Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
You are right, data it is very important and each source of data is important in itself.
There are many types of data that needs to be analyzed, i.e. on page and off page. Each interacts.
I believe Googleguy has termed these as "signals".
How many signals are out there are unknown to those that are not insiders.
Even the engineers learn from our observations. The sandbox is one gold example.
Hope you post some good data to when you are done.
[edited by: minnapple at 2:38 am (utc) on Nov. 18, 2005]
That is ... until the next set of hyperbole gets rolling ... then it's off hopping down another road of theory.
Shoot, I've even read posts from one user who continually trys to tell us what Matt Cutts *really* means when he makes a post. I keep wondering if the guy is wearing a turbin and pearing in a glass ball! <chuckle> The guy's hyperbole has been proven wrong countless times, but yet he keeps posting enough that people start buying into the crap again. Good grief!
How can any true analysis be completed without a baselne of information? And, that baseline of information needs to contain more than just your sites. It needs to contain information about what's happening at the top ... ALL of it. That gets you the big picture ... not just a microcasm of our small little worlds.
After a while, you learn to skim quickly through reams of waste paper to find something that either warrants further investigation or lends some credibility to what you assume.
Sadly, if you looking for anything else in any large forum today, either public or by paid membership, you will be dissappointed.
Real information is shared in the "private clubs".
To be clear, I am not talking about some other group within WebmasterWorld.
BradStevens,
Cool down man. You have made some very interesting posts. So too have the crap writers. We can learn from each other. I just learned from you that links is not everything and learned things from the crap writers too. Put them together and what have you got? (a tanked site haha)
Any port in a storm. Ever heard the saying?
Updates such as this causes hysteria, uncontrollable emotion, and in some cases, the symptoms can be much worse.
LOL. A bit strong Brad, even if it is close to the truth. That's not everyone in here though, so you deserve what you got!
It's been really slow-going over the past few days, so I guess thanks are in order -- for livening things up, that is :))
Hmmmmmm,
Anybody have any suggestions how I can keep my source code hidden from Brad and the belligerent minnapple?
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[edited by: Great_Scott at 3:11 am (utc) on Nov. 18, 2005]
You have absolutely nothing to compare post jagger to other than your former rankings.What else would we need?
As well, I keep a spreadsheet of other factors regarding my competitors (backlinks, etc.).Where do you get this data?
Have your studies led you to believe that calling people stupid will improve your rankings?