I Penalized by Google
Google penalize my blog ranking to PR0 (zero). I don’t know about it until I check back my PR (Page Rank) recently.
I got my PR3 after 3 months of blogging. My last check on PR was June 2008, stay at PR3. I thought everything just fine after that. I can see my visitors is growing but “feel” the traffic lesser after few months. I never think Google penalize my blog. Because I’m just a “small” blogger and Google won’t notice me. But I was wrong!
Why Google Penalize me?
I have read about “nofollow” link tag and the risk of selling Text Link Ads long time ago. I didn’t take any action because I thought Google won’t notice this “small” blog.
Google don’t like paid links because they disturb the organic search environment. Well, this is a subjective point. Anyway, you must follow the rules if you are in the game. Not like JohnChow, he has enough traffic so don’t bother Google but I need more traffics from Google search.
Now I know I have been penalized by Google due to sell paid links (Text Link Ads and custom text link). (more…)