Google has been penalizing sites by dropping their PageRank a point to even two points, even me from a PR5 to 4. Mostly because of the fact that some of the sites sell text links on their site, or do sponsored reviews. What a bunch of crap!

You know at times like these most people tend to get all worried and scatter around doing changes, emailing Google {good luck with that}, posting in forums and even posting on their blog about it. I’m not going to get into a whole big discussion about the ethics of people trying to make money from their online properties by selling links or doing sponsored posts, as that is not my concern. Instead I’ll just reflect a little bit and tell you Why you shouldn’t care what “Google” does with that green line on their toolbar.

• First of all, They don’t own the internet - They never have and they never will.
• What goes up must come down - You think they’ll last forever? I don’t care what Wall Street thinks with their forecasts. One day a new player will rise and then you can really watch Google Dance.
• People made a living before Google - And they will continue to do it with or without them, whether they like how people use their search engine to do so or not.
• You don’t depend on your Mom and Dad after you move out - So why do you depend on Google? Sell those links!
• Google needs us more than we need them - Period.
• Building a strong community can do wonders for your online properties - And you don’t need Google to help you with that.
• I’m not pissed at Google - Just telling them why they shouldn’t be pissed at me because I tried to make some money - if they can do it so can I.

So life goes on, the world makes another rotation around the sun, yes it’s NOT flat, and I’ll still be looking to make money on my blog. Whether Google thinks it’s evil or not.

In conclusion -

You cannot make an algorithm smarter than a human, because a human built the algorithm.

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About the author

Hyder has been blogging for the past two years on this blog. He started Weborithm, his web company, in 2007 and along with designing blogs and websites also releases various web related products.