Turning a Negative Into a Positive | John Chow dot Com
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Great advice from John Chow: simply turn what many see as a negative situation into a positive:
From the page: "Situations Are What You Make Them - Any negative can be turned into a positive. Remember the first time Google slapped me? Many blogs were predicting the end of John Chow (some were even happy about it). Instead, my traffic went higher than ever because of all those blogs writing about the end of John Chow. In other words, those blogs more than replace the traffic that Google took away. Ironic, huh?
Every situation has two sides. Yes Google slapped a bunch of sites yesterday, including mine, and guess what? My traffic went up from all the buzz - people were checking out the sites being slapped. Also, I received enough new backlinks that I've moved into the 44th position on Technorati. The overall impact isn't as great as the first Google slap because instead of just effecting me, it effected 1000s of sites. In the long run, all these extra backlinks will be a positive and make Google irrelevant to my marketing strategy.
You Are The Only One That Matters
The truth of the matter is, Google doesn't matter. The only one that matter is you and how you respond to a situation. "
