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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Did you actually look at the articles, which repeatedly cite and link to news sources, or just dismiss it out of hand because you don’t agree with it?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dana Blankenhorn<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 27, 2019 4:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] New Google algorithms cost a site 99% of its traffic<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Look at the Mercola site, briefly, then ask yourself whether Google should be finding this the answer to any health-related question. Case closed.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dana Blankenhorn<br><a href="http://www.danablankenhorn.com" target="_blank">http://www.danablankenhorn.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/fronts/archive/bios/index.html?bylineID=631" target="_blank">https://www.kiplinger.com/fronts/archive/bios/index.html?bylineID=631</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 7:02 AM Ron Miller <<a href="mailto:ronsmiller@gmail.com">ronsmiller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Agreed on all points, Richi. A quick glance at the link suggests to me the algorithm is doing a great job filtering out crap traffic.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:49 AM Richi Jennings <<a href="mailto:richi.ipg@richi.uk" target="_blank">richi.ipg@richi.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Cry me a river. Several points here:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Mercola's SERPS authority has presumably been downgraded. There will be a reason for this, but he doesn't know what it is. Typically the reason is black-hat SEO.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>He asserts that the reason is actually that Wikipedia has it in for him. He offers no evidence that I can see.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>He criticizes Wikipedia for giving a balanced overview of his—let's not mince words—quackery and extreme politics.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>He also criticizes Wikipedia for not permitting primary sources. He's either willfully ignorant of what this actually means and why it's a good idea, or he's being disingenuous.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Live by the sword; die by the sword.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#666666'> <br>// <a href="http://twitter.com/RiCHi" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>@RiCHi</span></a></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'> |</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#666666'> <a href="tel:%2B44.7789.200701" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>+44.7789.200701</span></a> | <a href="tel:1.408.256.0084" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>1.408.256.0084</span></a> | <a href="http://richi.uk/" target="_blank">richi.uk</a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 5:52 AM Andy Patrizio <<a href="mailto:andy@andypatrizio.com" target="_blank">andy@andypatrizio.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Puts what some of us have been through in perspective…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/06/25/google-broad-core-algorithm-update-buries-mercola.aspx" target="_blank">https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/06/25/google-broad-core-algorithm-update-buries-mercola.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Ron Miller<br>Freelance Technology Journalist <br><br>Enterprise Reporter, </span><a href="http://techcrunch.com/author/ron-miller/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>TechCrunch</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br>Connect: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://twitter.com/ron_miller" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronsmiller/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>LinkedIn</span></a> <a href="https://about.me/ronsmiller" target="_blank">About me</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>