Comments on: Turning a Negative Into a Positive

By: A Fun Review of John Chow’s Blog |

A Fun Review of John Chow’s Blog | — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:37:10 +0000

[...] 6. It is FUN. John is obviously someone who loves life, and injects a tone of fun and lightheartedness into all his posts. You can read about his dining out experiences, house hunting expeditions, and recently his visit to Blog World. After a treat he gave to 15 friends there, he ran a “How Much Did the Dinner Cost Me” contest on his blog where the winner who managed to guess correct amount walked away with a book “American Hedge Fund”. That post gave readers an opportunity to have fun guessing the amount of the bill, laugh at each other, and generated a total of 151 comments and guesses. He also has a white surrender flag right on top of his blog that links to a hilarious conversation on the response of publishers who had to comply with Google policy of putting up only nofollow text link ads after John Chow Dot Com got a PR downgrade for selling Text Link Ads. [...]

By: Alpesh Nakar

Alpesh Nakar — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:15:48 +0000

Yep. My blog PR went south, but I ain’t gonna sit down

John, I have been reading your blog last couple of weeks and enjoy every bit. Thanks.

By: Paid Text Links Cause of Huge Google PageRank Penalties

Paid Text Links Cause of Huge Google PageRank Penalties — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:03:43 +0000

[...] to “stop getting so worked up over something so inconsequential.” John Chow, who often rides against the Google tide says that link sellers will come up with a new pricing system that won’t include [...]

By: » Did The Recent PR Update Screw You? Amit Blogs : Not Just Another Blog:

» Did The Recent PR Update Screw You? Amit Blogs : Not Just Another Blog: — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:59:17 +0000

[...] only 2% of his total traffic ( a big exaggeration , I feel) . Anyways, check out his post : “Turning A Negative To A Positive” : a real inspiration if you want to wage a war against [...]

By: Wordpress Themes

Wordpress Themes — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:42:51 +0000

Lol dont be so harsh with Stephen, we all like his impreza!

By: Bujes

Bujes — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:51:16 +0000

I have better or same PR on all of my sites after PR update. But it doesn’t matter. My traffic and reneuve haven’t grown up.

By: Betshopboy.net » The Week In Review (21/10 - 27/10)

Betshopboy.net » The Week In Review (21/10 - 27/10) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:18:48 +0000

[...] own name! For this latest round, his blog wasn’t spared the Google iron fist. John is a master of turning a Negative into a Positive and a man in control of his blog’s destiny. He didn’t bend backward and allow Google to dictate [...]

By: johno

johno — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:27:59 +0000

I really don’t understand all this talk about ‘Google penalizing’ sites with lower page ranks. Google has simply changed the way in which it page ranks. If advertisers use that to determine how much they should pay for ad’s, then (as it appears completely useless as a guide–as shown in the example above), the they should be using something else; perhaps something more objective: quality of content, etc., rather than a number from Google.

Good article, btw.

By: appfunds

appfunds — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:09:00 +0000

That`s funny. I`ve got a blog in Polish and we share Page Rank 2/10. I started it in September. Do you need any advice ?

By: Make Money Online

Make Money Online — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:41:35 +0000

One thing that Google can not take away is traffic that is already there from loyal readers. Linkbacks to interesting articles will continue to be posted on blogs and websites. Google sells advertizing but does not want others ot do so. Soon a class action suit for having monopoly will start. As long as you network you will have traffic.

Just waiting for the new criteria people will use to decide what they are willing to pay for ads and links.