Can You Survive Without Google?

[Jason Green]

This is a really important question we should all ask ourselves.

What if for some unknown reason your site/s disapeared from the Google SERPs?

It is a a possibility - even if you are doing everything 100% right - Google sometimes messes up and you could find yourself deindexed - its rare but does happen.

Or maybe you get stictched up by a competitor or break their webmaster guidelines without realizing it.

If id DID happen - could you survive without it?

This is an important question we should ask ourselves because if we can't then we need to work on securing other traffic.

I think John Chow is a perfect example of a site that got the boot by Google and still prospers.

[seo ranter]

john chow is still in google, and I'm sure he felt it in the pocket, less traffic = less advertisers

[conker_on_net]

Either I am suffering from De Ja Vue or your posting the same question you did last week. If it was worth asking again I would probably ignore it, but seriously its not an issue.

Darwins principle: Evolve or become extinct, end of...

[Nystul]

Not now, but as time goes, I will expand my network and make it less dependent on google organic search.

[grg]

survive without google, survive without adsense etc...

It is always good to diversify incomes, traffic resources, but it's not so easy, to beat player with that position like Google has.

[AlexisBabyDoll]

What if Google disappeared? We would still have Yahoo! :P

[seo ranter]

What if Google disappeared? We would still have Yahoo! :P

If google disappeard I would go to Yahoo....I would become frustrated with the crappy results and vow never to touch a computer again....

[trichnosis]

google is the king of the internet. you can live without google but i'm sure that will be so difficult

[hibernate]

1) Google has aroung 55% of search engine market, not 100%. Yahoo number #2 in 20% range.
2) For some specific demographics Yahoo and MSN are just fine. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=299522

[Abhik]

Its not that people won't survive without google..
There are dozens of instances of sites booted by google still doing just great..

[moneyking]

i just check mine...its still there..

[bestvni]

Perhaps, but I must try better!

[xAlexKimx]

I guess you will still alive without google ;)

[speaker]

i think without google the life in the web will be more difficult.

[igme]

I will not becuase my job rely on this SE.Joke

[narayananblaze]

If I get an alternate of adsense, I don't care even if Google vanishes :D

[abhishekdaaga]

Definitely GOOGLE is just a part and there are many things coming to give google competition and YPN is getting more good day by day but due to it's limited mobility it is facing problems or YPN also is as good as Adsense...

[coolvision]

Yes, we can live without google and for traffic there is yahoo and I am receiving good amount to traffic from yahoo after google.

[Jason Green]

If I get an alternate of adsense, I don't care even if Google vanishes :D

There's plenty of alternatives to Adsense:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=546516