Filipe - 11:09 pm on Aug 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

Just to debunk, or at least post some evidence against, Mr. Brandt's claim's that new sites can't be found ("if it's on a new site, you won't find it."). If you go to Google, run a search on "<snip>search phrase</snip>" (with or without quotes) the site that comes up first is "<snip>site name</snip>" (I won't post the URL).

That site was optimized by a friend of mine, and as soon as it entered Google (it had only been up 2 months prior to that) it was already ranked at #3 among its 110,000 competitors for that spot. In the 2 months since it arrived on Google, it's risen to #1.

Most would agree, in general, it's a content rich site and useful for people looking for <snip> what site offers</snip> - and they got there for free - they didn't have to pay Google off like they would other engines.

[edited by: heini at 11:33 pm (utc) on Aug. 30, 2002]
[edit reason] no specifics on sites please - thank you [/edit]