Poker - the gods must be angry
July 8, 2008 | 12:20AM | maudie dot b - gmail d c | |
Well. We have been smited by the almighty Google. We have been smited and my reaction has been - meh?
For those who aren't aware of what's happened - in short, Google adjusted it's underwear and many of our beloved blogs have been dropped from the search engine. By way of example when you Google "Up for Poker" this is what you see. The same thing happens for "Sheverb" and "Rapid Eye Reality" and a few others.
The culprit appears to be certain advertising on the sites. However, I have the same or similar ads on this site and, to my puzzlement, Poker Perspectives pops up at the top where it should be. However for the term "poker blog" - well, I gave up looking for me after about page seven.
And page rank? PP is a 4. I once could boast of a number two or three spot on the first page of Google for "poker blog" and a page rank of 5 (what I never could boast of was hordes of daily visitors - indeed, I think my best days topped out at maybe 300 - 400 hundred visitors a day...now, I'm lucky to see 15 or 20 - such are the times). When I let my original domain (kebzweb.com) slip from my fingers, that further damaged my rank and status in the blogosphere (the guy who has that domain now bought it from whoever snatched it up from me for around $800... I'd like to have it back, but $1 is even too much to pay...).
From time to time I've toyed with making the effort to truly "monetize" this small piece of real estate, but have always stopped short of actively seeking ads and sponsors and doing what's required of being a "power blogger". Why? Well, I think without fully understanding it, I don't want my little experiment here to be about that. To be about
capitalizing on - what? - I don't know. Plus, I'm lazy! That's hard work.
I've been fortunate to make a few dollars from some advertisers who seem to think a placement on my blog gains them currency in the Google commerce. Those funds have gotten me to Vegas a few times and elsewhere for gatherings. I've looked at it as butter cream icing on this cake we call poker blogging.
So with this little Google hiccup - it doesn't really bother me. It'll bother the advertisers, no doubt, and probably put an end to steady deposits to the "fun fund" when this round expires. But, I expect to stick around - and if there're folks that drift by to read whatever nonsense I stick up here, well - candles in the icing on the cake.
And, now, while I'm here - how about a little bit of poker content?? Yes!! Occasionally that can happen here.
Today, Monday, I played daytime poker in an Okie casino. Why? I'm on a week's vacation that's why. What's more, it's Okie-Vegas time. I had the pleasure of playing some cards with G-Cox, Surflexus, and Osuuuuuu! at a couple of our local casinos today. I suffered a bit of a dent in the bankroll, but the loss was tempered by the good company and the time spent with those good folk.
The week has more in store with more folk hitting town each day - there'll be chicken-fry, and poker, jet-skis, and poker, BBQ, and poker, and then some poker.
So who needs Vegas, huh?
