Comments on: How Google Dissed John Chow

By: Gaje Master

Gaje Master — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:37:47 +0000

I always wondered how Google really worked to determine the page rank. This is kind of frightening to know that someone like John Chow could be nocked off like that. I hope to make it to the top but I also hope to always stay there.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:43:47 +0000

I’d be surprised if John’s earnings went down even if Google dropped his site from their index. He’s at the point where search engine traffic is a small portion of his readership. But I don’t doubt he’ll come up with a new way to boost his search engine positioning.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:14:05 +0000

I agree with what Jay said. You’re going to help him get back to number 1, which imho is good. He deserves it. I’ve been a long time reader and continue to.

By: Thomson

Thomson — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:42:25 +0000

I completely agree with you. Google bots likes only links which are natural. But John Chow has already build a tons of regular visitors to his blog. Even though search engines doesn’t send traffic he will survive in thsi niche.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:49:49 +0000

Randall, I’m sure John expected Google to close the loophole he was using to game his search engine results positions eventually. He was too blatant about it for them to not take notice. But I don’t think it’ll hurt his blog income any. If anything, he’ll get a flood of new traffic from people writing about how he’s not #1 for “make money online” anymore.

By: Randall Cornett

Randall Cornett — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:38:50 +0000

Man, I’m sorry to see this happen to Chow. He truly is a awesome guy, and he worked so hard to his search rankings. I’m sure everything will work itself out though. Great post!