I will agree – these results are MUCH worse than last month … I have also lost a few more sites that Florida hadn’t consumed. It seems that Google wishes to play God, and have a direct impact on thousands of individuals and their commercially related keyword phrases!
I know there are a lot of people who would say “its there engine they can do what ever they want!” Well I don’t buy that crap. Hell at one time they probably had 75%+ of online searches and that to me means they had/have an obligation and/or responsibility to present the most relevant results.
They should not be permitted to manually arrange sites as THEY see fit. They have always been against sites using techniques designed to affect rankings, so why should they be allowed to do it themselves? Least of all when it is having a direct impact on numerous individuals/groups financial status.
Whats crazy is during Florida a good percentage of my sites vanished, but somehow my overall traffic increased. I have to accredit this to users choosing to use other engines. I think that can be a good sign for all of us – lets hope all searchers select a new engine – sooner than later! Start thinking about alternatives – it seems Googles day in the sun is about done!
Of course if I was still in the top 10 I’d not be complaining, for everyone thats upset their will be someone loving it. Oh well time for another drink :cheers: