Comments on: Google’s at it again http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/ Not Famous. Don't Wanna Be. Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:11:38 -0700 hourly 1 By: Lizzie http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Lizzie Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:21:29 +0000 http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/#comment-102 Hi, Mohan, thanks for stopping by! I hope you don't think I was insinuating that you were whining. On the contrary, I can see where both you and Beth were coming from. I use Gmail and Picasa, but not so much the search. Honestly, Google search just turns up too much junk for me. I don't have alerts for some key issues that I watch, though. That's very helpful. I have to same thing in an old Yahoo mail account though, and I have to say they're a little speedier getting me the information I want. Using both makes sure I don't miss what I'm looking for. :) As I said in my article, I don't have any problems with Google looking out for Google's interest. They're not a charity service, afterall, they have monetary interests in this Internet thing too. I disagree that they're evil and forming a monopoly, as so many other people contend. It's nerve wracking to know that you've put so much stock in Google and then they slap you in the face by lowering PR, but... I think people have a right to complain and be upset and wonder what went wrong. Then they've got to stop and remember that Google is only as powerful as we allow Google to be. Plain and simple. Hi, Mohan, thanks for stopping by!

I hope you don’t think I was insinuating that you were whining. On the contrary, I can see where both you and Beth were coming from.

I use Gmail and Picasa, but not so much the search. Honestly, Google search just turns up too much junk for me. I don’t have alerts for some key issues that I watch, though. That’s very helpful. I have to same thing in an old Yahoo mail account though, and I have to say they’re a little speedier getting me the information I want. Using both makes sure I don’t miss what I’m looking for. :)

As I said in my article, I don’t have any problems with Google looking out for Google’s interest. They’re not a charity service, afterall, they have monetary interests in this Internet thing too. I disagree that they’re evil and forming a monopoly, as so many other people contend. It’s nerve wracking to know that you’ve put so much stock in Google and then they slap you in the face by lowering PR, but…

I think people have a right to complain and be upset and wonder what went wrong. Then they’ve got to stop and remember that Google is only as powerful as we allow Google to be. Plain and simple.

]]> By: Lizzie http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Lizzie Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:15:51 +0000 http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/#comment-101 Beth, <em>The no-follow and Technorati movements were to help us not just with page rank, but readership as well.</em> I understand that completely. I don't think that PR is a good indication of traffic and traffic should be the ultimate indicator of ad revenue. If the A-Listers have 10 blogs each they can link them all together and BOOM! They've all got a huge PR, but they don't have traffic. What's fair? I'm not trying to cut into their piece of the pie, though. I just want a slice for myself. With a world of readers and buyers, I'm pretty sure there's enough to go around. Still, Google is only as powerful as the users make it. If no one considered PR a big deal, who would care that it got smacked? But since that's all people were talking about, used it as bragging rights, and advertisers used it to measure money making potential, well, Google got all powerful. Now they want to wield that power. Why is anyone surprised? Now paid blogging services are looking into other ways to measure viability of a blog. Traffic, for one. This is where the social sites and Technorati will rule again. Get people to your blog by surpassing the Google search and you'll be making money again. Then Google will have to rethink their strategy, but if we don't give them power, they can't take it from us. Beth,
The no-follow and Technorati movements were to help us not just with page rank, but readership as well.
I understand that completely. I don’t think that PR is a good indication of traffic and traffic should be the ultimate indicator of ad revenue. If the A-Listers have 10 blogs each they can link them all together and BOOM! They’ve all got a huge PR, but they don’t have traffic. What’s fair?

I’m not trying to cut into their piece of the pie, though. I just want a slice for myself. With a world of readers and buyers, I’m pretty sure there’s enough to go around.

Still, Google is only as powerful as the users make it. If no one considered PR a big deal, who would care that it got smacked? But since that’s all people were talking about, used it as bragging rights, and advertisers used it to measure money making potential, well, Google got all powerful. Now they want to wield that power. Why is anyone surprised?

Now paid blogging services are looking into other ways to measure viability of a blog. Traffic, for one. This is where the social sites and Technorati will rule again. Get people to your blog by surpassing the Google search and you’ll be making money again. Then Google will have to rethink their strategy, but if we don’t give them power, they can’t take it from us.

]]> By: Mohan http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Mohan Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:43:51 +0000 http://www.chippedpolish.com/2007/googles-at-it-again/#comment-100 Hi Lizzie, Finally its all about money isnt it? We want to make money, Google wants to make money, but when Google tries to make money, we don't get as much money, when we make money, Google doesnt get as much... Catch 22 :D By the way, I wasn't suggesting people should kiss Google's a$$. But I still think Google search is the most accurate and fast. I'm on a very slow net connection, and speed sure matters. I'm a literature+journalism student, so I search like around 200-300 times a day. And Google helps me out pretty well by displaying the results in 2 seconds. Yahoo takes half a minute! MSN takes 1 minute! Now consider my situation. 200 searches @ half a minute = 100 minutes - 1 and half hours wasted... And for inaccurate results! Not to mention, Google Alerts save my fat in this highly competitive journalism world! So Google offers all these great services. Why boycott it because Google down ranked your blog? Actually, I don't give a damn... And do you realize something? Google doesn't own the web, nor does it say that. But WE are the ones saying Google owns the web! Google made a change to THEIR search, THEIR algorithm, not a public property. Google didn't change anything on the web - they changed something which THEY own. So what right to we have to complain? Ofcourse, we can opine... But thats about it :( As far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't want to waste time, and waste my readers' time by posting a whine. I utilize the time for doing something which might still ensure a good readership for my blog. Time is really precious! Cheers, Mohan :) Hi Lizzie,
Finally its all about money isnt it? We want to make money, Google wants to make money, but when Google tries to make money, we don’t get as much money, when we make money, Google doesnt get as much…
Catch 22 :D

By the way, I wasn’t suggesting people should kiss Google’s a$$. But I still think Google search is the most accurate and fast. I’m on a very slow net connection, and speed sure matters. I’m a literature+journalism student, so I search like around 200-300 times a day. And Google helps me out pretty well by displaying the results in 2 seconds. Yahoo takes half a minute! MSN takes 1 minute! Now consider my situation. 200 searches @ half a minute = 100 minutes – 1 and half hours wasted… And for inaccurate results!

Not to mention, Google Alerts save my fat in this highly competitive journalism world!

So Google offers all these great services. Why boycott it because Google down ranked your blog? Actually, I don’t give a damn…

And do you realize something? Google doesn’t own the web, nor does it say that. But WE are the ones saying Google owns the web! Google made a change to THEIR search, THEIR algorithm, not a public property. Google didn’t change anything on the web – they changed something which THEY own. So what right to we have to complain? Ofcourse, we can opine… But thats about it :(

As far as I’m concerned, I wouldn’t want to waste time, and waste my readers’ time by posting a whine. I utilize the time for doing something which might still ensure a good readership for my blog. Time is really precious!

Cheers,
Mohan :)

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