A few days ago I noticed that Vegan Momma Page Rank dropped another notch. When I checked a few days ago it has a PR of two. A few of my other blogging buddies received a hit also. Their websites are good quality websites. I still have my sponsor Vivid Seats in my sidebar. That’s not coming down. I really like Vivid Seats and am happy that they will provide my readers $5 off simply by using them as ticket brokers.
My traffic has not decreased it keeps increasing. :-)
- I was happy to see that Thomas the Tech Evangelist website now has a PR of 5.
- Teeni of the Vaguetarian tearoom now has a PR of 4.
- Calamity of Calmityville now has a PR of 3. Check out her Sims Stories.
- Pete has a fascinating website you can view his world from his GPS cameraphone. His website now has a PR of 1.
See, even though I don’t get into the PR thing I can be happy for my blog buddies. ;-)
Yesterday one of my close friends in real life notified me that all my niche websites had risen. The majority now have a PR of three. I don’t post on them as much as I do Vegan Momma but they still receive a high amount of traffic. In fact two of them outrank Vegan Momma with traffic and they were created in May. I don’t post on them often perhaps three times, if that, weekly. My niche websites focus on topics that I’m extremely passionate about. I believe it shows in my writing.
Google PR 2
I have two that now have a PR of 2. I rarely post on them. Those websites are being shelved until next year. They still receive a lot of traffic and comments on some of the articles I’ve written but I just don’t have the time right now.
Google PR 5
The biggest jump was for one niche website that has not been publicized. As with the other websites the information provided is informative. It can help people. Which is the reason I created all my niche websites. Anyway that one now ranks at 5.
I Started Creating My Niche Website in May 2007
My niche websites are fairly new. Many of them were started in May, a few were started recently. On all my websites my articles are usually long. I don’t like giving people tidbits if you are new person seeking advice on alternative health or nutrition you need a lot of information. I do my best to supply that.
One thing you won’t find on my website is me writing about headline news just to gain traffic. I have to be genuinely interested in something to write about it. I have seen some people do fairly well using this method. I don’t visit them often simply because they are not writing about what interests me. I strongly believe I can do just as well writing about issues that I’m passionate about. A few of those websites are already proving that I am correct.
My websites do receive a fair amount of traffic. On average the majority of my traffic is received from sources other than search engines. I averaged $60 monthly via adsense on Vegan Momma.
Guess what? The niche websites that I monetize I was making money at a PR of 0. I made more with them than Vegan Momma. You don’t need a high PR to make money or receive a lot of traffic. You do need to market your websites effectively. Sitting round waiting for something magical to happen is not going to work unless you are very popular already or someone popular recognizes you.
You don’t need to write paid post either. I write the occasional review but I honestly don’t want to do a lot of them. I still have to write an article to receive a payment. I don’t write reviews on those niche websites. Affiliate marketing is the main way I make money online. I’ve made more with them than with the few paid posts I have done or with Adsense.
I do believe Google has every right to operate their company the way they want to however if I do disagree with some of their policies I definitely won’t change my website just to meet their approval. Guess what even if my rank returns it still won’t change my opinion. I had the same opinion even before my rank went down.
I’m not going to say that I run my website the way I like because that is not completely true. I listen to what my readers have to say in doing so I’m able to improve my website.
[tags]Google Page Rank, Vegan Momma, Thomas - Tech Evangelist, Vaguetarian Tearoom, My GPS Cameraphone[/tags]
