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Charlie
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:21 pm
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| Sean Burns wrote: | | There is definitely more weight on "authority" than there has been in the past. That's why sites like Amazon and news sites such as CNN and BBC tend to be ranking so well at the moment. |
Any evidence of larger themed sites carrying more weight, or just sites well regarded by others?
| Quote: | | In regards to spam, it's still an issue that Google is struggling with. They seem intent on algorithmically removing spam. In my opinion, it's the wrong approach. Mainly because it's not working but also because spammers keep changing things. Google should go back to the old days and start banning sites again. |
I was surprised when you said recently that you hadn't seen a ban for months. I presumed they still were...
I agree. I think it's too much a matter of "spirit" for any robot to read between the lines. Flag up the site by all means, but at the end of the day let humans decide and act, whether their tip off comes from the house robot or a concerned citizen.
Also, how about penalties for people who wrongly accuse competitors to try and get them banned for commercial gain?
Just a thought,
Charlie.
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Sean Burns
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 2:49 pm
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Hi Charlie
| Quote: | | Any evidence of larger themed sites carrying more weight, or just sites well regarded by others? |
Not sure if you get my newsletter but I discussed themes a bit last week. Looking at the new results, I can't really see that theming is any more or less important.
Barnes & Noble has moved up to the number 2 spot for books but Amazon (which isn't just a book site anymore) is still number 1. For "Sport", the non-sport sites have moved up. The BBC is now number 2 (a news site) and the Exploratorium (a science site) has gone from 6 to 4.
I have been told that GoogleGuy said recently that people should concentrate on creating larger authority sites rather than smaller highly themed sites. I haven't seen the post so I cant confirm that it's correct or what context it was in.
I take it to mean that having multiple domains to cover highly specific niches may not be the best way to go. That's not to say that you should have one site covering every topic in the world - just that a larger site may be better than smaller highly targeted sites.
| Quote: | | Also, how about penalties for people who wrongly accuse competitors to try and get them banned for commercial gain? |
They don't ask for any of your details on their spam report page but they could. They could also track your IP address and automatically ignore complaints.
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Niall Kennedy
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:58 pm
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| Sean wrote: | | Just thought I'd post here and let people know that Google is dancing again. I think you can see the new data at http://64.233.161.99 - much better results in my opinion. |
Are these results only available at this datacenter, or have they been rolled out to the rest of the centers? |
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Sean Burns
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:34 pm
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Hi Niall
They are still only available on that data center as far as I can tell. They do show up on www.google.com sometimes because Google uses all of it's data centers when queries are made.
I'd say that the results on 64... will show up all the time within a few days.
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DatabaseDesigner
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:38 am
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Haven't noticed any penalty: Maybe I'm to new. Actually, my keywords and related phrases just rise; check out :
'Analysis phase' 2 of 6.180.000
'ref cursor' 9 of 91.700 (important issue)
'database ebooks' 9 of 337.000
'ref cursor in oracle' 1 of 15.400 (important issue)
and so on. It's been like that (climbing) since I got spidered, and these are important phrases to my audience.
and then, the most funny of all:
'why is database design important' 4 of 4.520.000
'why is database design critically important' 1 of 347.000
many times...
Am I missing something here? : I'm just so pleased, and traffic is flowing...
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Charlie
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 11:54 am
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Hello Alf.
| DatabaseDesigner wrote: | | Haven't noticed any penalty: Maybe I'm to new. |
Or maybe you're the exception that proves the rule.
| Quote: | and then, the most funny of all:
'why is database design important' 4 of 4.520.000
'why is database design critically important' 1 of 347.000 |
More questions than answers, if you ask me. 
| Quote: | | Am I missing something here? : I'm just so pleased, and traffic is flowing... |
As long as you are getting the desired response from the traffic that does arrive, I don't thinik you're missing much.
All the best,
Charlie.
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