Some thoughts about the Google Page Rank

Everything I have been reading about the Google Page Rank restructuring seems to verify that blogs and web sites that had paid text link adds were severely penalized in this latest go round.

Some bloggers suggested taking all of the paid posts off, and then requesting that Google re-review the site and change the rank. Some are boycotting Google. Some are trying to find other ways around the Google Page Rank system.

Payperpost depends pretty heavily on the Page Rank system. That’s how they get advertisers to pay a certain amount to appear on blogs with certain ratings. I imagine that if an advertiser wants to be on a blog with a rank of 5, they’ re going to pay more for than than on a blog with a page rank of 1 or no rank. The irony is that blogs with Paypepost adds, get a lower page rank, and then get penalized again by Payperpost by not having some higher paying opportunities available to them. Payperpost is going to have to come up with a way to fix that – soon.

I on the other hand have decided to operate on the “If you build it, they will come” theory and hope that readers find their way here despite my lower page rank. But ultimately I am going to do what I think is the best for my family and my audience. I for one have learned a lot just by doing the paid ads. Even some of the opportunities I didn’t take or couldn’t take introduced me to other services and web sites out there that I never would have known about otherwise. The opportunities I took and blogged about were always ones that I thought were interesting and fun to learn and write about. The earnings from those posts also helped my family. So am I going to stop doing it for a better page rank? To me it was sort of an easy decision . Higher page rank and bragging rights don’t pay the bills. But even more importantly I don’t like the idea of an anonymous power trying to manipulate my behavior. I’ve got to do this blogging thing to please myself, my family and my readers and if that ends up being its own reward, so be it.

Some more interesting reading on the topic:
The Google Page Rank Pendulum Swings…. Again

Twitter / Jeremy Wright: Confirmed with google that …

What are You Doing to Fight the Google Bomb? at Top 10 Tech Web Tips

So What’s Up With Google Anyway? – Shadowscope

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