mcavic
msg:58574 | 8:29 pm on Jul 2, 2003 (gmt 0) |
What kinds of keywords?
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Alec Doggone
msg:58575 | 10:35 pm on Jul 2, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Yes. It's ranking for some gambling-related search terms, with some very high positions. Crazy situation and a further indication that Google is now serving some seriously flawed results to real users.
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dvs007
msg:58576 | 11:03 pm on Jul 2, 2003 (gmt 0) |
xhttp://www.[bleeeep!].com may be the cause of the gambling related terms popping up. They are hotmail ya know. Google says so. Even have a PR8 and links like Hotmail. ;-) And No - I dont own this one. [edited by: rcjordan at 1:44 pm (utc) on July 3, 2003]
[edit reason] sorry, no references to specific sites. [/edit]
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loanuniverse
msg:58577 | 11:10 pm on Jul 2, 2003 (gmt 0) |
How did that happen? If you check the cached version of the page it shows hotmail! It also has the 30,100 hotmail links credited..
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moltar
msg:58578 | 11:21 pm on Jul 2, 2003 (gmt 0) |
And even more strange is when you click "related", it shows 3 page list of major online companies such as: aol, mail.com, geocities, rocketmail, bigfoot etc...
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abraham
msg:58579 | 11:22 pm on Jul 2, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Search for internet cleanup and the very first site is a 404 error page :)
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GrinninGordon
msg:58580 | 12:20 am on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
I bet it is because so many Spammers use "Casino" as / in their name and a false hotmail address for their email. Some guestbooks will then show their "name" Casino with a link to a hotmail.com address. Another fine example of the present algo. As in "Oh look, there's a pinch of salt! I better add it to my Google search results!"
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Chndru
msg:58581 | 2:56 am on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Still i am curious why would a cached page of that casino site shows hotmail sign-in error page? And is it a google algo mishap or something related to the site?
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mcavic
msg:58582 | 4:33 am on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Judging by those 30,000 backlinks, I'd say it's a mishap. Lots of them are pages that don't have banners, and wouldn't link to casino sites, but do happen to link to Hotmail.
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top5jamaica
msg:58583 | 1:29 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
well .. it's still happening and it's hotmail.com itself that is ranking, not some other site/mirror or whatever. is it ok for me to suggest a keyword that people can search for to see it for themself? not sure if this is allowed here and i've been hearing talk of members being banned and blah.
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pmac
msg:58584 | 1:35 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
<suggest a keyword < Best to keep it general.
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dvs007
msg:58585 | 1:38 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
try "[bleeep]" for one. (general enough?) [edited by: rcjordan at 1:46 pm (utc) on July 3, 2003]
[edit reason] sorry, no specific search terms [/edit]
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dvs007
msg:58586 | 1:49 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Ok dokie........... Just try some two keyword internet gambling terms. Hotmail will be in the top ten.
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getvisibleuk
msg:58587 | 1:58 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
"[bleeep]" now thats not very general - only 489 pages! :-)
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naicul
msg:58588 | 2:01 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
You can always take the quick 3 steps high page rank method if you don't like the 26 steps one. 1. Delegate your domain to a hotmail IP address
2. Let google pick it up
3. re-delegate it back to your IP There are a few threds that claim that sharing an IP can have certain effects - eg: [webmasterworld.com...] It would be funny if this works.
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dvs007
msg:58589 | 2:03 pm on Jul 3, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Yes - it would be funny if it worked ;-) Thanks Naicul - you have answered my question.
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