You should be aware that google has "cut off" FreeRepublic somehow. google searches that used to turn up 60,000 hits on FR now turn up only 400. Searches that used to turn up 400 hits, now find only 2 or 3. Sandy says this happened around the first of February, as I recall.
I did note with interest that the washingtonpost.com is a paying google customer, but FR is not. I sure would like to know when the WP signed up, and see it coincided with the deliberate shunning of FR.
Well, I guess it's time to find a better search engine- too bad, google!
Find your "favorite threads" via Google search of Free Republic, profiles (posted by RonDog, Feb. 18, 2001)
From the 1/05/2004 SiteProNews/ExactSeek Webmaster Newsletter!...
Google's recent November changes to its algorithm, now known as the "Florida Update", have left many site owners in a quandary. Many who were enjoying top placements, have lost their spots, and apparently, for no real reason...
There is more but it's crowded with graphics. Some speculation about forcing Adwords on small business owners or making themselves more appealing prior to their ipo.
If you want to read the article freep mail me and I'll forward the article on