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Google no longer best search engine

Discussion in 'Google' started by drig, Nov 25, 2007.

  1. #1
    Okay, so maybe the title was a little off, but you'll understand what I mean in a second.

    Do a search on Google for “best search engine“. You’ll notice that Dogpile is #1 and 20search and homerweb both make the top 10.

    In fact, Google is listed at 16 and Yahoo! was at 28. Why would Google not have itself as number 1? Does it think that homerweb, 20search, dogpile, and kidsites.org are better? Google obviously has more backlinks, higher authority, etc.

    What do you think?

    EDIT/PS: This post is for entertainment purposes.
     
    drig, Nov 25, 2007 IP
  2. yourihost

    yourihost Well-Known Member

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    No they just have better SEO.

    Google does NOT change rankings to benifit themselves or a business.
     
    yourihost, Nov 25, 2007 IP
  3. hosttrde

    hosttrde Peon

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    #3
    but since they've just purchased a SEO company they might work on that.

    They're not even in the top 20.
     
    hosttrde, Nov 25, 2007 IP
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    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    #4
    There's no reason for google to rank for those keyword.
     
    ForgottenCreature, Nov 25, 2007 IP
  5. yourihost

    yourihost Well-Known Member

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    I also forgot to mention , Google do not Index their own pages. Unless its a key page like gmail.
     
    yourihost, Nov 25, 2007 IP
  6. kks_krishna

    kks_krishna Active Member

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    #6
    google is not ranking top in those keywords. :)
     
    kks_krishna, Nov 25, 2007 IP
  7. drig

    drig Peon

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    #7
    It's indexed... just on the 2nd page.
     
    drig, Nov 25, 2007 IP
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    mit Well-Known Member

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    I don't think anything. Why the key phrase "best search engine", even if you search for just "search engine", Altavista is #1 and there is no ranking of Google on the 1st page in Google itself.
     
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    CashNinjas Peon

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    #9
    Er.. All the ones listed on front page (dogpile 20search etc) ALL have google in them.. google doesn't quite market itself as 'we are the best search engine'.. none of the big ones do. If you notice, dogpile, 20search, etc all have "best search engine" in their title.. So they just get indexed a lot for that keyword..

    I mean.. For example, googlesearch the term "best whore" - Results come up and some names that appear on top are: Charyan Brothles, Brittney Spears and Marolyn Monroe.. But we all know that isn't true.. It's Paris Hilton.. Just proving that having keywords in your titles mean a lot.. Google just has "google.com".

    Basically just giving a more detailed answer.. I'm saying the same things that everyone above me has said.
     
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    kentuckyslone Notable Member

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    This is really funny. I just searched phrase search engine (without best) and Google falls in about the same spot
     
    kentuckyslone, Nov 25, 2007 IP
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    qazu Well-Known Member

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    Just goes to show, you can't use a search engine to find good sites. :D Who uses dogpile anyway?
     
    qazu, Nov 25, 2007 IP
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    maahan Banned

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    #12
    then , why you did this search in Google.com ?
    you just gone to Google becasue google is the 1st search engine for you !
    ;-)
     
    maahan, Nov 25, 2007 IP
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    #13
    Google is hiring SEO professionals for optimizing their homepage :D

    details here http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/search.py?query=seo&Action.Search=+Search+&lr=lang_en&type=f
     
    varunkrish, Nov 25, 2007 IP
  14. drig

    drig Peon

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    Sounds like they are looking for someone with search optimization knowledge, or in other words, someone that is familiar with the process of displaying search results. Why train someone on what goes into displaying results, when so many people already know and you can just hire one of them?

     
    drig, Nov 25, 2007 IP
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    PowerExtreme Banned

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    #15
    lol thats a nice find
     
    PowerExtreme, Nov 26, 2007 IP
  16. ahelpinghand

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    although funny find, Google search does not need to rank for those words, especially if you are using Google search to search for them :)
     
    ahelpinghand, Nov 26, 2007 IP
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    Laceygirl Notable Member

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    I'm sure they do. Afterall, it is their rankings.
     
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    #18
    Dogpile is crap. Do a search on that stupid search engine.

    They mix sponsored results with actual results. Its way too hard to even point out whats natural search result and whats sponsored.

    wondering who searches there.
     
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    funy find !

    google page rank reach 10 just self own
     
    poptips, Nov 26, 2007 IP
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    #20
    Google has been the best search engine from 2002 onwards previously it was yahoo.;)
     
    exevista, Nov 26, 2007 IP