John Chow vs Google {Who is losing?}

Discussion in 'SEO' started by Mong, Jul 12, 2007.

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By not showing John Chow's website at first spot for keyword 'John Chow'

  1. Google is losing its credibility

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  2. Google is not losing

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  3. I am 50 50

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  1. simply-the-best

    simply-the-best Peon

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    #21
    John Chow said that he used to recieve 2000 visitors per day from google and after google did something and he is now recieving 1100 pageviews
     
    simply-the-best, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  2. godmode

    godmode Well-Known Member

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    #22
    Well if he is saying he was getting only 150 visitors for "make money online". I wont trust him for that.

    Look on Wordtracker free tool: 1160 Daily searches for make money online

    and why on earth someone go to lengths to get high ranking for "make money online" if he is getting only 150 visitors everyday.
     
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  3. jhnrang

    jhnrang Notable Member

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    tdoggy Well-Known Member

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    #24
    I don't think Google will neccessarily lose anything, but I think John Chow wins. He's getting publicity. I didn't even know who he was before stumbling on this thread. Now I've visited his blog and so forth. He wins.
     
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  5. Hade

    Hade Active Member

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    #25
    I'd never heard of John Chow until this thread.
    I just checked his blog out, and it doesn't strike me as remotely interesting.
    What's the big deal about?! how come everyones raving about how good his blog is???
     
    Hade, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  6. Hade

    Hade Active Member

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    #26
    Oh, he gives backlinks to anyone who reviews his site.
    He got what he deserved I'd say!

    There's too many false reviews based on affiliate links as it is, this isn't too different.
     
    Hade, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  7. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    #27
    Thats Google's Monopoly..

    The existence of Google is short now :mad:
     
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  8. yogesh sarkar

    yogesh sarkar Well-Known Member

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    #28
    Cause he makes over 12k a month from his blog.
     
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  9. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #29
    Why? John was very open about selling links. Why should he be allowed to lead a bad example and benefit from it?
     
    Blogmaster, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  10. Agent_Dweeb

    Agent_Dweeb Peon

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    #30
    John Chow?/

    Please don't flame me.

    All I know is someone who is making a lot of money
     
    Agent_Dweeb, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  11. Hade

    Hade Active Member

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    #31
    haha, you're right. I'm stunned. He's obviously done something very right!
    Interesting, as it's not a blog I'd normally bookmark, I didn't see any gems of information there, just lots of random crap.
    Hat's off to the guy though, he must be very clever to get such an income from a blog.
     
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  12. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #32
    Same here. He's a good linkbuilder (or was a good linkbuilder) and promoter, but his blog has little info or value.
     
    Blogmaster, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  13. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    #33
    Hmm OK
    but if someone is searching for 'John Chow' then what should he see in first spot? And what he {searcher} expects from Google?
     
    Mong, Jul 14, 2007 IP
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  15. lajocar

    lajocar Banned

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    #35
    I think that John make the mistake by asking people to review his site.

    Basically Google wants natural links to sites especially very competitive keywords.

    Simply just write quality content and get links naturally will be much better than getting a 1000 links in a week.
     
    lajocar, Jul 15, 2007 IP