Comments on: Google has screwed people again

By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:15:31 +0000

Hi Holly,

I know exactly what you mean about Google. They suck! They took all my blogs down to zero and one to NA. I only got maybe 2 months work from PPP because of this and I really need to make money!

By: Koimaiden

Koimaiden — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:32:05 +0000

I feel for your plight.. a lady who rents from me has quite the medical finance baggage as well-chronic leukemia and all the chemos and meds that go with it.

And Allen, where the heck does Firefox factor int othis? I can see where Youtube and Google factor in (( I rarely use them for serious reasons)), but Firefox is a good browser for a reason.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:26:06 +0000

I falt google to a point, yes they have the right to run there business there way, but they don’t give me the choice of being on there system or not. Yes I have heard there are ways around this, but I’m not that techy yet. PR is a big deal because a bunch of people before I came along made it a big deal. So really it’s there fault?

You do make a good point that by not using there products we do have a voice. I have never really used there products. I’ve always searched with yahoo and I only use you tube for ops.

I like your thinking as to making others think another way. I hope Real Rank will do that, at least in the blog world.

By: Allen

Allen — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:07:19 +0000

While I sympathize with your situation and I pray for things to go better for you, I can’t fault google on this.

My blogs are my blogs. No one tells me what to write and the only guidelines on how I run my online businesses are put in place by me. I would be a hypocrite to not let google run their business the very same way. If they want to limit PR to no follow sites, that is their right. PR is not a right, it’s a method google has devised to help run their search engine.

Now, if people really have a problem with the choices google makes there are steps they can take.

Stop using Firefox.

Stop using YouTube.

Use another search engine.

If every blog owner posted on why and what other search engines to use, people would leave google.

If I don’t like a policy my insurance company institutes, I change insurance companies. There are other search engines out there. The argument that “everyone uses google” is only valid because everyone continues to use it… change… lead the way, if you believe that strongly. The argument that everyone bases site value on PR is only valid because those people have been convinced by google to think that way… convince them to think a different way.

It’s not easy, but it’s not google’s fault.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:14:09 +0000

Hi Holly! Sorry things are so tough for you right now. A lot of people do not know that if you ask your doctor about the pharmaceutical assistance program. All major pharmaceutical companies have a patient assistance program and help you obtain your medication through them for a 3 month supply. They send it to your doctor’s office if it is refrigerated insulin overnight. In some cases, they mail your medications.

I used the pharmaceutical assistance programs for near two years before being put on Medicare. The cost of my medications were over $1,100 a month. Thanks to Pfizer, Smith-Kline and other pharmaceutical companies, medication cost went down to $30 a month out of my pocket for the one that was not covered under their programs.

Look also on internet for the pharmaceutical assistance programs by the drug companies name. You can get their website and their toll-free phone numbers there. Good luck! Need help let me know.

Shirley’s last blog post..Spock

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:56:32 +0000

Thanks Mama Bok. I’m feeling better about things now, just still kinda down about it. We will just have to see.