It’s my blog enough said!

November 27, 2007

I am just in a crabby mood tonight. I have been floating around the Internet as I read articles or blog posts, bulletins and such about all the hype right now over the page rank loss. Personally for anyone on Google end of things to make such statement as to say they are “targeting” blogs that do paid postings is just appalling. But I guess its their ranking system so it’s their choice. But again I have already blogged where I stand on the subject. I don’t see the difference between all the folks out there who blog, or have paid advertising space, affiliate banners on their sites when you compare this form of advertising to newspapers, magazines, radio or television. If you visit any of your local radio stations, such as my favorite country station WGAR, or one of the location television stations, my favorite is NewsNet 5 you will see advertising happening. Funny I don’t see Google taking their page ranks away!!

Personally speaking this reminds me of the old saying “YOU CAN’T FIGHT CITY HALL!” Google seems to have made themselves the Internet City Hall. I don’t understand how it came about that they have the higher authority when it comes to page ranking.

So there are many frustrated bloggers out there. Can you blame them? Seriously? Many open their blogs with plans and intentions to draw a crowd, some open them to be the queen or king of all blogs and become stuck up snobby asses in the process. It becomes a popularity contest. Sure we would all love to have a high page rank, but I refuse to let page ranking control MY BLOG!

I opened my site to have a personal place on the net. I just had an ordinary website with sliced layouts and my web pages were my posts. Then I switched over to WordPress and I like change, so I change my theme or layout from time to time. I do what makes me happy. After all is it NOT my blog?

Then an opportunity came up and I was introduced to paid blogging. Hey why not make a little extra money doing what I love to do, writing, talking and blogging. Hey if it helps to keep ends met during financial crunches to having a little spending money to spoil me, or to by some candles I don’t see the harm in it. I am a stay at home mom, a caregiver to my father, a child care provider to two sweet girls, I don’t want to have to get a job working nights or evenings then having to be away from my husband who works all day long. It’s not fair to him to have to come home from work to then tend to my dad, giving him his medications and what ever else needs done at that time after working all day. I would never ask him to do it. So yes paid blogging helps, and I am not ashamed of it nor will I stop doing it because Google dropped my page rank. Sure I love the opportunity to be able to do higher paid opportunities and perhaps in time I will. Hey I love to be able to start paying off our bills, one at a time. I did that with some smaller bills and I have to tell you how good it felt!!

So a few SNOT’s have made some comments about being a sell out?? Seriously how is that even possible? A sell out? Whats the matter you only have a free blog and you can’t do paid postings? Well you can do them too, just buy your domain, get some hosting, there are plenty out there, set up your blog software, post every day for 90 days then apply! Don’t throw a tantrum or judge me because I do paid postings…..

You don’t like what you see, then LEAVE. Who said you had to read it in the first place. I come in here, several times a day to post, sometimes I skip a day or two because real life happens and I have to tend to life. I miss my online friends that I don’t always have time to sit and meet to chat online. Everyone has a personal life and our blogs are a way to stay connected and keep each other up to date. It’s a great thing. We laugh, we cry, we yell, we scream, but we stay connected and that is what mattes.

So my blog isn’t a popularity contest and I don’t have my blog for others, I have my blog for ME. I enjoy writing, I always have. I always will. So I will not let GOOGLE control my blog. But the new year will be bringing change once again……….

Posted by Suzie Q | Filed Under Jaw Breakers