dirkz - 5:27 pm on Oct 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

> What does "old sites" have, that "new sites" doesn't?

We're talking about new sites ranking for all sorts of phrases but *not* for competitive ones.

If the lag springs from intention, this could make sense: What is so exciting about the 10 millionth widget site [take the most competitive medical term you can imagine]?

Most of the time the answer is "nothing". You can't expect anything groundshaking.

Whereas for niches, that is less competitive phrases, you can't predict anything. You wouldn't want to put a filter on something you don't know at all. Because every now and then, a phrase suddenly appears in Google's index that has never been there before.