MarkHutch - 7:31 am on Aug 31, 2005 (gmt 0)

There was a post in this forum a few years ago that, I believe was started by Brett that talked about all the webmasters back then that thought Google owed them something. The main thinking at that time was that Google offers FREE links to webmasters pages and really they don't owe anyone, anything.

At that time I had just lost results on several domains and I was mad, too. However, with time I realized that I had no real reason to be mad because Google had promoted those sites for years at no cost to me. In that time frame I made thousands of dollars at no cost to me. What made me upset was the fact that the free lunch ended and I had to think of something else.

It's not easy to accept that Google doesn't owe you something, but they don't. If you've been successful, just be thankful for that success while it lasted and move on.

Right now, I know you don't want to hear that, but at least give it some thought. If you made money via Google results before, you are pretty smart at SEO. Take that intelligence & energy and put it into rebuilding your Internet business.

Being angry at Google will only delay your future success.