September 29, 2002
Somebody fix google

I get an amazing amount of google hits.. it seemed high, so went and looked in the logs.. Google is giving me an impossibly high rating for things it really shouldn't.. I mean, I understand why I'm #1 hit for "kasia", that makes a certain amount of sense.. but some of these.. ugh..

Here's some examples.. (there are a lot more like these):
python in a nutshell - number 1 hit over O'Reilly's site for a book of that title.
apache virtual host config - number 1 over apache.org
true porn clerk stories- number 1, over the site that hosts the damn things.
mysql auto increment - beat out mysql.com documentation..

I do know that blogs skew google ratings.. but I suppose the more people complain the sooner they fix it? I'd much rather have the google engine that works as it should (or used to) than more hits. Here's hoping they're working on this.

Posted September 29, 2002 11:57 PM in Geek Stuff
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On September 30, 2002 04:01 PM Techie2000 added:

I think there is a forum you can fill out at the bottom of the search so they can remove your link. If I recall correctly the Google algorithm looks at how many times each link is clicked, and how many times each link is linked to by other pages...

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On September 30, 2002 04:58 PM Reverend Jim added:

On the good side, at least when Google points to your site, your site actually does have a link to the real thing.

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On October 1, 2002 10:44 AM Kenneth added:

I understand your concern. But that very concern shows that you take an active interest in both valid links, and timely commentary.

The very reason that I believe Google rates blogs highly for search results.

When I was number two for Ellen Feiss searches I updated the page to point to additional resources I had found.

Just my two bits.

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On October 1, 2002 02:10 PM Matthew Simoneau added:

I'm also surprised to see my blog so highly ranked. In fact, I ended up on your site because I wanted to see the only link that beat me out for the search on "true porn clerk stories". I'm currently the #1 hit for "verizon treo". True, my site does have some useful information about these subjects, but I don't understand how Google knows that since hardly anybody links to me. It's not like I'm complaining, though. I like the traffic.

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On October 27, 2003 03:11 PM Neil Fraser added:

You can add another term which you're now #1 at. 'Fix Google' is yours too. :-)

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