[sdiy] why does google suck SO bad for finding my parts? Yahoo is on it!

[Bob Weigel]

Whatever.  When I had "Replacement key" Korg MS (no asterick) it did 
precisely the same thing and I had of course at the time Korg MS AND the 
exact phrase "Replacement key" on the page.  I was nowhere in the hits.

Recently I tried changing it to being more specific on the page (Korg 
MS-10, Korg MS-20) instead of MS series.

Also for quite some time I've had *both* "Replacement key" AND 
"Replacement Keys" on the page.

Eg. notice that the strings

"Replacement Key" Korg X3

"Replacement Keys" Korg X3

Both return me as first hit...As well they should since all the other 
hits are pages selling a synth and mentioning replacement keys in some 
other context.

YOU KNOW....ahemmmmmm...what would be really..INTELLIGENT....would be if 
there was 'block code'  on web pages that helps the crawler determine 
'hey..this section is totally unrelated to that section'.  For example 
if someone is posting a string of ads, there would be a beginning/end 
code that would tell the crawler not to bother reporting for example the 
replacement car keys for sale below the Korg M1 synth :-)

Obviously it would be hard to update existing pages but by some clever 
scheme it could be built into web page editors and it could begin 
appearing in future pages. AND pages that WOULD incorporate it of 
course..could be told that they will get higher ranking if the code 
appears in some meaningful pattern I guess.  Of course there would be 
abuses of that no doubt... -Bob
-Bob

Florian Anwander wrote:

> Hi Bob
>
>> AND YES I WONDER WHY GOOGLE DOESN'T FIND THE TEXT THAT IS ON THE 
>> PAGE.  That's what I'm asking...to get back on the subject.  -Bob
>
> I already explained:
> You search <"Replacement Key" Korg MS*> means in Google <exact phrase 
> "Replacement Key" AND/OR partial phrase "Korg" AND/OR partial phrase 
> "MS*"> Whatchout: the asterisk does NOT mean a substition it is a 
> simple char!
>
> The exact phrase "Replacement Key" does not appear in the text with 
> real context, but only in the listing at the end of the page wher 
> there is no  real context. This kind of keyword-spamming is known to 
> google and will be filtered off. Google would evaluate only the single 
> appearance in the sentence "Below are new and used replacement keys 
> that I have in stock." And this one won't fit to your search, because 
> you searched the sigular "key" but the exact phrase in the evaluated 
> part of the page is plural "keys" - so you won't find it with this 
> search - (but I even doubt, that the single appearance will compensate 
> the malus which was plaedby the keyword spamming.
>
> Florian
>
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