Google must be dead by now, surely?
Google seems to be taking such a hammering from Clickbank product vendors just lately that I am surprised it is still in one piece. It must be a pretty tough old bird to withstand the unrelenting assaults on it from the thousands of people who bought information products related to it.
A quick scan through the Clickbank Marketplace shows the following products which use Google in their name. There are probably more that I missed, which doesn’t bother me a whole lot :0).
- Google Ambush
- Google Revenge
- Google Nemesis
- Google Snatch
- Google Assassin
- Google Massacre
- Google Slapper
- Google Manipulator
- Google Goodbye
Whenever I see these type of product names I immediately think ‘Oh no, not another one’. I would like to know how many people have actually bought one of these because of the name and, more to the point, did the product live up to the claims? I haven’t personally bought any of them so I can’t honestly say if they are good or bad. lf you have though, I would like to know what you thought of your purchase.
I suppose some of them must contain useful information about gaming Google to get more traffic or making money with Adwords or Adsense, but how much of it is repackaged from other information products that came before them? Quite a bit I imagine.
On the subject of getting more traffic, everyone should realise that Google is not the only way of getting traffic to your website but it is one of the most important ones. The thing is, the best way is to work with Google and not against it.
The point I am trying to make is that Google is not your enemy, but an ally which you get on your side by doing things the way Google likes things done. Like it or not, that is the reality of using Google as part of your internet marketing strategy.
If some of the products mentioned show you new ways on how to use Google to increase your website traffic, then fair enough, but a lot of good information to do this is freely available on the internet already.
Good content and plenty of back links from various sources are the basics of getting ranked well with Google so focus on that and you will do just fine.
The fact is, Google is still very much alive and will be for some time yet so use it to your advantage.
2 Responses to “Google must be dead by now, surely?”
Ari Lestariono on March 6, 2009
Look for other opportunity like CPA, then Google can slap themselves.cheers
Tipsy on June 30, 2009
I’d expect thos packages to contain the same information over and over with like 10% changed or something. It’s not like there’s that many ways to cheat google.