Comments on: Competitors Cheating On Google http://www.trulyace.com/blog/general-musings-on-life/competitors-cheating-on-google/ Graphic Design Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer http://www.trulyace.com/blog/general-musings-on-life/competitors-cheating-on-google/#comment-3199 Amanda - Truly Ace Graphic Designer Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:40:03 +0000 http://trulyace.com/blog/?p=32#comment-3199 Well recently I was punished by Google for three way link swapping (some sites asked and I thought, what the hey) and they took away my page rank. I didn't even realise they had such an issue with three way link swaps. They took my pr but not my position in the search engine. I asked very nicely for it back and they obliged in less than a week which I was impressed by. What I learned from this is to stop obsessing about Google and just get on with building such a good site that you will automatically rank well for. This site does rank well, but as you know....the thirst for a better and better stakehold on the Internet never ends does it ;) I read somewhere that if you spend all your time that you normally spend trying to trick Google in actually writing great content you'll automatically get those inbound links and good ranking for keywords due to content. So since this episode I've been just writing good content and am stopping any link swapping at all. I have to agree that Google isn't the be all and end all of website traffic because most of my traffic comes from elsewhere and this blog has been a major traffic driver this year, which is in it's first year. Amanda Well recently I was punished by Google for three way link swapping (some sites asked and I thought, what the hey) and they took away my page rank. I didn’t even realise they had such an issue with three way link swaps. They took my pr but not my position in the search engine.

I asked very nicely for it back and they obliged in less than a week which I was impressed by.

What I learned from this is to stop obsessing about Google and just get on with building such a good site that you will automatically rank well for. This site does rank well, but as you know….the thirst for a better and better stakehold on the Internet never ends does it ;)

I read somewhere that if you spend all your time that you normally spend trying to trick Google in actually writing great content you’ll automatically get those inbound links and good ranking for keywords due to content.

So since this episode I’ve been just writing good content and am stopping any link swapping at all.

I have to agree that Google isn’t the be all and end all of website traffic because most of my traffic comes from elsewhere and this blog has been a major traffic driver this year, which is in it’s first year.

Amanda

]]> By: Dave Coveney http://www.trulyace.com/blog/general-musings-on-life/competitors-cheating-on-google/#comment-3198 Dave Coveney Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:31:14 +0000 http://trulyace.com/blog/?p=32#comment-3198 Hey there - I know it's an old post on your blog, but just saw this and can truly empathise with how you feel. We have the same problem - we do everything absolutely by the book and it's annoying when you see others cheating their way to the top. But I think that's business and life in general - people cheat, they benefit, and the good and the just lose out... in the short term. Longer term - well, your rivals will disappear from Google, and you'll consequently climb. Having said that, I'm no longer convinced that Google is the be all and end all of attracting traffic. Forum and blog links are still incredibly powerful. Hey there – I know it’s an old post on your blog, but just saw this and can truly empathise with how you feel.

We have the same problem – we do everything absolutely by the book and it’s annoying when you see others cheating their way to the top. But I think that’s business and life in general – people cheat, they benefit, and the good and the just lose out… in the short term. Longer term – well, your rivals will disappear from Google, and you’ll consequently climb.

Having said that, I’m no longer convinced that Google is the be all and end all of attracting traffic. Forum and blog links are still incredibly powerful.

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