The case of the diminishing and vanishing page rank is still on the loose and everyone’s blaming Google for it. Why? Because the so-called hard earned ranks dropped or diminished; and because of this, a lot of webmasters are no longer receiving link assignments from different monetizing programs on the net. Then, they’re all pointing their fingers to Google and the rest follows.
I am not protecting Google, it’s just that I realized something after reading the whole Webmaster Guidelines they have presented.
It’s true that Google is being unfair to us, but we never find time to think of it the other way around. And the thing that Google detests is not sponsored posts but the rel=”dofollow” links. Because links as such affects page rank and link popularity of a certain site. Google thinks that it’s unfair to sell and buy rel=”dofollow” links because a lot of people are working hard just to gain it. So the next time you do a paid post, remember to embed the rel=”nofollow on the link.
If you’re interested to know more about this, I suggest that you read the following articles:
Ezrich is really a nice guy. He thought me a lot of things regarding this whole Page Rank fiasco. But we have different point of views regarding this, hence, I still respect him and I still find his articles helpful.
Note: I’ll allow comments on this entry but please do not post comments that are not related. Do not even dare to post a comment if you have not read the whole article. If you appreciate my hard work on this piece, then why not leave a tag? Or even answer my random question on the post below this. That would definitely put a smile on my face.
PS: If you have questions, queries or clarifications, I suggest that you ask Ezrich. He’s more knowledgeable and more experienced when it comes to this.
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May 20, 2008 at 11:31 am
I still don’t like Google for rank slapping my site (from PR2 to PR0), but I agree with you in that they have reasons for doing what they did. However, there is no such thing as rel=”dofollow”. It’s just rel=”nofollow”, which tells search engine bots to not count the link towards the said site’s pagerank, and the absence of rel=”nofollow”, which some webmasters called “dofollow” to distinguish. In other words, adding rel=”dofollow” doesn’t do anything except make your site non XHTML valid (if you’re the type to be concerned with that). But thanks for the two articles you provided. I really enjoyed them
DestinyMarch 21, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Good for you for being able to see straight through a fiasco. Sometimes when one has been hit hard and comes to think that they’re the victim, it’s easy to lose sight of what the true fight is.