Since last year, traffic to CraftGossip.com has dropped by almost 100%. And most of this traffic has gone away from us via Google. Because Google thinks we are a SPAM site because we don’t provide long blog posts.
The problem is that CraftGossip is a review site – we find nearly 40 great craft ideas daily. Writing long reviews of almost self describing articles is not going to work for anyone – not for us and not for you.
But we like what we do. We like writing short snappy reviews with one image and a quick link to our great find. And if we change that, we will no longer be useful to our audience.
So that is why – we are putting this appeal to our existing loyal audience. Help us stay afloat by telling Google that we are a legitimate site that provides real value.
You can do this by the following ways.
1. Click here and fill the short form and tell Google that we are a valuable site.
2. If you’re on Twitter – tweet to Matt Cutts (Google’ rep) and tell him that CraftGossip should not be penalized for doing what it does best.
3. Please share this post with as many of your Facebook friends as you can. The more people fill out that form and/or Tweet to Matt Cutts – the better our chances.
Thank You!
From all the editors at CraftGossip.
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Done. I’ll tell you the same thing I told them; your posts are a valued part of my daily RSS reading!
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Done. This is the one thing I do read every single day! Thanks for organizing things for me – it makes it easier for me to focus on what interests me most that day. Your service is priceless.
Done. I’d be lost without this site, and my RSS feed list would be a packed mess. Plus this site gives me info on crafts I don’t do (and thus wouldn’t subscribe to sites about) which can be inspiring and has already encouraged me to try new things. I hope your campaign works, I really do!
and that other comment I am sure is part of the issue – people are reading in feeds and readers, using RSS etc. Traffic tends to drop.
I’ve filled the form in too. I’ve just googled “craft tutorials” and Craft Gossip appears on the third page.
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Also done, and tweeted to. And shared. Love this site, and enjoy it daily!
Done! Now, question: would you like me to say something on my blog about this, too? Like others here, I check you guys out daily, sometimes multiple times per day- yours is one of my longest-surviving RSS feeds (I delete stuff a LOT), and you help me survive my work days…let me know, if you think it would help!
– Heather R., The Real Leopardstripes
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done… they need to be reading you, too!!!
Getting the word out! Facebook and twitter!!
PM people we have featured 🙂
I just found out about your website through Pinterest and checked out your website. I love it and have submitted my letter on your behalf to google. You just gained one more fan. Hope things work out in your tabor. I will also mention on my blog.
With smiles
Laine
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention! Hopefully we’re able to make an impact. It’s one of the best things in my reader/RSS.
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You’re my most valuable site for crafting information. I let Google know I preferred your format for ease of reading and navigation.
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Done. Thank you!!!!
Done!! I have learned so much from your daily updates. You have expanded my crafting world into areas that I would never have ever even known existed without this site. I love it and read it everyday!!
Done and done! Like many of the others who have already commented, and like I told Google, Craftgossip is one of my very few (and my favorite) sources for information. And your newsletter really is the one email I make sure to read every day!! Thank you for being here for us all!!
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done….I love this site and check it daily
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This is my every day go to site and |I love it I have found CraftGossip in my Spam box more than once and I always click on ‘NOT SPAM’ to bring it back to my inbox. I find that Google is too quick to label a site as Spam. This is not the only site to suffer this action. Now I know there is somewhere to let them know what I think, I will be going there again.
What made me laugh was that when I linked here to this blog about Google and Spam, there was a link popped up to download Google Chrome…
Done. You take the time to weed out the crap. I PREFER your content selections of quality over those that amass content simply for quantity. Keep fighting!
Done! Love your site and told Google it is valuable!
I just submitted the web form as well! I love this site – couldn’t live without my daily dose of Craft Gossip either! Thanks – Linda
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done…Would definitely miss this site…have learned and used many ideas found here.
Done. This is really just awful. Maybe no one from Google has actually been to this site. It clearly is not a source of spam – ever.
This is one of the few sites that I visit every single day.
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Done – and happily!
Done, & glad to! I so hope C.G. doesn’t go away. It’s a great, happy ‘meeting place’ of creativity! 🙂
Done!! I need you guys!!! You are our go-to site. Full of valuable information. We dont know what we would do without you!!! Lots of love and support
Both filled out the form and tweeted Matt Cutts. I never tweet so that should tell you how valuable you guys are to me. And I’ll make sure not just to read the email you send me but also visit the website.
Done! I love this site and have found so many creative things to try not just for me but for my friends and family as well.
I have noticed that over the last couple of days if I click on the link to read more of the article I get an error message and cannot get to the article. This is from my email, not from your website. I use gmail which is controlled by Google. I hope this gets fixed.
