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Only thing is - other search engines have the same amount of cr@p on the web to deal with (OK they often dont goes as deep) but they seem to be less Buggy (at the moment anyway). I am sure all the little GGs will sort it out in time. :)
it is a slap in the face, no matter how ya slice it.. they keep getting the goods from us and personally I feel we keep getting the cold shoulder, I really think it is about themselves and not the good of the webmasters... always felt this way actually.... unless they start being more vocal I cant take them seriously since them going IPO
I don't like google and never did. I don't trust them. They think they are alone and don't care about anyone. They know that there is a lot of people concerned with what is happening to the toolbar, they know that there is a lot of people depending on that, and they simply don't care and have the mouth shut. I don't care if they remove or substitute PR or whatever they want. I don't use PR as seriously as I use other tools, I don't depend on PR, and I use yahoo 90% of the time.
But there is one thing that really pisses me off, and always did - their behavior. Given that there is a lot of people affected, and that most of that people have helped them to develop their business in some way, I think it's a major blow simply disregard them. Most people here can live without PR or other tool, but they NEED to know what's happening in order to make a decision in regard to their business. Keeping a grey PR for days without notice, is a bad business practice, a major blow to shareholders and webmasters, and is one more reason to what I always thought.
Please someone say them that they are listed on the Stock Exchange.
If everybody has good SEO, then we'll be back where we started, apart from everyone will have to take the time to do their SEO.
With that said, my comments are that I never really understood why they showed us pr in the first place.. It only hurt their relevance and allowed webmasters to game them. Myself included..
I am personally hoping it goes away for good.. I believe they have always skewed the visual pr to see the trends in SEO. They have had a view into our computers and therefor into our seo practices for years (with all the toolbars installed). This is the only reason I can think that they showed it. They were able to collect data on how we try gaming them and are able to put counter measures in place... I feel they are comfortable with the data collected and are removing that functionality.
Their "free toolbar" has come at a price to the webmaster community as a whole. I do not believe for a second that they had it visible to be "kind" to webmasters...
For everyone complaining, I bet 99% of you guy still have your spybars (toolbars) installed. Stop complaining and start taking action... Uninstall your toolbars.... Tell your users that it is spyware.. Remove your adsense ads.. Believe me it can be done. My profits are up since doing this due to the fact I had to learn how to increase affiliate ROI. Basically, stop complaining and take action.
I have started taking action. I took a risk of loosing many thousands of dollars a week removing their ads.. I started this when they cut my cpc 75%.. under the ruse of "smart pricing"... There is no way my site fits this as it is above the commision junction conversion averages..
Anyways, stop complaining and start taking action.. Before you post your complaint make sure your spybar is uninstalled.. otherwise your posts will just be noise.. and google will continue... due to all of you that are upset but are unwilling to take action. Google is just laughing saying they are complaining but are lining up to bring up our bottom line.
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Perhaps human edited directories like DMOZ do/can/might return better results
For the most part, human-edited directories like DMOZ and spidered search engines like Google serve entirely different purposes: Directories index sites, and search engines index pages. It's like the difference between a library's directory of the magazines in its collection and The Magazine Index or the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
If you're looking for a site about Elbonian travel, you might use a directory. But if you're looking for an article about mud kayaking in Elbonia, you need a search engine like Google. That's why human-edited directories can't be a substitute for spidered search.
Some people need a reality check and should remember never to put all those eggs in one basket.
Who cares about pagerank! Maybe people should get out more (after all it is the holiday weekend...).
Will we get an explanation?
And a PR update? :-)
[edited by: TheRookie at 7:19 pm (utc) on May 30, 2005]
