 2 blogs drop from 4 to 0. I’ve found the best way to get over it is to just remove the Google PR toolbar from your browser. Then you’ll slowly forget about PR completely. After all, ask someone who isn’t into SEO about PR and they have no idea what it is and don’t care.

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:04:12 +0000

Shelly – really it’s not what YOU are doing, but rather what the OTHERS are doing. Now I see you are a rep for a direct sales company, so maybe you are referring to your blog or another site? Rep sites are going to be VERY random, and Google is going to take preference to unique sites (not the actual rep doorway – they actually pay little attention to these as they are “duplicate” pages).

As I mentioned it’s my belief blog posts tend to jump around a bit regardless before they land. I’m also starting to think newer pages in general are getting the same treatment. First they are up, then they are gone, then they are back. Almost like Google is trying to figure out where to put it. Of course it’s a computer deciding all this, so it’s not *quite* like that. But I do think it takes awhile for all their spiders and databases to get settled.

Plus of course don’t forget that all search engines are constantly updating. Every minute of every day they are updating and shifting. We only see major shifts a few times a year, but subtle changes are ALWAYS happening as the database updates. New pages appear, old pages go away, and updates on current pages (across the entire web) are always being updated as well. Google takes notice of everything and adjusts results accordingly.

I could go on for days here, but I’ll stop now.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:10:31 +0000

Great blog ladies! I don’t understand Google at all. For a few days I will be on page one, a few days later I am on page two and then next week back up to page one…and I did nothing different. I would love to know how they judge things and page rank things too. errrr!

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:15:02 +0000

Very, very interesting topic. You know I believe there is nothing wrong about using “what’s hot” as far as marketing goes. Although I don’t agree with throwing out what already works to go with something new.

I also think it depends on the type of site. Blogs in particular are going to benefit more from social networking and referrals without a doubt (I’ve noticed that my blog posts appear at the top of searches for just a short time, then drop back down…I think this is because Google sees blog posts as “time sensitive”, but I’m just speculating).

However, resource sites and niche sites (that are NOT garbage Adsense sites or affiliate sites) I believe are going to benefit more from SEO. I mean think about it, when was the last time you emailed a friend and said “you have GOT to check out this new chicken recipe, it is SO hot right now!”.

I believe there are certain things you just don’t pass around to friends or click on a random basis, but rather search for when you need it. So while YES I believe referral marketing is good in SOME industries, others really need to stick with SEO (Which by the way, Idea Queen receives about 95% of it’s traffic from search engines).