Comments on: Text Link Ads on the Way Out? http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/ Make Money Online Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:55:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: George http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19087 George Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:56:24 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19087 Of course Google is trying to get rid of the competition, they are a business after all ;) First it was ebay and other affiliate links, now text link ads, what form of advertising is next to be labled as evil? They should just come out and say it... If you exclusively use Google to serve advertising to your customers we will rank your website high even if it's a piece of ****. If you use any other form of advertising you won't rank high. That's really what they want to do... so why not just do it! Of course Google is trying to get rid of the competition, they are a business after all ;)
First it was ebay and other affiliate links, now text link ads, what form of advertising is next to be labled as evil? They should just come out and say it…

If you exclusively use Google to serve advertising to your customers we will rank your website high even if it’s a piece of ****. If you use any other form of advertising you won’t rank high. That’s really what they want to do… so why not just do it!

]]> By: Leroy Brown http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19085 Leroy Brown Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:33:38 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19085 I think it is a bit of a veiled push back towards Adsense. I love Google as search engine, but I'm not a fan of some of their policies / decisions lately. As for other search engines, there really aren't any. Looking at my search traffic, 90 % of it is Google on most of my sites. Even if your site doesn't depend heavily on search traffic, Google is still king for any search traffic you do get. I think it is a bit of a veiled push back towards Adsense. I love Google as search engine, but I’m not a fan of some of their policies / decisions lately.

As for other search engines, there really aren’t any. Looking at my search traffic, 90 % of it is Google on most of my sites. Even if your site doesn’t depend heavily on search traffic, Google is still king for any search traffic you do get.

]]> By: Ray Dotson http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19079 Ray Dotson Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:54:30 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19079 I'm wondering about the alternatives. Does anyone get any significant traffic from the other search engines? Some healthy competition here would take some of the sting out of google's proclamations... I’m wondering about the alternatives. Does anyone get any significant traffic from the other search engines? Some healthy competition here would take some of the sting out of google’s proclamations…

]]> By: GettyCash http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19071 GettyCash Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:20:13 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19071 All is about money, Google only want to increase their AdWord sales. All is about money, Google only want to increase their AdWord sales.

]]> By: Empress http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19003 Empress Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:21:33 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-19003 I think it has a lot to do with competition. Buying and Selling text ads is competition to Google, and they've got the heavy hand to be able to come down on those of us who are looking to make money online - and are becoming more and more limited as to how we can do it. It sucks if they're doing it this way. I think it has a lot to do with competition. Buying and Selling text ads is competition to Google, and they’ve got the heavy hand to be able to come down on those of us who are looking to make money online - and are becoming more and more limited as to how we can do it.

It sucks if they’re doing it this way.

]]> By: Leroy Brown http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-18997 Leroy Brown Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:15:09 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-18997 Google is forcing our hand. We have three choices regarding paid links now, and they all suck. 1. Continue as before, face PR / traffic penalties. Lower PR reduces link value, revenue. 2. Add "nofollow" to all paid links. Value of links drops, as does revenue. 3. Discontinue all forms of paid links. Revenue drops to zero. All three scenarios end up hurting my wallet, which makes me not a happy camper. Google is indirectly pulling money from my wallet, even though it isn't going into theirs. I wonder if this is just a big push to get advertisers back to focusing on Adsense alone? Google is forcing our hand. We have three choices regarding paid links now, and they all suck.

1. Continue as before, face PR / traffic penalties. Lower PR reduces link value, revenue.

2. Add “nofollow” to all paid links. Value of links drops, as does revenue.

3. Discontinue all forms of paid links. Revenue drops to zero.

All three scenarios end up hurting my wallet, which makes me not a happy camper. Google is indirectly pulling money from my wallet, even though it isn’t going into theirs. I wonder if this is just a big push to get advertisers back to focusing on Adsense alone?

]]> By: Jeremy Steele http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-18959 Jeremy Steele Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:25:06 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-18959 Umm google isn't telling you to do anything. Webmasters can do whatever they want to on their site, just as Google can do the same on their's. I still think all of this nonsense could be avoided if they put a friggin "Report Spam" link next to search results though. Umm google isn’t telling you to do anything. Webmasters can do whatever they want to on their site, just as Google can do the same on their’s.

I still think all of this nonsense could be avoided if they put a friggin “Report Spam” link next to search results though.

]]> By: Tobsy http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-18937 Tobsy Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:02:43 +0000 http://www.greenllama.net/blog/2007/10/08/text-link-ads-on-the-way-out/#comment-18937 I'm not sure what way to go, but it should start with TLA, PayPerPost and all these others to stop basing income opportunities on a 5 months old link count. Unfortunately there is no reliable, ungameable way to rank blogs. At least none that I can think of. I’m not sure what way to go, but it should start with TLA, PayPerPost and all these others to stop basing income opportunities on a 5 months old link count.

Unfortunately there is no reliable, ungameable way to rank blogs. At least none that I can think of.

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