INK/FAST giving boost to rank

note - this happened between updates

[ulstrup]

I've notised an increase in referrals from Google (and partners) to pages submittet to INK+FAST 2 weeks ago, this seems to be due to better positions in Google, which leads to the conclusion that listings in INK and/or FAST gives a boost to Positions on Google SERPs. No other changes, the pages was indexed before, no increase in linkpop, etc.

Other conclusions/experiences?

[ciml]

ulstrup, I honestly believe it's 100% coincidence.

I have noticed an upturn in the number of Google referrals on a couple of sites with constant rankings over the last couple of weeks, but I think that's just random fluctuation.

[lazerzubb]

I agree with ciml, 100% coincidence.

The traffic from Google have been quite strange the last few days, it's been going up and down, and freshbot have been spidering like a jojo.

[curlykarl]

I could be wrong on this :)

I have recently submitted to Ink and I am spending a lot of time changing content then waiting for the refresh, I then see how things are going and then I make more changes to increase the ranking, it seems to be working so far.

Could it be that you have been doing the same thing and managed to optimise it to such an extent that it is now getting better results in Google?

I read on here that the methods for optimising for Google are pretty much the same as Ink.

Just a thought :)

[WindSun]

We are still getting occasion Googlebot hits. We are also seeing a lot more Slurp (Inktomi) bots lately. Maybe the competition is heating up....

[The Subtle Knife]

well people also say being in yahoo or dmoz has no effect,
but it very clearly does.

Everything just can't be put down as coincidence for god's sake, we should be peer reviewed each others sites.

[heini]

>well people also say being in yahoo or dmoz has no effect

No. Those are directories with straight links going out from pages with PR. That PR gets passed. It does have an exact effect.

>FAST/INK
What Ciml says, pure concidence. How should that work anyway?.

[jomaxx]

Why would Google give you a better ranking because you have a good ranking in a different search engine? Not only do they have their OWN algorithm, but it's the best algorithm out there right now.

Yahoo and DMOZ directory links are vetted by humans, so that's a completely different matter.

[jbauder]

heini, totally agree with what you say but for someone new with the googlebar trying to figure this out ... it might appear that msn results should give the same PR ...

the results page has direct links to sites, and the page appears to have a PR (just like dmoz or yahoo directory)

... the difference is that the page being seen is not a static page, and the PR being shown on the googlebar is not for the specific page with the results on it ... I think it is for the main search.msn.com