Greg
03-23-2006, 04:19 PM
It seems google (http://www.google.com/) may be doing something to help themselves from many webmaster discussions. The first three pages of search results, more according to some accounts, are always pages that are MFA (made for adsense) and loaded with questionable links in some experiences these days.
It is being discussed on many forums how the results from google are seeming more and more sales related rather then content related of late. There are a few threads on http://forums.digitalpoint.com to back this theory too. Kids are making the observation in some cases!
Plus the resulting sites seem to advertise on adwords. It appears to some to be some sort of google adsense (https://www.google.com/adsense/)/adwords (https://adwords.google.com/select/) bubble that if these sites pulled out, the money would stop flowing in a circle back to google. Thus affecting the adsense numbers adversely and revealing the real worth of the two programs.
Some think the google adsense/adwords program is inflated just like the fake bubble in the stock market many analysts have pointed out and don't think it is a coincidence. It seems some corporations are so rich these days, that they can manipulate themselves into looking attractive. But it's just like the fat girl in the gurdle, eventually, she busts out and you see the real her.
If this is not the case, a very good argument that too many MFA sites are in the top positions of the google SERPs can be made from the discussions. This seems to point to profit being more important then quality content. What solidifies the theory is that these sites are usually in adsense and adwords. Is this a coincidence or intentional becomes the question then. But the algo is a secret. Notice that your adsense cut is a secret too?
Some still can't figure out why we as businessmen accept this contract with google adsense. If we actually sat accross a table from a man saying, you work and I'll give you cut of the profit. But I make up the cut percentage as I go along and never tell you how I calcualte it. Would you sign up? Well if you are in adsense, that is what you agreed to it seems.
Oh and by the way, don't discuss your earnings, in detail, with other adsense vendors or in public or you will be cut off. That all sounds like things that at the board room table, we would run from. But in desparation, struggling webmasters sign up to this contract in masses. I'm sure there are other programs with the same contract arrangements and they too should be given a second look for common sense.
Some think it is a very suspicious observation and hope the word spreads. Anyone can see it that knows what we are talking about. Most think it's wrong.
Could it be unethical? I'm not making an accusation, just an observation of what many others have been speaking about. Time will tell. I hope it's just a bad perception. But with adsense earnings reports off 50% for most in the last 4 months or so, something is up.
It is being discussed on many forums how the results from google are seeming more and more sales related rather then content related of late. There are a few threads on http://forums.digitalpoint.com to back this theory too. Kids are making the observation in some cases!
Plus the resulting sites seem to advertise on adwords. It appears to some to be some sort of google adsense (https://www.google.com/adsense/)/adwords (https://adwords.google.com/select/) bubble that if these sites pulled out, the money would stop flowing in a circle back to google. Thus affecting the adsense numbers adversely and revealing the real worth of the two programs.
Some think the google adsense/adwords program is inflated just like the fake bubble in the stock market many analysts have pointed out and don't think it is a coincidence. It seems some corporations are so rich these days, that they can manipulate themselves into looking attractive. But it's just like the fat girl in the gurdle, eventually, she busts out and you see the real her.
If this is not the case, a very good argument that too many MFA sites are in the top positions of the google SERPs can be made from the discussions. This seems to point to profit being more important then quality content. What solidifies the theory is that these sites are usually in adsense and adwords. Is this a coincidence or intentional becomes the question then. But the algo is a secret. Notice that your adsense cut is a secret too?
Some still can't figure out why we as businessmen accept this contract with google adsense. If we actually sat accross a table from a man saying, you work and I'll give you cut of the profit. But I make up the cut percentage as I go along and never tell you how I calcualte it. Would you sign up? Well if you are in adsense, that is what you agreed to it seems.
Oh and by the way, don't discuss your earnings, in detail, with other adsense vendors or in public or you will be cut off. That all sounds like things that at the board room table, we would run from. But in desparation, struggling webmasters sign up to this contract in masses. I'm sure there are other programs with the same contract arrangements and they too should be given a second look for common sense.
Some think it is a very suspicious observation and hope the word spreads. Anyone can see it that knows what we are talking about. Most think it's wrong.
Could it be unethical? I'm not making an accusation, just an observation of what many others have been speaking about. Time will tell. I hope it's just a bad perception. But with adsense earnings reports off 50% for most in the last 4 months or so, something is up.