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by paulingraham 11y ago
Update: I have now stripped out any possible connotation of soliciting links, in an (over?) abundance of caution. Instead of “Donate by Linking,” the page is now just “Linking Information” and provides only factual information about what c
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by paulingraham 11y ago
I came close to reverting! But I was assured by my consultant that it was temporary, and I was strongly committed to the brand upgrade. And... boiling frog. The 90% losses phase was relatively brief. When things started to improve a bit
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by paulingraham 11y ago
Opinions differ on that! It was thoroughly hashed out and tested. “SaveYourself” had over-promising and vague religious connotations that made many people uncomfortable (me included). PainScience.com was more appealing to the right audienc
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by paulingraham 11y ago
My business is quite oblivious to the season. But, if anything, December sales have always been on the slow side: people seem to think less about self-help info for pain problems at this time of year.
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by paulingraham 11y ago
Rank losses were pretty much exactly proportionate to traffic losses. And much, much worse than 10-20%!
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by paulingraham 11y ago
I agree, asking for links in that context was unwise: I was focussed on the wrong thing. I’ve now removed that. (Note that I also nofollow most links between my sites. I do not use one domain to promote another.) I don’t know if Google shou
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by paulingraham 11y ago
Google certainly should penalize spammy, unnatural links ... and any attempt to get them. On the other hand, I hope it’s not against the rules to encourage relevant and earnest links. I should take the page down if there’s any doubt. Mea