Comments on: Big Names in Online Media Want Ranking Help from Google http://www.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/big_names_in_on.html Just another Oneupweb Blogs weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/big_names_in_on.html/comment-page-1#comment-1147 Alex Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:17:00 +0000 http://dev.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/big-names-in-online-media-want-ranking-help-from-google.html#comment-1147 <p>Thanks for the input, Travis. It will be interesting to see how Google handles the situation.</p> Thanks for the input, Travis. It will be interesting to see how Google handles the situation.

]]> By: travis http://www.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/big_names_in_on.html/comment-page-1#comment-1146 travis Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:02:00 +0000 http://dev.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/big-names-in-online-media-want-ranking-help-from-google.html#comment-1146 <p>Bloggers and online journalists have a pretty exciting job writing on topics that are of interest to sparse sections of audiences online. They have the unique ability to act as sort of “rock stars” in the media world. Bloggers who are pretty popular even have their own groupies and peope who hang on their every word, doing or trying whatever they say. Almost cult-like in a way. Right now, it’s pretty darn cool to be a blogger because your opinion, well-researched and fleshed out of course, can rank you right up there at the top of a Google search result. These rankings are giving the mainstream media a virtual headache. Why? Because they feel like since they are the “real” media source, that they should of course be first. Kind of reminds me of my kids and that whole “line-leader” business.</p> <p>Of course mainstream media does have the advertising dollars and the resources to rank wherever they want, but is that good for the online user? Moreover, is it good for the media companies? Sure, it’s great for Google’s purse, but what does that for the discriminating online user who’s looking not for the most popular information, but the most accurate information?</p> Bloggers and online journalists have a pretty exciting job writing on topics that are of interest to sparse sections of audiences online. They have the unique ability to act as sort of “rock stars” in the media world. Bloggers who are pretty popular even have their own groupies and peope who hang on their every word, doing or trying whatever they say. Almost cult-like in a way. Right now, it’s pretty darn cool to be a blogger because your opinion, well-researched and fleshed out of course, can rank you right up there at the top of a Google search result. These rankings are giving the mainstream media a virtual headache. Why? Because they feel like since they are the “real” media source, that they should of course be first. Kind of reminds me of my kids and that whole “line-leader” business.

Of course mainstream media does have the advertising dollars and the resources to rank wherever they want, but is that good for the online user? Moreover, is it good for the media companies? Sure, it’s great for Google’s purse, but what does that for the discriminating online user who’s looking not for the most popular information, but the most accurate information?

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