Nov
The google hand has dropped and its come down hard on most people who post for profit it seems. One of my other blogs was hit hard dropping from a 4 to a 3 and then a 0 and according to some places I’m not alone. This comes on the heels of the earlier update when several larger sites (including the washington post) lost their PR as well. When it first happened, I figured it wasn’t too bad as the drop was only one point.
There are several theories floating around the sphere today about why this is but to be honest no one knows. It might be googles reaction to the popularity of other means of advertising in an attempt to retain the online ad space. It could just be the math has changed or it could have something to do with the number of google scammers that have popped up and started scraping sites in an attempt to create content.
The problem is no one knows except google. What can be done? Some have suggested selling google stock (which seems to be happening), others have suggested using nofollow in the links or stop selling links through other means. Some, like John Chow are taking Winston Churchil’s words to heart and “Never Giving Up!”