Marketing Ninja

A lot of bloggers are upset about the Google PankRank update designed to penalize bloggers who sell links. The PageRank updates have caused some dramatic fluctuations in PageRank values, even for mature blogs.

Some bloggers question whether or not Google’s PageRank algorithm is capable of handling a maturing blogosphere, and in the light of some of the problems with Technorati, things are looking a bit troublesome for bloggers, especially up-and-coming commercial bloggers at the moment.

AjaxNinja is a young blog and its first PageRank was published this weekend; 4/10.

I am, by no means, an SEO expert, although I am enjoying Search Engine Optimization for ASP.NET immensely (it’s a great read so far), but I’m not freaking out about getting a 4/10. In fact, I’m actually pretty happy with that score.

However, I’m not going to run out and come up with an action plan to salvage my PageRank score, nor am I going freak out and send nasty email to Matt Cutt’s or anyone else at Google. Want to know why? Because PageRank scores don’t determine my regular readership.

AjaxNinja is a young blog and it’s still building up external links organically. I don’t sell links nor do I buy them, so this “update” doesn’t even affect me. I’m not a sleazy get-rich-quick/BUY MY EBOOK ON BLACKHAT SEO marketing blogger; I’m a college student who blogs about experimentation with social media, website development, and basic promotional methods. AjaxNinja isn’t a commercial blog, and ad revenue is something I collect just to try and pay the bills for running the site. I blog because I enjoy it.

Bottom line, if you’re not a commercial blogger, focus on building a better audience, rather than worrying about SEO techniques and PageRank.

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