Google vs. the Content Farms as reflected in the stock market

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   TaxNerdposted 14 years ago

   Google up $4.46 to $613.28 in midday trading...                                                                                             Demand Media Inc. dropped 7.8 percent.
   
   I still don't understand the impact on Hub Pages, but the Street likes the move.

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   Google has also expanded the user base of chrome lately and is making another attempt into the social sphere.
   
   Hard to pinpoint that an algo change that only 18% of the industry will even  notice has anything to do with such a rise.
   
   
   But the bad PR surrounding DS would encourage a drop

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   paradigmsearchposted 14 years ago

   I consider this a key quote.
   
   "Google has been increasingly plagued by questionable SEO practices and content farms that "harvest" their stories from other sites."
   
   Replace the word "harvest" with the word "steal" to understand the real meaning...
   
   HP doesn't steal. And Google knows that.
   
   I think we will be ok.

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      lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You don't steal and I don't steal, but there are plenty of hubbers who do.

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         Pcunixposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Oops. Didn't see that.  Redundant comment by me..

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      Pcunixposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      HP doesn't steal, but plenty of hubbers do.  Plenty of hubbers also use promotional methods that Google doesn't like.
      
      HP management isn't at fault, but some hubbers sure are.

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         sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         the adsense newsletter that I received today has a special section on the "fault" of the host site for user generated content.
         
         
         makes me go , hmmmm

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            Pcunixposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I got that but haven't read it yet.. I guess I should
            
            Hmm.. makes me go hmm because none of the links in the email work!

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               paradigmsearchposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Ditto.
               
               
               
               And ditto.

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                  sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  lol - well, because i reposted the link to twitter I read the online version
                  
                  and did not notice that issue
                  
                  I just went to th elink in order to share it and got this:
                  
                  "The system is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please try again later."
                  
                  so your non-working links are explained - the web link is at the top of the feed here in case it works later ht tp://www.facebook.com/hubsacademy

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            rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            it does make you go hmmmm..
            
            "Did you know that you are responsible for ensuring that all of your content, including user-generated content such as forum posts, blog comments or outside feeds, is in compliance with AdSense policies on any page or site for which you've enabled AdSense ads?"

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   frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

   Well I was wandering round the net, as you do, and got myself on Xomba and ended reading their blog. They're alright. They knew this was coming. So yah boo
   
   For the record I'm tanking. But some of my stuff is perched at #1 now and wasn't before. It's nuts. However I'm not losing any sleep, I'm too busy trying to hold onto my voice right now, never mind my Google marbles
   
   Moffta bed soon, I'm fine with the HP team doing what they do best - keeping the site up, running and moving forwards.

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   Mikeydoesposted 14 years ago

   This is my far my worst day since my first weeks here.
   
   .05 cents...... I never see lower than $1

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      TopUniverseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      How about traffic from googe.com source? I lost nearly 50% of google.com traffic for last 2 days.

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   My AdSense is actually up significantly. But it's all from my niche sites. I made a whopping $0.11 on AdSense today from HP. Lowest I've seen it since I started here.

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      wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Whoa!  Probably the only time I'll every beat you out, Irohner - I'm now up to the grand total of $.60! 
      
      Still, it's double yesterday's total...

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         lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         LOL! You go girl!

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      Ign Andyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      MY traffic is less than 50% of normal, oddly my adsense today is $6.52.

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