I also tweeted and filled out the survey! I’m going to post this to FB next! I really hope I don’t lose Craft Gossip! I love reading it everyday!!
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Done! Would hate to lose you!
Done! I check Craftgossip throughout the day…I’d be lost without it!
Completed the form and shared.
Did it!
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Done! I love this site and don’t want to loose it! 🙂
Done!! Told them how valuable I find the site. I read it daily and use the ideas often, and I told ’em so!
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Okey dokey, I posted. I told them I use you every single day and that, if I didn’t get Craft Gossip, there would be tons of other sites who would never find their audience.I hope we’re helping you out!
Your website has been invaluable to me, I find inspiration from it from other craft directions, design ideas for my craft and jewellery workshops and I have learnt a lot of new skills recently by clicking on links I would not have found without you! Thank you for your work, I have told google all about it and hope it will help your ranking! http://felt.co.nz/shop/silverschool
Done but wouldnt let me tweet to matt cutts
I have been enjoying your site for several years now and have been to “Fork and Talk” twice. (I loved it by the way) I submitted my form to Google and also posted this on Facebook. I hope it helps you out.
Done. I love your work! Thank you for this site. I have told google all about it. Hope you do well!
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Done. I visit daily and appreciate all your efforts!
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Done. I love your website!
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Done! I love you guys!
Love this site… Done 😉
Done…how dare they!!! Love your site…check it out daily!!!
Done and done. Your site is so great, I’m there for ya!
Done and Done, love you guys!
done – you all are the best.
I too rely on your info daily. Filled out form.
Hope this helps.wii now go to Twitter.
Good luck!
I’ve had a VERY busy few weeks and haven’t been able to get to my CraftGossip. I just spent a wonderful few hours with my coffee and laptop going over all my recent emails from CraftGossip. I visited several sites, downloaded different a few projects, and read several blogs (some of which I bookmarked). I love CraftGossip….and I told Google so!! Thanks CraftGossip!!!
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done. I don’t know what I would do without my daily CraftGossip newsletter… I even save them when I’m on vacation or too busy to go through them and read them (in order!) when I return 🙂
Done.One of the few sites I truly look forward to reading each day.
tweeted and completed the form with great enthusiasm. i gave a sparkling endorsement of craftgossip as a resource for teaching, blogging and as a crafter. I told them (and it is true) that craftgossip is the only subscription I do not delete ever, regardless of how many work and personal messages are swelling my emailbox. i hope it helps!
Done! I love your site.
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My day just wouldn’t be the same if I didn’t get my daily email from ya’ll! Spreading the word for sure!
Done, and sharing on FB, too…
Done! Will share this on my network.
Share you on Pinterest. Filled out the form. Fingers crossed for you guys. All the best, Lauraxx
Filled out the brief form, today (9/23/13) — hope it helps. Craft Gossip is a valuable site for hobbyists and professionals!
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perhaps put the link to google before you have to click on “read more” for this article since it is important?
Well, i posted in the google comment form and liked you on my facebook page…i let them know that grass roots movements are important and made google what they are today…hope they don’t forget that. Thanks for this great site…i love coming here…maybe not every day but very very often.
DONE…….! Would do it twice if it would help…..For all the enjoyment your site has given me that is the very least that I can do. Keep us posted as to how it has turned out…
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done, because I love scrolling through the ideas every day… but, I just googled ‘craft blog’ and ‘craft ideas’ – you’re on the first page, upper half, for each. For ‘craft tutorials’ and ‘cool crafts’, you’re on the third page. You’re on the second page for ‘diy ideas’. You’re not doing horrible, considering the wealth of ideas out there…
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I gave them a piece of my mind!! All good of course. You just let your beloved fans know again if they bother you again and we will let them have it (pow, bang, zoinck) sorry had to just hit something. I just HATE when something good is just going along with the flow and then BIG sonebody comes along and tries to take it away. Thank you Craftgossip for everyday making my life alittle more cheerful!!
Done. Cant believe it needs doing though. CG is a great site. Full of inspiration/ideas. Best out there.
Done. On both counts.
thanks for all you do.
Done, I just love this site. I hope this works!
Done. I missed this post originally and just finding it. Any update, feedback or response to our messages yet? I hope that our efforts help. I LOVE this site and read the entire newsletter every day. It is an inspiration to me and helps me so much in my crochet & yarn business. Keep up the AWESOME work y’all!! God bless you.
Hi Peggy,
No updates yet. 🙁 We are keeping our fingers crossed.
Thanks for your support!