[WEB4LIB] Re: Google ?

[Greg Notess]

As Danny points out, this page is included in the search results because some other page in the Google index linked from 'madird' to that site. If you really want to dig, you can search for all pages in the Google database that link to that first listed page by entering the search as
	link:http://www.upm.es/centros/euitag.html 
That finds eight pages. Looking at the cached files for each of those eight pages (the version of the page that Google indexed), finds that only three of them link on the misspelling of 'madird' (the two at eina.com and one  at arrakis.es.

So, apparently, Google rates that page higher because three other pages in its index point to it as a link. Meanwhile, other pages that have 'madird' in the title of the page do not rank as highly as page which does not contain the misspelling but that have three pages linking to it using the misspelling. By the way, you can also verify that the top ranked page did not include the misspelling by taking a look at the cached version.

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At 01:40 PM 2/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>> I search the word madird in Google
>> This a wronk Word: It correspond to: Madrid.
>> Thet are near to 140 pages that contain madird
>> The first one in Google is www.upm.es/centros/euitag.html
>> Well! If you click in  I'm Feeling Lucky this page is the first
>> It don't contain th word madrid.
>> Only contain Madrid
>> Can anyone explain how Googl works with I'm Feeling Lucky ?
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>Google doens't rank a page just because of the word on it. A page may also
>rank highly for a search because of the words in and around links on OTHER
>pages that point at it.
>
>So in this case, if there are many people linking to that page and using the
>word "madird," then it may be ranking well because of that, even though it
>doesn't use the word itself but rather "madrid."
>
>And Feeling Lucky just takes you automatically to the first page on Google's
>results list.
>
>cheers,
>danny
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>Danny Sullivan
>Editor, Search Engine Watch
>http://searchenginewatch.com
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