Re: FN-FORUM: Google webmaster tools

date posted 19th October 2007 14:07

At 12:18 +0000 19/10/07, Tony Crockford wrote:
>position 4 on google .co.uk for web designer is:
>
>http://www.sarkis-webdesign.com/

Sure. And number 7 for 'freelance web design uk' and 9 for 'uk
freelance web designer' are yours truly
(http://www.paneris.org/colinr/portfolio.html) without all the
nonsense.

So it's not all bad. ;)

>do this search: link: www.sarkis-webdesign.com
>
>and you'll find he has 3,500+ inbound links.
>
>most from link building directories.
>
>what shall we do?

Update the algorithm, evolve the tools and reconsider the usefulness
of in-bound links as an indicator of relevance.

Sites like sarkis-webdesign.com are a pain in the backside, but
Google's job is to provide search which fits the web not the other
way around.

As a user I get a lot of poor results these days from Google many of
which are nothing to do with link farming and black-hat SEO - just
Google ranking stuff badly in their organic results because they're
not evolving with the rest of us.

ColinR
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