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Posted by zazenducke on April 29, 2007, at 21:13:11
Have you noticed that Google is treating Babble posts differently now?
In one of Bob's old presentations he demonstrated googling Effexor and getting over 40 hits for Babble. Thus showing where his new posters came from and how successful his site was. His massive archives were being indexed.
Now when you google Effexor you get one hit for Psychobabble tips but there are none of the multiple individual babbler posts which used to appear.
I noticed this some time ago. I suppose I might be doing something different.
I believe Babbler posts sometime show up when you search blogs on Google.
I wonder what effect it will have on the population of Babble. There seem to be as many new people as ever to me. Where are they all coming from if they don't get referred by Google?
Posted by notfred on April 29, 2007, at 23:14:20
In reply to Google and Babble, posted by zazenducke on April 29, 2007, at 21:13:11
> Have you noticed that Google is treating Babble posts differently now?
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>Google now indexes a vast majority of webpages.
Google's Page Rank is partially based on how many links other pages have to a page. There are far more authoritative sources for a single search term like "Effexor" now that the majority of web pages are indexed. I pull up the wikipedia article
several links to monographs on the first page of a google search on "Effexor".
Posted by Racer on April 30, 2007, at 0:32:44
In reply to Google and Babble, posted by zazenducke on April 29, 2007, at 21:13:11
Posted by zazenducke on April 30, 2007, at 6:41:07
In reply to I understand it comes up more for MAOIs now (nm) » zazenducke, posted by Racer on April 30, 2007, at 0:32:44
Posted by zazenducke on April 30, 2007, at 6:45:24
In reply to Re: Google and Babble, posted by notfred on April 29, 2007, at 23:14:20
> > Have you noticed that Google is treating Babble posts differently now?
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> Google now indexes a vast majority of webpages.
> Google's Page Rank is partially based on how many links other pages have to a page.
That's interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks
There are far more authoritative sources for a single search term like "Effexor" now that the majority of web pages are indexed. I pull up the wikipedia article
> several links to monographs on the first page of a google search on "Effexor".
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Posted by NikkiT2 on April 30, 2007, at 7:58:10
In reply to Re: Google and Babble » notfred, posted by zazenducke on April 30, 2007, at 6:45:24
Google works differently now is the main reason.
What you do often get is "see more answers from this site" linked in the results returned by google if the same site is giving multiple returns for the googled text.
Nikki
Posted by notfred on April 30, 2007, at 14:52:17
In reply to Google and Babble, posted by zazenducke on April 29, 2007, at 21:13:11
Here is some info on Googles system (called PageRank™) of ranking pages:
Posted by zazenducke on May 5, 2007, at 10:02:38
In reply to Re: Google and Babble, posted by NikkiT2 on April 30, 2007, at 7:58:10
That explains it then. Thanks Nikki and notfred. I still wonder what effect it might have on Babble growth. Because it was sort of self generating-more posts more hits more visitors more posts etc. Will Bob decide to advertise? And if so where? I don't think other mental health sites would advertise the competition or drug sites given the negative opinions of their products often posted here.
Would he advertise on the sites that advertise here? That might attract some interesting people.
Bob Jones Universtity, illicit affairs, free samples of sleeping meds, antiBush gear, grief baskets and all ways those bob kittens. A different population than googlers of effexor perhaps :) Sounds like quite an interesting conversation might ensue.
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