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"In the future Google Compute may allow you to also donate your computing time to other carefully selected worthwhile endeavors, including projects to improve Google and its services."
I know that the technology to efficiently calculate theme vectors exist, and that people in Google helped to develop it, but I guess it wasn't used because there wasn't enough "themed material" for most queries.
However, can we see some fine-tuning based on theme vectors in the future?
Thread Rules:
-q's about Google operation. (not gg himself)
-one question only please.
-no noise or clarifying questions.
-no specifics about your site please.
-off topic stuff will be zapped (nffc is on duty!).
-Keep it short. Don't drone on for more than 2 sentences.
Brett: I like the idea, the rules are appropriate.
IMHO: Thread Title is mis-leading. <ZAP>
After an arm cramping scan of this thread, I see GG has never responded to a single question.
Can we have a professional thread such as this one with support from GG?
I live in Canada but want to see US (ie google.com) results - not google.ca results - my target market is in the US so I don't care where I rank on google.ca. Whether I search google.ca or google.com I get the same serps. I have to go through a US proxy to see real US results. Is there any other option for people in this situation?
No,
US proxy is the best way to go.
Sorry.
If so, what option looks more promising: clustered results like AllTheWeb and Vivisimo or something simple and similiar to what Yahoo displays?
(ie. when you come to one of my sites you are assigned some variables that ensure you see the most relevant (time sensitive) data based on a number of choices. As you can imagine Google runs into a whole lot of errors when it tries to index parts of my site. If they could store a cookie variable they would see a wealth of information not visible now.)
What really has me puzzled now is I lost about 75 of the 80 backlinks I had. I immediately checked all my link partners and sure enough they are all still there!
What could have caused that Google Guy? I know there's been some real serious changes to the algo in the Dominic update but how can you explain such drastic changes overnight?
As per my information, Google is undergoing many major changes. Can you please specify, what all changes are going to be incorporated in Google as for the following:
1.) Site submission and inclusion of web pages (for both new and old websites) in Google search and Image search,
2.) Search results ranking (from the point of SEO),
3.) Spam control policies and Multiple domains inclusion (.com, .net, .org, .ca, .au., etc. with same / different content or languages and domains with same or different content with different domain names altogether such as abc-inc.com, widgets.com referring to same company)
4.) Display of "permanent" last date of updation in cache pages / under the description,
5.) Google crawls and updates.
6.) Also, I have come to know that Page Rank calculation system is going to be changed too to make it more fast and accurate. Please give some tips about this too.
7.)Also please specify, if Google submissions are going to be made paid in near future, like others, and
8.)The Google Directory updates from DMOZ.
9.)Backlinks - Why is Google showing some links where there are more pointing to any particular website.
10.)The number of search results shown vary from the actual number of results found. Why? Is Google taking care of this also?
I think answers to all these questions in a single thread, would benefit all (users, SEOs, webmasters, website owners, etc.) as it covers all the major aspects of Google.
Thanks & Regards
Guddu
My question relates to all of us Search Engine Optimizers here in WebMasterWorld in general.
"Where do you see Search Engine Optimization as an industry being placed 5 years down the line? Do you forecast any major changes in the way the Search Engines function or worse, the way people retrieve information from Internet, that Search Engine Optimizers will be thrown out of the business and their livelihood? Something in a way revolution in the past has seen Diesel Engines replacing Steam Engines and the associated industries.
Thank You
Mc
Note: I know this question isn't particular to Google, but who else to look upto if not the market leader "Google"?