@topboss 251612 wrote:
I have always believed and will always believe that honesty and keeping your nose clean will prevail in the long term.
I have never really followed Google or even kept an eye on the progress of our keywords, and maybe if I had done – I may have higher positions on most of my sites, but I just plod along in my ignorance and find that in this instance ignorance is bliss because I don’t get depressed when I see a sudden drop in a sites rankings – why? Because I never knew what it was before the drop!!
Some may say this is sheer stupidity and how can I operate a business like this…but I have to say that I have been making a 5 figure income for a good 7 years of the 10 years or so I have been in the business, so I guess whatever I am doing I must be getting something right.
Granted – Maybe I could be doubling this income if I followed all of google’s algo changes and panda, penguin updates – but I also believe in the pendulum aspect – In one update I may lose out on some sites and gain on others and this is often turned around in the next update.
Granted I do have a lot of sites so can afford to lose positions on some – if you only have one or 2 sites – I agree – it can be a huge problem to lose rankings.
I don’t have the answers but I still believe there is a future in this industry for serious affiliates who maintain a good clean site, and are in it for the long run.
lol I’m like you TB, never really got into all the hoopla with google analytics. Albeit I do use GWT. Point is though, I just tend to plod along. I try not to get caught up in the Cutt’s doctrine or any other SEO bantering because frankly I don’t see the point.
Besides, You, I and others have been around since the early days and we’re still here. We must be doing something right, hey?