joeychgo - 7:43 am on Jul 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Ive staed my issues with what ive seen earlier in this post. I cant say if im happy with my placement because Iknow they are nowhere near done crawling the web. SO even though im no.1 now, that might change in a month cause more relevent sites are added.

I like it so far, recognizing there is alot of work to do.

What I would like to see - is that sites from the same base url not be repeated in the first few pages of a search. I would also like to see sites with consistantly fresh content being placed higher then a page that hasn't changed for months.

Relevency is a huge factor I think. Google loses it here. Example. if you do a google search for Lincoln LS Accessory the number 1 listing is for a car wax company. Somehow it doesnt seem highly relevent to me.

I also think the whole backlink thing is a sham and meaningless measure of worth. Lets face it, backlinks are tedious to get, but not difficult to get. They sure are not indicitive of the value of a site. I think its better for the web as a whole and for users if webmaster spend their time improving their sites and not spend their time obtaining backlinks.

One suggestion I have is placing a short list of other optional search terms for users. Meaning, if a user searches for Lincoln LS - then a little box on the right could be placed with the top 5 similar searches - i.e. lincoln ls accessory, lincoln ls review, etc etc. This lets users easily make their searches more specific and direct.

These things make it better for seo and for users. It gives search results more validity.

Ok, im off my soapbox. :-) hope this helps MSN Dude