Guest blogging for SEO just died

[Aegean]

Should people be building businesses that are reliant on Google? NO.

If you go to many large firms, they will have strict internal guidance on the % breakdown on their suppliers and customers. You would be stupid to run a business with one customer or one supplier and the same applies for your marketing.

That isn't so, it isn't how online business works, and is the same point I was trying to explain earlier. I appreciate you telling me how google works, but the fact is they control 93% of all UK searches. Yes its "their index" and of course nobody is obligated to use them, but that is irrelevant when one company has such huge market share.

 

[diggdirectory]

Yes it was shocking but it is true
I think Google's team wants to set rules and principles for SEO

at the end we finally got to know that Matt cutts working hard

 

[bermuda]

Although Matt has pointed out that guest blogging has lost value compared with a few years ago when the method was very effective in link building, but if you manage to do it carefully and with insight, you will actually reap the benefits. The links gained are one-way and they will come from relevant sources if you pay attention, thus there will be some benefits. The real problems occurs when like many webmasters, regardless of relevancy issues, you just commence to post on lots of unrelated blogs.

 

[jezz]

Should people be building businesses that are reliant on Google? NO.

Google have over 90% of UK search, bit hard to get around that if your in a sector where search traffic accounts of a lot of the business.

Yeah you can do offline marketing, social, mailshots whatever... but if your in a sector where 60%+ of customers begin their quest on a UK search engine your over a barrel.

 

[jezz]

I am not sure you can call Google a monopoly, they have a several hundred sites in total I guess.

+90% of UK search and data-set's that put them in an unassailable position.