What will some people do for 5 bucks

I found this awesome site called Fiverr.com. It offers the chance for anyone to state what they will do for 5 bucks, and the seller must do it within a chosen timeframe. Buyers, or potential ones, are able to browse countless wild-ass offerings and have a good laugh in the process. It is quite entertaining.

The offers do seem to fall into a few distinct categories that I have become familiar with. First, there are a ton of 'gigs' as they are called, that involve YouTube. These often involve getting some idea or product promoted. Next, there are a great many gigs involving what they call advertizing, but this could mean writing something on one's stomach and parading around town. Then many writing gigs or even proofing, also advice, and still much more.

The last, however, is SEO aka how to promote your web-site. SEO actually stands for Search Engine Optimization, and is the discipline of how to do everything one can with a web-site in order to win Google over. Winning Google over means advancing the web-sites PageRank, thereby moving the site's position closer to the top of page one on the Search Engine Results Pages (SERP).

Buyer beware. Most people young enough to latch onto something like Fiverr may not be aware of the history surrounding the .COM days. In earlier times, when Google was building its strength. companies and individuals were starting up web-sites in a flurry and trying desparately to get them noticed. It was known at the time that Google responded well to having many other sites linking (backlinking) to yours, so they solicited firms to do this in the thousands. Not good. Google isn't Google for nothing. They soon put the brakes on that practice and initiated, unofficially, the 'sandbox'. That's where new website 'play' for a while, building links 'organically', until they grow into bonified, worthy web-sites.

Google is our gig daddy, and you won't get the keys to the car unless daddy says it's OK. So, to make a long story short, as you search for web-site gadgets such as Fiverr, which I love, don't get me wrong, be cautious. Google will not stand for 'budinskis'.