TheMadScientist - 8:29 am on Apr 24, 2011 (gmt 0)

Just to expand on what I was saying before, in many cases of webmaster complaints I see what seems to be essentially 'what everyone else is doing' ... Yes, there are some twists, but mostly they're what someone else has, because there are very few originators of ideas and products, and imo it's like the difference between Starbucks and Tully's in the area I'm in ... Starbucks, the 'original' ALWAYS pays for the 'A' location (afaik), but Tully's theory for years (from what I've heard from people in the industry) has been to build in the 'B' location and make money off the 'Starbucks Overflow' ... Since the economy has turned, Starbucks has slowed new locations built in this area, but more than one Tully's I know of has closed ... The difference in web terms? One is Amazon, the other is the affiliate ... Tully's doesn't have anything 'unique' or 'original' to offer really, so they try to ride the coat tails of the 'real thing' ... If Starbucks 'slipped' and stopped improving, expanding, 'doing better' there would be much more room for Tully's, but they're not doing that, and neither is Amazon.

There's not much room for the non-originators, the non-updaters, or the complacent on the Internet ... I think people would be way better off if they quit complaining about Google's changes and really looked at their sites and ask themselves how they really compare to those who are competing for the same position ... IMO it would be way more productive...