Re: [OT] Google Info
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texte = John Peacock wrote: I have > noticed that recently Google has been losing ground against those intent > on abusing the indexes. It is, unfortunately, the inevitable arms war > of websites vs. spiders/indexes. The ability to correctly produce > accurate results is what promoted Google over Altavista in the first > place... > > John Yes, However, another spin on it is that I've noticed better indexing of ?var=somevar lately. I've also noticed quicker indexing. Don't know if this is true but it seems that way to me. Steve's findings are interesting. Not that they advertise it, but it is apparent to me that domain name words and directory words get a better ranking than HREF and body text words in whatever algorithim google uses. Catching the 404 page is not new... Alain showed me this a while back as a way to index ones catalogued products. It is interesting what people come up with but it will also be interesting to find out how long these hacks work. The catching the error page has worked for a long time. I ran across: www.tinyurl.com which uses this method it seems. Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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John Peacock wrote: I have > noticed that recently Google has been losing ground against those intent > on abusing the indexes. It is, unfortunately, the inevitable arms war > of websites vs. spiders/indexes. The ability to correctly produce > accurate results is what promoted Google over Altavista in the first > place... > > John Yes, However, another spin on it is that I've noticed better indexing of ?var=somevar lately. I've also noticed quicker indexing. Don't know if this is true but it seems that way to me. Steve's findings are interesting. Not that they advertise it, but it is apparent to me that domain name words and directory words get a better ranking than HREF and body text words in whatever algorithim google uses. Catching the 404 page is not new... Alain showed me this a while back as a way to index ones catalogued products. It is interesting what people come up with but it will also be interesting to find out how long these hacks work. The catching the error page has worked for a long time. I ran across: www.tinyurl.com which uses this method it seems. Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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