<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/feed/</link> <description>Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:46:32 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-297</guid><title><![CDATA[Trudy Doolittle replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-297</link> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:20:01 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/trudyd1474/" title="Trudy Doolittle" rel="nofollow">Trudy Doolittle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I use Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, Google Sketchup, Google Earth and probably a few more. &#160;I prefer Google Search over any other search engine. &#160;90% of those people finding my website, come there [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</guid><title><![CDATA[Julia Casey replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</link> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:53:28 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juliacasey/" title="Julia Casey" rel="nofollow">Julia Casey</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> This Panda update has tanked my sites, and I have no idea what to do now.&#160; My sites are for a large-ish brand (though it is literally a small business run from my house, although few people realize this), I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-291</guid><title><![CDATA[Adam Gottlieb replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-291</link> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:13:14 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/adamgottlieb/" title="Adam Gottlieb" rel="nofollow">Adam Gottlieb</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a><span>&#160; By "list" I assume you mean a subscriber list. What you said may be true. But, in the case of the two sites mentioned above, my income is generated by Adsense, as well as outside [&#8230;]</span></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-291</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-291</link> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:42:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/adamgottlieb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/adamgottlieb/' rel="nofollow">@adamgottlieb</a> Definitely the money is in the list (traffic) you own, not one you borrow from Google or rent from another source. But that's always been the case. If you work for a company, your company owns your [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</guid><title><![CDATA[Adam Gottlieb replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</link> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:18:45 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/adamgottlieb/" title="Adam Gottlieb" rel="nofollow">Adam Gottlieb</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a><span>&#160;That was a great post! I particularly like her analogy &#160;of her blog's traffic sources to "ownership" of her blog/business. I never thought of it that way.</span><span></span><span>But trying to be weaned from Google is not [&#8230;]</span></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-290</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-290</link> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:29:28 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a><div></div><div>The cache problem is interesting, isn't it? Anyone can view an old site by going to WayBackMachine, so it's easy to tell what was there before. The big sales pitch right now is buying recently [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-289</guid><title><![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#38; MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-289</link> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:05:03 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" title="Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert" rel="nofollow">Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant &#038; MailChimp Expert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a>&#160; That was a great article! That domain that she talks about&#160; for "making money online" is 13years old and had solid content for at least 11years. What I don't understand is that why Google isn't [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-289</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-289</link> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:14:24 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> hmmmm, guess it's back to the old 'building relationships" with customers, no one or nothing can take that away. A slow organic growth is a solid, lasting growth. <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</link> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:04:32 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/' rel="nofollow">@deairby</a><div></div><div>Basically, Google as set up a high stakes chess game without end. And most every company and entrepreneur in the world has been forced to bet on the game to survive. (Sounds like the Mafia, eh)? When [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</guid><title><![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</link> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:04:22 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/deairby/" title="Dea Irby" rel="nofollow">Dea Irby</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> interesting, Robin, and, I don't understand this PANDA thingy? <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</link> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:15:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow">@kc_kreative</a> Duck Duck Go? Lol, I'll be sure to check that out. Sounds like the place to hide from Google, fer sher!<div></div><div></div><p> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/' rel="nofollow">@richardmclaughlin</a> Mac, I'm wondering what the heckledoodles is going on with all the empty [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</guid><title><![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</link> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:23:27 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/" title="Mac" rel="nofollow">Mac</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/' rel="nofollow">@kc_kreative</a> I turned it off from my PC, but I wonder if it sees be from another device. Not sure.</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-288</link> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:59:06 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/' rel="nofollow">@richardmclaughlin</a> Do you have your Google tracking turned off? When Google's new privacy policy came out (well the day before it started), I turned off its tracking capabilities attached to my account. I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</guid><title><![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic//#post-</link> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:56:29 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/richardmclaughlin/" title="Mac" rel="nofollow">Mac</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Interesting read. I wondered recently if the google results were targeting my location more. I searched "what do red ants eat" and had local extermination results. I rephrased and landed on a university ant-dude [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-287</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda? in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/#post-287</link> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:14:13 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/breaking-up-with-google-in-a-relationship-with-an-abusive-bi-polar-panda/" rel="nofollow">Breaking up with Google? In a relationship with an abusive Bi-Polar Panda?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I checked that "make money online" search today Jennifer and others noticed. It's not on Page One anymore. It's rankings have dropped... to the first result on Page 2. Big woop. It's still a totally empty [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>