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But John's not so worried-in part because he's confident his rankings will improve once his site is crawled again, but also in part because Google isn't his only traffic source. As he says: This kind of situation always highlight the saying, "Live by the Google, die by the Google." For many websites, their only source of Internet traffic is Google. Without it, their traffic is nothing. That is a very scary situation to be in because if Google wants to, they can remove you from their index at the snap of a finger and there's nothing you can do about it. Yes, you should work on getting Google traffic, but you shouldn't do it the exclusion of everything else. 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Interestingly, his site is sponsored by Search Engine Guide, which has also been writing a lot about "diversifying" your search marketing. Yesterday, in fact, Matt McGee wrote an article called "Diversity: Good in Life, Good in Search Marketing." He used the phrase "defensible traffic" to describe the ultimate goal: creating traffic streams independent of Google, so that if Google goes medieval on your site, you won't be out of business. Also on Search Engine Guide, Jennifer Laycock is in the midst of a diversifying experiment of her own: how to market a site completely without search engines. Her Hide and Speak experiment has used robots.txt to disallow all spiders. From there, she's building up traffic through social media and word of mouth. We'll definitely be watching her experiment as a great way to learn more about social media and viral marketing (as well as building defensible traffic) in action. ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* You need to make a conference call, and you need it now. Whether you are a Fortune 500 company or a small business just getting on your feet, you need to meet when and where it’s convenient for you. Set Up Your Account For Free And Start Conferencing Today! Try ConferenceCall.com Now! http://aj.600z.com/aj/29877/0/cc?z=1&b=29408&c=29876 ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* About the Author: Jordan McCollum is a staff writer for the popular marketing blog Marketing Pilgrim. She has worked in search engine optimization with clients including 3M, Little Giant Ladders and ADP. After graduating from Brigham Young University, Jordan joined the SEO copywriting team at the Internet marketing firm 10x Marketing. After 10x closed its doors in December 2006, Jordan became a freelance writer and Internet marketing consultant specializing in SEO. She also has extensive experience with web analytics, conversion rate enhancement and e-mail marketing. ===================================================================== ===================================================================== For ad details and prices... mailto:susan@ientry.com ===================================================================== Signup for free newsletters: http://www.ientry.com/page/newsletters ===================================================================== --- MarketingNewz is an iEntry.com publication --- http://www.iEntry.com iEntry, Inc. 2549 Richmond Rd Second Floor Lexington, KY 40509 ====================================================================