All they do is earn commission from the product providers.
If you were Google would you not see that as an easy way to make a lot of money yourselves - by producing your own comparison engine, putting it at the top of the results, and taking the commission yourself?
What I mean by "legitimate" is sites providing actual unique and relevant information, or if its a product search - sites that actually sell the product, etc. If you are simply forwarding people on to sites that sell the product your rankings will fall.
This should be called "small affiliate sites and businesses" update, because they're really the only ones this update has affected.
Google's aim is to provide the user with the information they are looking for.
It was 100% related to buying links.
Any sites who haven't bought many links were untouched, where as any sites that had bought any significant amount of questionable links were slammed.
It was 100% related to buying links.
Any sites who haven't bought many links were untouched, where as any sites that had bought any significant amount of questionable links were slammed.
It was 100% related to buying links.
Any sites who haven't bought many links were untouched, where as any sites that had bought any significant amount of questionable links were slammed.
I have to go with the view that big G messed up on this update.