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Re: Either Google thinks Altavista is the best search engine or it has the best SEO

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Post by tfh » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 10:25 AM UTC

txxxxd wrote: post #16

tfh wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not logged in and I'm also getting Dogpile as #1 result. I hate that when google alters my results according to my country/login.

Out of curiosity, why does this bother you?

It bothers me to get different search result every time I'm on another computer. It's like surfing another internet..

Re: Either Google thinks Altavista is the best search engine or it has the best SEO

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 12:49 PM UTC

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Re: Either Google thinks Altavista is the best search engine or it has the best SEO

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Post by meatbag » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 1:47 PM UTC

archon810 wrote: post #10

Well, it seems Altavista somehow has a PR of 9. The only other site with the PR of 9 on that page is Yahoo but Yahoo's page doesn't seem to mention "search engine" as explicitly as Altavista, so the ranking makes sense. How in the world Altavista has a PR of 9 is a mystery though.

"...the ranking makes sense." PR and rank are often correlated, but PR is not a good predictor of actual rank.

"How in the world Altavista has a PR of 9 is a mystery though." A large volume of natural links is probably the explanation here. altavista.com probably ended up in some trusted repository as well, which may render it relatively immune to "penalties" or other dampening factors.

Re: Either Google thinks Altavista is the best search engine or it has the best SEO

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Post by meatbag » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 1:57 PM UTC

txxxxd wrote: post #16

tfh wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not logged in and I'm also getting Dogpile as #1 result. I hate that when google alters my results according to my country/login.

Out of curiosity, why does this bother you?

It is presumptuous, and sets a possibly dangerous precedent.

Re: Either Google thinks Altavista is the best search engine or it has the best SEO

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Post by meatbag » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:06 PM UTC

6,310,000 old backlinks, many of which come from highly trusted sources, might have some effect.

Re: Either Google thinks Altavista is the best search engine or it has the best SEO

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Post by noelchurchill » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 5:58 PM UTC

According to the google keyword tool, approximately 368,000 people search for the exact phrase [search engine] each month worldwide, and 135,000 in the US. I wonder what those people are really expecting to find when they search Google for search engine. I would think the Wikipedia result would be the most relevant.