A couple of days ago, I started developing a new website that’s covering a topic where there’s plenty of money being spent and lots of interest. It’s a popular industry, but this particular segment of the market isn’t too saturated with existing competition. I’m thinking it’ll be relatively easy to obtain good search engine rankings for as this type of site is always popular and very linkable.
Stu’s posted 11 reasons why my blog might suck. I don’t think most apply (I’ll await his review of my blog before responding to the rest), but here’s my response to those that might.
It’s hardly surprising that the average and not-so-average Internet user can find it difficult to place trust in a website they’re not familiar with. In today’s age of phishing, cross-site scripting and other forms of digital crime, it only takes a minute to log into a replica PayPal website to ‘confirm your security details’ only to hand over access to your hard-earned cash to some low-life scumbag.
Without the convenience of being escorted from website to website by a cyber chaperone, lone surfers are left to take their chances on unfamiliar ground. Surely, by now, some clever entity would have come up with something that can protect the hapless from the evils of the web or at least something that can whisper in their ear, “Pssst, this website is a bit dodgy” or “this website has been established for ages and lots of people think it’s great”.
Would it surprise you, if such a thing already existed and that it was being provided by Google? Narrow your field of vision to this blog for a minute and consider how Google has devised a system based upon peer review to help the you, the consumer, navigate the Internet minefield safely.
The Google PageRank shuffle has been under way for a few days now and you can almost feel the tremors rippling through the blogosphere.
This blog has experienced a PageRank drop from 5 to 4, along with another of my ex-PR5 websites which used to feature a PR6 inner page.
It seems I’m not alone as Stu’s PR has also dropped from 4 to 3 (a lack of pimping, Stu?) and Burt’s dropped from 5 to 4.
Besides scuffing my pride, does this drop have any other impact on my life? Not really although in the eyes of some, the ‘value‘ of this website may have decreased.
Fortunately, my online income generating capability doesn’t revolve around PageRank. Does yours?
Technorati Tags: Google PageRank Update
Just yesterday, I was reading Stu’s blog about Google PageRank predictions and checking out a few of my own sites’ PRs using the same Future PageRank tool, thinking “I wonder when the next PR update will be?”
Looking at my Google Toolbar today, I can indeed see PR movement!
Back in February, IMF was assigned a shiny PR4 and now it’s a shiny PR5. Does this equate to more income? No, I’m not selling the PR or anything so all it means is a different badge.
Technorati Tags: Google PageRank, PageRank Updates
