I don’t know if it’s just me, all webmasters or the general population but I’m pretty much fed up with thinking about what I do to market a web site and always wondering if the site was going to take a dive in the rankings. Maybe it’s because I spend so much time doing client SEO work, maybe it’s all that reading of Aaron Walls SEOBook that is changing my world view of Google or maybe it’s just because I’m ready for something refreshing in a search engine.

There was once a time when the big G was loved and everybody had something positive to say but these days it’s a big downward spiral in the number of Google supporters and i’m already on the slippery dip on my way off this ride. It kind of reminds me of how I felt about Microsoft many years ago. I really liked Microsoft and always told people how great they were but after using Windows for so long I got tired of the same old thing, the viruses, the same old applications and needed something fresh so I switched to Apple and right now I’m really enjoying it until that day that it comes time for a change again and owning a Mac just becomes unthinkable. That could be sometime away because right now I’m really loving it!

So what is it that makes us want to change? For me it’s about the lack of innovation and loyalty of a companies user base. It’s that we don’t need you attitude and you’ll do as your told rubbish! Would the G be as profitable as they are without us users? But this is nothing new, it’s a natural evolution of the things that need to happen and even though it’s hard to imagine Google falling from grace I think there will be a day when they won’t be so high and mighty any more.

Unfortunately right now there isn’t much alternative but in any case I’ve now switched to Yahoo for most of my searches. If we give Yahoo some love, maybe just maybe we can inspire them and give them enough motivation to do something remarkable. With every passing day the G light dims and the opportunity for someone to take their place gets even better. Will it be Wikia Search the open source search engine that does the G in? What do you think?

Tags: Google, wikia search, yahoo

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