A friend and I were talking recently about whether “God” is a man or a woman. Regardless of your beliefs and opinions on this subject…this is something that we can talk about on another blog or forum. But, the conversation got me thinking…is Google a man or a woman in it’s mannerisms, ideas, actions, etc. I believe Google is a woman, and here’s what I came up with:

• She’s a tease
• You have to spend money to make her notice you (although she says this isn’t true)
• She always gets her way
• She can’t make up her mind
• She has millions of men (and some women) looking to get on top of her
• She’s good with directions
• If you’re bad, she doesn’t speak to you or ignores you completely. Then you have to beg to get on her good side.
• She wants to save the world
• She can be a bitch
• She’ll take your money without you even knowing
• She likes cosmetic surgery
• She’s very picky
• She loves to dance
• Foreplay for her needs to last a long time
  
• She doesn’t get turned on very easily
• She wants a commitment and not a fling
• She’s moody
• She’s gotten bigger over the years
• To be happy with Google you must love her a lot & not try to understand her at all
• She has the last word in any argument
• She dislikes porn
• She can be anal at times

And there’s my observations. If any of you have more that you would like to add, leave it in the comment section with your url, and I’ll give you a backlink.

The debate lingers…Does Google PageRank really matter? I, myself, do not really know the answer. But, my gut feeling is that IT DOES. I think the problem most people have with PR relates to the SERPs. The argument is that you can have a PR of 0 and rank higher in the SERPs than a PR with a higher number. This maybe true, but obviously other factors play a role…especially in search engine optimization. Another argument relates to traffic. It is my understanding (confirmed by a quick check) that JohnChow.com has dropped to a PR3. Does anyone actually think that this will affect his traffic? I think not.

Listen, all I can gather is that PageRank is changing every nanosecond and will affect SERPs in some way, shape, or form. Only quarterly, will you actually see a physical change in Google’s toolbar PR.

On another note, my blog (the one you are reading), just dropped from a PR3 to PR0. Not quite sure why, but I will give fair warning to everyone to what I had on my site:

Digital Point Co-Op

TNX.net

I have left the TNX on but removed the Co-Op. For the most part, the TNX links have been related to my site whereas the Co-Op has not. Whether or not this will make a difference…time will tell.

There’s a few points I’d like to make here regarding WP and it’s benefits relating to search engine optimization. From personal experience, I can tell you that these methods will only help you in your affiliate marketing quest.

The #1 problem with trying to get a product visible to surfers is getting traffic. You can buy traffic (expired domain redirects, exchanges, etc.) all day or stumble till you fingers bleed, but chances are, you may not receive converting traffic. Now, you may have some success with PPC programs, but you will need to spend some money! Obviously, we would like to market our products as cheaply as possible.

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Interesting thread over at webpronews regarding this. There’s really no credibility to it but found it quite amusing. So what happens to all of those “Official” Google blogs? BS