Ready_To_Roll - 9:10 pm on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

This merger was an absolute disaster for me. I had finally gotten to the top ten for a very competitve, prime keyword, and it lasted exactly 24 hours. After two solid years of trying to make a comeback, I thought I could FINALLY have something to feel good about, but then the hits dropped like a hammer. Not only for that keyword, but every listing I had fought hard to get on AOL.
AOL was a good alternative if you didn't have good listings on Google. Am I the only one who thinks Google's domination of the search engine universe is not a good thing? I have had zero sales for five straight days now, and for the first time feel that the jig is up. Any headway I make into Google quickly disappears; one site that was doing so-so has dropped to a PR2, even though the in-links (and outs for that matter) haven't changed.

OK, venting over. Here's to the NEXT update.....