Google PageRank

November 23rd, 2007 @ 11:26 AM in Society & Media, Web Stuffs

Like many others, I was also affected by it several months ago, though not as bad as some.Â I’ve read that some of those sites hit as low as 0 in terms of Google PR which is like saying those don’t even exist on the Internet.Â This is a rather harsh punishment for putting up other ads other than Google AdSense, such as PayPerPost.Â Some argue, such as Google themselves, that it’s due to change in the algorithm, but if that’s true, why haven’t it affect ALL sites?

Anyhow, this site used to have PR 6 and my journal subdomain 4 up until around June of this year when it suddenly dropped by 1 for both sites; consequently, I was only able to take opportunities (from PayPerPost) that paid between $5 to $15.Â Now that I moved my blog up to the root of this site from that subdomain, I’m able to take opportunities that pay well above $30 to $50 for 100 or sometimes less words.Â If I knew the move would make this much difference, I’d have done it much sooner.Â Now only if Google gives my lost PR back…

As for Google AdSense, I’ve only earned about $80 in 18 months.Â It didn’t do well even when I made it appear right after first post, and I don’t think I can expect much from it since people can just easily block it in Firefox and even in other browsers.Â If you ask me, this kind of advertising is pretty much dead mainly because of many effective ad blockers.

Now Google, “do no evil…”