the Guppie Life

Hi, friends. I owe you a lot of updates. I’ve got a notepad next to my desk just brimming with future blog post ideas.

But I’ve been having a hard time staying motivated.

What’s wrong, you ask? I can’t really complain. I love my new car. I’ve been meeting boys. I’ve even made some meaningful contributions at work.

But Google hates me. More specifically, Google hates the Guppie Life. And I don’t know why.

Want to see for yourself?

See? All the results are talking ABOUT my blog. But Google doesn’t link to the blog itself. Back in the day it used to link to my blog and even my individual posts, but not for 6 months or so.

Sometimes people say Google does this as a punishment if a website owner has done something shady in an attempt to manipulate search rankings. But I haven’t, I swear! And of course, Google is a multi-billion dollar company. They aren’t going to take the time to explain to me why they’ve gone sour on me.

Why is this a big deal to me?

Well, search engine visitors are often the number one source of traffic to a blog. Many sites and blogs get up to as much as 90% of their traffic from search engines. Without appearing in the Google search results, many normal people (i.e. people who are not themselves also bloggers) will never find the Guppie Life. And without them I can’t become internet famous. (Joke.)

Fellow bloggers, I encourage you to read Can Google Be Trusted? from SEOBook.com. It could happen to you, too.

Anyway, I don’t think there’s much I can do about this. I just wanted to vent. Thanks for listening, friends.

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