Sgt_Kickaxe - 9:22 am on Jul 10, 2010 (gmt 0)

I'm seeing some weird search engine results tonight for some keywords I follow. This is on .com, new = not previously ranked.

#1 - Wikipedia (used to be #500 or so, now it ranks above the manufacturer/owner of this competitive term.)
#2 - UK site (new)
#3 - UK site (new)
#4 - UK site (new)
#5 - Definitive site (old #1)
#6 - UK site (new)
#7 - Manufacturer (old #2)
#8 - gov site (old #7)
#9 - Mashup site (new, 100% copied content)
#10- Mashup site (new, 95% copied content + map application)

Number of pages: 52,000,000+(old) 4,000,000+(new).


On a scale of one to 10 the search result page would rank 2-3 at best in terms of usefulness, mostly thanks to wikipedia which doesn't belong on page 1 when you know of all the other quality sites on this keyword. The BIGGEST community site ranks #218... but should be top 3 ANY day.

[edited by: tedster at 2:51 pm (utc) on Jul 10, 2010]
[edit reason] moved from another location [/edit]