Google "Slaps" Article Witers

Google Has Had Enough of Articles!

Google has apparently put new mechanisms in place to "weed out" the tidal wave of "poor" quality articles which is flooding the internet!)

These days a good understanding of and implementation of effective keyword research and other SEO techniques, has become essential for anyone who is trying to earn a living online and who is looking for high page rankings.

In recent times, however, people are increasingly using new "tricks" to improve their page rankings. The most popular seems to be the strategy of creating (and flood) the net with huge numbers of short articles. The problem is that the vast majority of these articles are of really poor quality!

Google wants to put a stop to this practice!

It seems that there are now so many millions of poor quality short articles choking the internet, that very soon article-writing will become a redundant form of web marketing!

The over-supply of short (poor quality) articles, has reached such a level that Google is already putting algorithms in place to "slap" all low-quality articles into oblivion!

This development will bring about a significant change in Internet Marketing (as we know it!)

Since May 2010, Google has introduced an automated mechanism to find all "poor quality" content and remove these from the front page of it's search results.

Another factor which seems to have motivated Google's latest move is the growth and influence of the Mobile web and Social Media.

Web 2.0, Social Media and the Mobile Web, are driven almost entirely on the sharing of great content. It seems inevitable, that in this "new" online environment, article-writing can only take a back-seat (I believe that this is already happening!)

These days most internet users would much rather watch a video clip than read a boring (and probably over "spinned") article!

Web 2.0 and Social Media is revolutionizing the way people use the internet!

In our ever-changing online environment, Internet Marketers will soon find it almost impossible to make any impression on customers with articles!

To summarize: It's time for all Internet Marketers to adapt to the reality of the "new" internet! Its time to make a choice: You can continue spending plenty of time and effort, producing large volumes of poor (or even average quality) articles and get nowhere! Or, you can start giving Google (and your customers) more Social Media-style content. This is the way of the future and unless you start shifting your "article writing mindset" soon, you will increasingly start losing out to those Marketers who "get it!"

Best wishes,
Stephen Strydom