My Blog has Disappeared from Google.
At least, I'm at page 25 of google search for "e-waste", and no sign of the blog. It was page 1 six months ago. Who killed it? I noticed a massive fall-off of pageviews back in May or June. I attributed it to a strong April, but it never resurfaced.
I've done nothing ornery. If anything, I vastly reduced use of video and photos from online sources.
Has my writing suffered? Or is there a third party interference? (See the blog on "comments"). I am sure Google is working on this and is finding who torpedoed the blog. Here you go: I'm typing in "John Shegarian" simply to increase google search hits, not because he has anything to do with it, he just searches his name a lot, I've been told. If the rank doesn't go up, it's gotta be conspiracy, baby.
First: A Blog Self-Audit. I've been reviewing my posts from the last few months, by readership and content. Do not blame conspiracies without first checking the most obvious source: bad content.
The destruction of the Indonesian and Malaysian display device refurbishing market was possibly the most important E-Scrap story of the past decade, and I've tried to give voice to it. The people who lost their jobs, the environmentalists engaging in "friendly fire", the environmental consequences... Mainstream press (Motherboard, Scrap, Recycling International, 3Sat.de) picked it up, but it has been nowhere as successful as the story in CBS 60 Minutes, which conjoined the same refurbishing factories with unrelated wire burning operations in Guiyu, China. But did I write about it too often, and cause pagerank to decline?
Rat on a train ditch. Caught on a limb. YOU know better - but I know HIM.
At least, I'm at page 25 of google search for "e-waste", and no sign of the blog. It was page 1 six months ago. Who killed it? I noticed a massive fall-off of pageviews back in May or June. I attributed it to a strong April, but it never resurfaced.
I've done nothing ornery. If anything, I vastly reduced use of video and photos from online sources.
Has my writing suffered? Or is there a third party interference? (See the blog on "comments"). I am sure Google is working on this and is finding who torpedoed the blog. Here you go: I'm typing in "John Shegarian" simply to increase google search hits, not because he has anything to do with it, he just searches his name a lot, I've been told. If the rank doesn't go up, it's gotta be conspiracy, baby.
First: A Blog Self-Audit. I've been reviewing my posts from the last few months, by readership and content. Do not blame conspiracies without first checking the most obvious source: bad content.
The destruction of the Indonesian and Malaysian display device refurbishing market was possibly the most important E-Scrap story of the past decade, and I've tried to give voice to it. The people who lost their jobs, the environmentalists engaging in "friendly fire", the environmental consequences... Mainstream press (Motherboard, Scrap, Recycling International, 3Sat.de) picked it up, but it has been nowhere as successful as the story in CBS 60 Minutes, which conjoined the same refurbishing factories with unrelated wire burning operations in Guiyu, China. But did I write about it too often, and cause pagerank to decline?
Rat on a train ditch. Caught on a limb. YOU know better - but I know HIM.
