How to update a website so new articles will rank?

[serenoo]

I noticed that many websites that have one page where they add regularly new articles/pages rank better than me.
I update my website following its architecture. Example:
I add
www.example.com/color/black/
and then
www.example.com/gender/male/
and then
www.example.com/color/red/

and so on ....
I do not have a page with news, but I update the website around following the argument I like more in that day.
I take 3-4 days to write an article, because I want to add great content, but I noticed that some blogs updated regularly with stupid articles of only 200 words rank better than me.

Do I have to create a page with news/article? Is this the system that work with Google?

[goodroi]

If you think creating a weak article of 200 words is a shortcut to ranking in Google you might want to do more reverse engineering.

[bumpski]

http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4425773.htm
Tedster:
"Gone are the days where we could build a checklist and trust the tradition of analysis that had been dome for us by others. Why is that? The algo is so complex that we cannot effectively test the whole thing, reverse engineer it, in other words. How can we when every market niche, every kind of site, even every type of keyword may be treated differently!"

http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/
Google:
"You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Services or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software, unless laws prohibit those restrictions or you have our written permission."

Not well stated by Google but one gets the drift.

Many short pages rank highly and surprisingly Google judges many very short pages to have "Advanced" reading levels, perhaps allowing a short page, regarding a technical topic, to rank very highly.

[serenoo]

I do not think those pages I am referring to have an "advanced" reading level. I'd say they are "trash" and with no good grammar. For this reason I think that a regular update focused on the same page/section has a big value. But I asked here to have a confirm.

[mrengine]

If you think creating a weak article of 200 words is a shortcut to ranking in Google you might want to do more reverse engineering.

goodroi, you may want to reverse engineer the OPs post. He made no reference to himself producing 200 word articles but that he is being outranked by those types of thin articles.

Geez, this place has become a hotbed.

[Planet13]

@ serenoo

Do the sites that host those higher ranking, 200-word articles focus more on the particular keywords?

Meaning, does your SITE cover a wider area of topics than those sites that outrank yours?

Is it possible that google is giving those sites an edge because it perceives them as SPECIALISTS in that topic, while it sees your site as a generalist (by covering a broader range of topics)?

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P.S. Maybe sometimes an event / topic only needs 200 words?!?!?!

[serenoo]

@Planet13 the arguement we (me and my competitor) are covering is the same (a gambling game).

I typed gambling game + some keywords and he is on top, but he is on top with its home page and not with his internal pages. Now that I am analyzing better these keywords are inside his domain name, but believe me, the website and its content is nasty with all pages of 200/250 words.
He has 23 inbounds links (according to an online tool) but many coming from website he owns or ABC scheme.

[Planet13]

"...but many coming from website he owns or ABC scheme. "

That reminds me; is it still possible to use a google operator to find pages that link to a site?

[bumpski]

I do not think those pages I am referring to have an "advanced" reading level.

Please use Google's assessment of reading level for the pages using: "Search Tools", "All Results", "Reading Level". I definitely wasn't implying I agreed with Google's reading level ratings, just that they may impact rankings for certain types of websites, pages, and queries.

[serenoo]

I do not have "reading level". Can you tell me exactly where I can find it?