My Google Rant…

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by SteveSki

If anyone has any suggestions on how they would handle this situation with Google please share your thoughts with me.

Hi Steve,

I commiserate!

Unfortunately, the bottom line is most likely that if you want to use Google, you have to "play" by their rules - stupid as they may sometimes be...!

I have to add here, too, that Google is known for its poor customer service. Anything that requires any kind of "human contact," they don't do very well. You hear stories about this from people who use Adwords, AdSense, and so on... And it sounds like your own experience just adds to this impression, too!

On your website dropping out of the search engine for specific terms, it's possible that Google might have done so because they wanted you to buy the advertising. However, they are also always changing their search algorithms, so I think you can never really know. They probably like it that way!

I have a story with some similarities with Clickbank. A while ago, I set up a Clickbank page with a new account to sell a new product, and Clickbank had to "approve" the sales page. They wanted me to make so many changes - it ended up taking all the "guts" of the salesmanship out of the page! (I was already cautious when writing the sales copy in the page regarding what claims I made, but it's like they don't want you to make any claims whatsoever...)

Of course, there are "many ways to skin a cat," and as you know from lots of experience, you can succeed without Google...

Best wishes,

Dien