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The Changing of the Google Slap…

One of the most feared predators of the information marketing industry is the infamous Google Slap. The “Google Slap” has become a generic term in our industry for a rapid drop in ranking from the Google search engine for providing content that Google does not like when advertising through Google.  For individual websites or entire businesses that depend on Google rankings for traffic, having this happen is an absolute disaster that can possibly bankrupt you overnight. Last week, Google implemented some changes to its search algorithms that could partly affect this Google Slap. According to Google’s own blog, 11.8% of sites are affected by this change. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/finding-more-high-quality-sites-in.html   The change focuses on improving the quality of search results for the vast majority of Google users.  There has been a huge amount of websites that have popped … Read entire article »

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Basic Search Engine Workings and the Money That Flows Through Them…

Basic Search Engine Workings and the Money That Flows Through Them…

There are some very important basic pieces of information I find myself telling different people all the time about the business of making money online. People, in general, have some serious misconceptions about how money is made, especially through advertising. The most basic misconception is how Google searches and ads work… Here’s a mile-high description that should give you a good overview: Rankings: Google ranks sites in it’s search results by certain closely-guarded criteria. The higher the score the site … Read entire article »

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