Comments on: In Defense of Big, Bad, Google ;) http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/ Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:57:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: edwin http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/comment-page-1/#comment-502822 edwin Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:15:39 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/#comment-502822 You can't blame Google for being suspicious..its a battle field. You can’t blame Google for being suspicious..its a battle field.

]]> By: deInternetMarketeer http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/comment-page-1/#comment-12080 deInternetMarketeer Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:59:41 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/#comment-12080 You don't get free traffic from Google. You give them content and without that they were nowhere. It's not free, it's mutual understanding each other. You don’t get free traffic from Google.
You give them content and without that they were nowhere.

It’s not free, it’s mutual understanding each other.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10499 Ed Kohler Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:02:19 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/#comment-10499 So all companies need to do is generate a tremendous amount of press about their domain transfers in order to be treated respectfully by Google? So all companies need to do is generate a tremendous amount of press about their domain transfers in order to be treated respectfully by Google?

]]> By: Howard Kaplan http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10316 Howard Kaplan Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:04:46 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/#comment-10316 Ed, in the case of Topix.net, I agree wholeheartedly. I think Google is perfectly reasonable as well in suggesting the solution- as long as a single engineer can recognize that the content is simply being ported to a new domain, and has legitimately built it's own massive audience, the site will likely have little problems. Given the amount of press Topix has generated... something tells me their rankings won't be hurt one bit. Ed, in the case of Topix.net, I agree wholeheartedly. I think Google is perfectly reasonable as well in suggesting the solution- as long as a single engineer can recognize that the content is simply being ported to a new domain, and has legitimately built it’s own massive audience, the site will likely have little problems. Given the amount of press Topix has generated… something tells me their rankings won’t be hurt one bit.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/comment-page-1/#comment-10235 Ed Kohler Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:54:44 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/03/14/in-defense-of-big-bad-google/#comment-10235 In the case of Topix.net, Google has proven that they value Topix.net's content by ranking it high for thousands, if not millions of terms. If changing a domain while keeping the content the same effects rankings on Google, it's not just the content owenr who has a problem. The relevancy of Google's search results are also hurt by the change, effecting, as the article notes, potentially one million Google users per months. I'm sure Google sees this as a problem as well and would love to figure out a way to minimize the pain of transitions. In the case of Topix.net, Google has proven that they value Topix.net’s content by ranking it high for thousands, if not millions of terms. If changing a domain while keeping the content the same effects rankings on Google, it’s not just the content owenr who has a problem. The relevancy of Google’s search results are also hurt by the change, effecting, as the article notes, potentially one million Google users per months.

I’m sure Google sees this as a problem as well and would love to figure out a way to minimize the pain of transitions.

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