I just read it on John Chow that he is no longer ranking number one for “make money online”. I checked it with an US IP and it’s true. Even Problogger is not in the top anymore, but on the seventh position. However, I see Bidvertiser managed to stay in top (thy are #1). John Chow ranks for ‘make money online’ on pages from 2 to5, and I remember he was very happy after his blog got a PR6 because he used to be number one.

Why do you think this happened? Could it be because John Chow did the “review me for a link back?” and he upset the big Google? He started this kind of link love back in March and it looks like it worked for 3 months but now something changed. Did Google found an algorithm to get those that offer incentives for links or for those that use programs like ReviewMe and PayPerPost? I don’t think so, but something is definitely going on, over there. My biggest concern is if’s for a short term or if it’s going to last!

One last thing that I would be curious about: how much traffic did they lose because of that?