Nice one Google.

I’m now a PR2.  I’ve read tons of blogs out there and many have felt the Google Bitchslap.  Many go on and on about how it doesn’t really matter that Google has dropped the rankings and all that, but why the hell does it bother me so much.

Maybe I’ve been programmed to think that it does matter.  That somewhere along the lines of - how am I going to make money bears some weight on that little green bar called Google PageRank.  Isn’t it been programmed into our brains that a higher PR means… more authority on the Internet?  Doesn’t that bar bear some weight in the world of online advertising?  Good PR = Money well spent?  I think quite a few ad revenue sources do look at PR when gauging how much your links are worth on your site.  Doesn’t it?  Have I missed something somewhere?

I wish I wasn’t so hung up on the PR thing.

I totally wish I wasn’t.

But here I am… back at a PR2.  Do I place fault on myself because I’ve been trying different avenues to make money online on a website that is pretty damn hard to monetize.

Is this Google’s way to finally squish their competition?

It’s a hard road.  I never thought it wasn’t.  But damn.

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