Comments on: Google Levitation http://killthisblog.com/2008/05/06/google-levitation/ Earth's ONLY website. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: admin http://killthisblog.com/2008/05/06/google-levitation/#comment-116 admin Wed, 28 May 2008 15:07:03 +0000 http://killthisblog.com/?p=27#comment-116 Thanks for the comment, although I’m not sure how useful my post is. Like I said, all I know about SEO is that it’s an acronym for sumpin or udder. And I’ve done a bit of follow-up. Turns out that when you search for “thelastlectures” on Google, this very post turns up number one in the list. In other words, I outrank the owner of the sniping website for his own domain name. And that’s with absolutely no attempt to massage the ranking at all — I wouldn’t know how to if I wanted to. So it seems there are some assumptions I’ve made in my post that don’t hold up well. Meanwhile, when you search for “thelastlecture” (without the final “s”), thelastlectureS does not rank. http://www.thelastlecture.com, the official Last Lecture Site now ranks third, which is an improvement, but slots one and two go to sites that rank URLs, which is kind of a little bit sort of ironic. In other words, I don’t get it. Lots for me to learn. Thanks for the comment, although I’m not sure how useful my post is. Like I said, all I know about SEO is that it’s an acronym for sumpin or udder. And I’ve done a bit of follow-up.

Turns out that when you search for “thelastlectures” on Google, this very post turns up number one in the list. In other words, I outrank the owner of the sniping website for his own domain name. And that’s with absolutely no attempt to massage the ranking at all — I wouldn’t know how to if I wanted to. So it seems there are some assumptions I’ve made in my post that don’t hold up well.

Meanwhile, when you search for “thelastlecture” (without the final “s”), thelastlectureS does not rank. http://www.thelastlecture.com, the official Last Lecture Site now ranks third, which is an improvement, but slots one and two go to sites that rank URLs, which is kind of a little bit sort of ironic.

In other words, I don’t get it. Lots for me to learn.

]]> By: Strong One http://killthisblog.com/2008/05/06/google-levitation/#comment-114 Strong One Wed, 28 May 2008 14:24:55 +0000 http://killthisblog.com/?p=27#comment-114 WOW. Somewhat disturbing information on SEO... and how easy it is to ride on someone else's sails. I have read Dr. Pausch's book.. a must read for anyone who thinks they have this game of life figured out Thanks for the useful info! WOW. Somewhat disturbing information on SEO… and how easy it is to ride on someone else’s sails.
I have read Dr. Pausch’s book.. a must read for anyone who thinks they have this game of life figured out
Thanks for the useful info!

]]> By: admin http://killthisblog.com/2008/05/06/google-levitation/#comment-78 admin Wed, 07 May 2008 01:51:58 +0000 http://killthisblog.com/?p=27#comment-78 I, of course, would be exempt from censure, on account of, I'm GREEDY. I, of course, would be exempt from censure, on account of, I’m GREEDY.

]]> By: Random Kath http://killthisblog.com/2008/05/06/google-levitation/#comment-77 Random Kath Wed, 07 May 2008 01:15:31 +0000 http://killthisblog.com/?p=27#comment-77 Wow, that is skeevy, but not unheard of. I think that one way they optimize is that they think of all of the usual ways that people would incorrectly spell a popular name or site and just grab up all of that real estate - which leads to lots of hits, because a lot of people aren't looking that closely the first time . . . But of course, you are way above doing stuff like <i>that</i> . . . :-) Wow, that is skeevy, but not unheard of. I think that one way they optimize is that they think of all of the usual ways that people would incorrectly spell a popular name or site and just grab up all of that real estate - which leads to lots of hits, because a lot of people aren’t looking that closely the first time . . .

But of course, you are way above doing stuff like that . . . :-)

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