The Google Shuffle Hits Everything eCommerce

It looks like Google has begun shifting around links again. I see more referrers coming in from people linking to Everything eCommerce as well as people using the rss feeds to publish out my content on their sites. This blog was setup primarily as a way to test various search engine strategies and to put my thoughts together on the eCommerce book I am writing.

One thing that I did in the begining and really regret was setting up an account for Everything eCommerce with a link farm. I was looking for a way to share links with related websites, but what ended up happening is that I received 500+ requests in a week from poker sites, internet hosting companies and porn sites. What ends up happening is that these sites put a link to your site on a really non relevant page filled with hundreds of links to other sites, and then ask you for a reciprical link. I'm not interested in having Everything eCommerce associated with these places, and I think that their incoming links because they come from "poor quality" sites is actually driving down my page ranking and positioning. I used to be #1 for Everything eCommerce and now I've dropped to about #20.

Hopefully this little update incorporating the keywords that I want to be found for and the eventual removal of the poor quality inbound links will improve things over the next week or two. In any case, I'll keep you posted. Amazon.com just celebrated 10 years of selling online, I can't believe that I've been working within the Web/eCommerce field for over 10 years now. Time flies....