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Nick
Most of these pages are apparently affiliate pages for FindWhat, Sprinks, 7search, bay9, etc.
At least I made it to #2 for one of the 10 words I was targeting.
These are phone orders. He's taking them. They are buying. He fills a niche that the big boys can't even deal with. All are coming from one geographical area of the USA.
Perhaps this is just a fluke...but it lines up just fine with his new position.
In other words: if this is a fluke...then when the dance is over it will only get better.
Added>OT bid is over $3.50...
So, the backdoor to ODP is become an editor and put all your affiliate sites in the bookmarks and the Google will just take that into ranking very happily!. Just confirms my suspicion that ODP is mostly a self-promoted tool by (at least some of) the editors;)
Probably the only change of significance is having a new site listed in the index. I doubt it will list highly the first time around, but at least its listed. :-)
I have to agree with an earlier poster's comments that a lot of completely unrelated pages are showing up for searches. They are generally from sites with real, real high PR like Microsoft.com that are only vaguely related to the topic searched on. It seems that PR means more than relevance this go round, but I could be wrong.
Take care,
Brian
Not where I used to be those many months ago, but I can't expect that since I've changed so many things in the interium. But #1 and #3 for two of my main kw phrases and that is in www where I was nowhere to be found - even yesterday.
Ranks aren't quite that good in w2 and w3, but I'm in there.
The strange thing is that listings are better in www (where I haven't been for a long time) than w2 and w3 and site is 'fresh' in www.
Joyful glee, happy happy happy, wheeeeeee.....
It's seem that domain name are more important in this update.
Sites like www.keyword-keyword.com with a PR3-4 have higher positions than sites with PR5-6.
Ex : hotel miami in www and www2,3
Minutes after I posted above, I checked the phrases again and I'd moved up to #2 from #3 on two of them but still on pages 2-3 in w2 and w3. I've never noticed this before during the dance.
(This is true for both link and rank checking).
[edited by: Giacomo at 8:26 pm (utc) on Aug. 21, 2002]
hutchins13, I think you may be seeing the same ones I am, but it looks to me like the ones I've seen are for PR boosting purposes - with a little JS redirection thrown in for good measure. That type of thing is not holding up too well this update, though.
Check out: discount computers, in Google on www, and www2 or www3.
CDW, is probably not very happy with this new algo. They probably need to expand the acronynm in the Site Title. :)
Personally, I am not convinced this is an appropriate algo. Obviously, the Domain Name probably has a lot to do with the a search on the Domains kw's. But, conversely not necessarily anything to do with site popularity, or quality.
Your thoughts and Opinions?
[edited by: PaulPaul at 8:33 pm (utc) on Aug. 21, 2002]
Congratulations Nancy, you've been fighting a long battle with this.
Hehe, sometimes I feel like I'm reading the Alcoholics Anonymous forum here... ;)
PS: Welcome back, Nancy. :)
Check out: discount computers, in Google on www, and www2 or www3.
Again, I can't see any difference between www2 and www3. Can you?
Domain Names are the #1 variable in the new Google algo.
Oh yeah? Better get that buy-widgets-lowest-prices-best-service-online-shop.com domain name right away then! ;)
Seriously, the dance has just started; I would wait for the update to settle before talking about a "new algo".
I FOUND MY MAGIC FORMULA!
I love the dance because it brings back a bit of good old superstition to an era otherwise pervaded by boring determinism. ;)
Check keywords : hotel paris
Provided that the results are constantly changing and will go on like that for days, these are very competitive keywords: there might be a million reasons why you see different results in the top 10, including old sites being dropped and new sites added to the index.
Anybody have any thoughts as to why my site - or any site that's been around for awhile - that wasn't in www above page 10 would now be showing better in www than in w2 or w3??
Do you think this is perhaps because a penalty was lifted and it automatically came back into www where it would have been, but with this update it may end up with listings as in w2 or w3?
I don't want to break my leg jumping for joy at the excellent ranks if I should jump less exuberantly and only break a finger.
I meant take your choice :)
one freaky thing that happened to me:
I had an old domain name that we no long use because the name was not very snappy or memorable. So we got a new website and I set up shop there. On the old website, the main page is just a javascript forwarding page to our new site. IE: 'this page has moved, if you are not automatically redirected, then click here...ect ect'
well, my old domain name suddenly popped up as #85, and my new domain has dissapeared from its #1 spot. However, when i look at the google cache of my old domain name IT IS SHOWING THE PAGE IT FORWARDS YOU TO!
what is this nonsense?
It seems every update google moves more towards keyword density algo's and away from pr and links.
>sometimes I feel like I'm reading the Alcoholics Anonymous forum here...
It's our support group, isn't it. :)
How do I put a box around the quote??
Paulpaul
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Looooong way to go yet. I'm showing an old title on my home page in www3 and the new title changed last week in www.
Another few days of dancing.
How do I put a box around the quote??
Paulpaul
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Thank you.
Paul
Those that still running WPG, might want to check my recent post @ [webmasterworld.com...]
Paul
