This Googlebomb cost $44.75

zerodamage · Mar 31, 2004, 02:36 AM

"Businesses spending thousands of dollars to get their websites prominently displayed by Google should look at a much cheaper option that archivist Daniel Brandt demonstrated last week. "

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Matth · Mar 31, 2004, 10:54 PM

Another guy - in some newsletter I ended up with, reckons he can "express-submit" any site to google, by placing it on a frequently spidered, top 500 ranked site.

Google's ranking method is inherently flawed, as it places too much trust in the untrusted, I wonder if any reasonably large search engines are ranking-free?

Maybe it's time I gave Altavista another look - I did, and it looks like the "NEAR" option isn't available any more - I was going to try freeware NEAR "what", to try to get around search engines and unscrupulous optimizer's complete devaluation of the term.

Mar 31, 2004, 02:36 AM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	This Googlebomb cost $44.75 "Businesses spending thousands of dollars to get their websites prominently displayed by Google should look at a much cheaper option that archivist Daniel Brandt demonstrated last week. " Full Article: TheRegister

Mar 31, 2004, 10:54 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Another guy - in some newsletter I ended up with, reckons he can "express-submit" any site to google, by placing it on a frequently spidered, top 500 ranked site. Google's ranking method is inherently flawed, as it places too much trust in the untrusted, I wonder if any reasonably large search engines are ranking-free? Maybe it's time I gave Altavista another look - I did, and it looks like the "NEAR" option isn't available any more - I was going to try freeware NEAR "what", to try to get around search engines and unscrupulous optimizer's complete devaluation of the term.