Comments on: Google search rank drop: advice needed

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:46:59 +0000

I also found that letting google place ads on my web site seriously hurt my rankings. I decided it is not worth it. It really doesn’t pay to be an advertiser for anyone but yourself.

By: Matthew 'Web Design' Adams

Matthew 'Web Design' Adams — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:41:04 +0000

Its a real shame that google uses such a blunt instrument when detecting paid adverts. I can see the point in not allowing compnaies to boost their ranking by having paid for links all over the web. Google is a search engine not a commerical directory. A good post though and great advice about the nofollow attribute. Matt Matthew 'Web Design' Adams's last blog post...RSS Your Visitors

By: Fay Webber

Fay Webber — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:46:42 +0000

Google definitely needs to straighten out their policies. They should at least give one warning to the “offenders” before penalizing them.
I too hope things will get sorted out soon and your ranking on Google will get back to normal.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:04:27 +0000

Chloe, Artur, Karl,

Thanks for dropping by to comment. Glad you welcome you here.

By: Karl Hardisty

Karl Hardisty — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:06:11 +0000

I think the same thing has somehow happened to us (not that we have paid advertising, or links), as we've gone from page 1 on google.com for "mothership" down to somewhere around page 26, very quickly. The other search don't seem to have been effected as much, although "mothership" has gone from the 2nd link to the 2nd page during the same timeframe. We're not dependent on google at all (most work comes from word-of-mouth) but it would be nice to know it's up there. Karl Hardisty's last blog post..Reflecting upon the new mothership design

By: Artur M

Artur M — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:26:11 +0000

Google hate links market. U should use Java, nofollow, or flash ads. Direct links are dangerous for Your rankings. Use AdSense, if U want to benefits from blog.

By: Chloe Edwards

Chloe Edwards — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:32:26 +0000

This is absoloutely shocking, and i always think the same thoughts. Google is basically saying 'Were the big boys, you work on our terms to do well' .. ie: there trying to make the industry work according to their standards, but it never will, just like microsoft force people to work to their way. People will always disobey and what google must do is revise their formula's and improve there system to counter this, not try and stop people from letting people advertise on their site. This will only serve to get peoples back ups. Chloe Edwards's last blog post..Why is Social and Emotional development so important?

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:16:09 +0000

Hi Jim,

The TLA service won’t let you add ‘nofollow’ to their links.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:38:55 +0000

So how exactly do you place the rel=”nofollow” tag on the TLA links? I have a plugin to adjust them in comments, but not TLA.

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:02:27 +0000

Whydowork,

Thankfully the penalty has been reversed, and Google now trust my blog once more.

Cheers for the comment (Carl and Renny too).