Two Months Since The Smack

I have been thinking of ways to increase traffic around here ever since Google decided to smack everyone who wasn’t trying to make money with Google Adsense. Oh come on, you know that was the real reason for the “smack” that many websites received a couple months ago. They smacked people who were running text link ads (ads listed in the sidebar), yet they have no problem with people who run adsense, which, to me at least, was a total waste of space because I made no money with adsense.

As far as the traffic is concerned though, it actually didn’t drop as much as I thought it would, and I still get a boatload of traffic from Google every day. Yeah, I know, it’s strange. Anyway, I have been giving some thought on how to get more website traffic by looking at different ways to optimize my site.

The last time I looked for a website optimization firm was back in 1999, I think. It was quite a while ago, so I don’t really remember. I was working on a project for a trucking company, and they were too cheap to pay me. If they had paid their bill on time, I would have finished the project and they might not have gone out of business. HA!

While I am fairly proficient at web design and implementation, I can always use help when it comes to optimization, and utilizing a website optimization firm can make things a heck of a lot easier. They can focus on areas that will increase your search engine placement, which will allow you to do what you do best. Whatever that may be.