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I agree, it has legs, but looking at the 'channels' you can lease in the different tiers, the majority of it is related to 'search'. Umm, last time I checked, search engines need something to search. If you take away all the other sites, what is the point of paying monthly to use google, yahoo, msn and others.
This is good linkbait that makes all of us stop and realize how dependent we are on the internet.
Of course, it seems quite a bit is ending in the year 2012:
http://www.google.com/search?q=the+end+2012
Story: Has Google Gurgled?
Story: Has Google Gurgled?
thx sza! I have spelled Mahalo right plenty of times, and this one I just went brain dead.
Mahalo
Mohalo
Mohola
Mohalo
Mahala
Mahola
Just for the record everyone, it's spelled www.mahalo.com ... I can't think of a better site name to screw up.
Does anyone use that thing? Other than "calanicas"? (mispelled for entertainment)
Gr8 for-MATT! muhahah.
Very interesting stuff. I would have never pegged Shimon as a gun man.
This is probably the best blog post that I have ever read in the last 100 years.
That's great and all, but why announce to the world (ie..google/matt cutts) "Haha, you missed! Bet you can't do it again"?
In other words, if you were walking down the beach with your metal detector searching for treasures, then you unearth a treasure chest stuff full of millions of dollars, would you tell everyone on the beach?
Of course he knows. It's the theory everyone throws around called FUD. Trying to scare people into believing the worst possible case. If you start saying they're all fluff, they actually could wax everyone.
Good controlled test though!
Sphunn by accident. It sounds intriguing, i'm just not sure what we're sphinning. There's really no information about it worthy of a post. Give me examples, screenshots... SOMETHING.
I'm definitely not saying it isn't going to be the reputation tool of the year, I would just rather read about it when there is something to read about.
cool name though.
Story: Knol Way Around It
Guess Danny and Aaron already hit on this, but I thought Matt's title was pretty clever.
I can't speak for all, but personnally it doesn't affect us at all. We were no longer using google to advertise. We have other streams of traffic that is a lot better than what their system had to offer. Converation rates with google average 1:80 and the other stream of traffic is a constant 1:4.
So no, it doesn't hurt us at all. Just prevents less competition from trying to get a jumpstart.
After not being able to find info on what happened, I posted, then fell on to the graywolf vs cutts fun. That's where I read cutts saying they stopped showing the ads. So I added the update last night linking directly to the comment where matt said this.
What I think is funny is some keywords work and some don't. Maybe they should use their own keyword suggestion tool.
@Sebastian, that does bring up an interesting point with regard to adsense ads. I underestand their points, but they sure seem to be acting like a teenager with how they're handling everything.
@halfdeck... here's the direct link http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/selling-links-that-pass-pagerank/#comment-117818
Story: More Hypocrisy By Google -
A bit of a ridiculous outlook. Pagerank is not what people are trying to get. The ultimate goal is getting oranic traffic to one's site. PR was nothing but a measuring stick that the whole industry adapted to. Why not, the big bad Google is top dog so using something to value a site makes sense. Problem is, PR has not meant much in terms of valuing a site for a few years now.
When the PR buying craze was in it's prime, you would buy a link on a PR7 or up site and it would rocket you to the top. Then Google put a governor on high PR sites and it stopped working so easily. At that point, the idea of PR began its downfall. So effectiveness was dropping, while the average net user's perception was on the increase.
In my opinion, buying PageRank today is no different than you teasing up your hair with a bunch of hairspray, throwing on your spandex, units, z-cavarricci's, parachute pants and throwing in your 8 track tape of Van Halen 1.
As far as the companies you mention...it's not about Pagerank making or breaking them. It's about the people behind the companies and how they adjust to the changes. Both are innovative and smart people so they will find a way to continue to thrive in their industry. Marketing online is not going to hell, regardless of what you may think. If these companies had 10 customers that all were dependent on PR and that's it, sure, I could see them dying off. Problem is, you're talking about two companies that have a huge draw of customers that are somewhat loyal to them. That means they'll be happy to work through any changes.
Anyhow, my 2 cents.
Great tutorial. You'd be a great, and popular, teacher. Rough around the edges...but extremely knowledgeable. Like the Howard Stern of Search.
Good stuff! Now we just need the secret words and locations of the MSN & Yahoo parties. Last year Yahoo had a private party on the roof of ... The Palms?? A lot of people didn't have invites, like we didn't, and most were turned away, like we were.
You know, as much money as we spend with them, letting us in a cool vegas party is the least they can do!
You have great, thought out posts and i'm a fan of the swearing and brutal honesty.
They have a penalty and you'll find them listed around 60 or so. This is kind of old news as it's been this way for a few months. Many sphinn's about it.
no apologies needed. i've done the same thing too many times.
ps. i like your "where i'm bookmarked" graph. Pretty cool.
Next thing you know, ole Billy Gates will be sportin' Jenna Jamieson on his arm hitting all of the Hollywood hot spots and lobbying hard to get his new BFF Joe Francis (girls gone wild) out of jail.
"MS Smut Cash" HA!
Story: PayPerPost Scrambling - Trying to Implement “RealRank” After Their Bloggers Page Rank Disappear
possible financing options would be:
- Break it down into shares of ownership, for example 600 shares @ 25k each and see the amount of interest. If someone wants to invest more, buy 10 shares for 250k. I can think of a few of us that would have a high level of interest in something like this we can rely on. If the interest isn't there, see option B.
- Put the business plan together and pitch it to some big pocket investors. I think the project, if done right, would catch the eye of enough VC's. If interest isn't there, see option C.
- After becoming premium member (wink), use page strength tool at the wonderful wizard of moz. :-)
But the idea of open source and it not being tied to one company would make it most attractive and a well accepted score.
Story: PayPerPost Scrambling - Trying to Implement “RealRank” After Their Bloggers Page Rank Disappear
actually, it appears the crew over at paypp is taking the name
community.izea.com/blog/2007/11/what-is-izea-re.html
formula is pretty weak, but they're getting it going.
Boy I bet they wish they had a mulligan in their pocket for this PR nightmare! "Hey, let me slip this bill in your pocket and you make it all disappear!"
.. guess they should have thrown in another $100 to keep their money maker shut
I think I would rather be in M.Cutts position though. He is lucky enough to be calling the shots rather than being in an SEO's shoes who has to change to there every move and deal with all of the panic'd clients. The SEO will lose clients/money, M.Cutts does get rained with questions from the industry, but it's not like they're really losing anything.
Stock price down a hundred bucks this month? phew! what's .5 billion? :|
I think I enjoy you two's replies to most sphinn's more than I do the story itself.
[insert slow clap applause]
Story: 2012: The Year The Internet Ends