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Strange searching behaviour in google..at least to me

Discussion in 'Google' started by Grinler, Apr 19, 2005.

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    Can someone explain this behaviour. If i type a particular phrase in google without quotes my site does not show up in the rankings at all. Yet when i put quotes around that phrase, I am on the second page.

    Does this make sense to anyone?
     
    Grinler, Apr 19, 2005 IP
  2. lycrafile

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    Makes sense to me, i think you'll find similar behaviour with the majority of key phrases.

    It's called phrase matching
     
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    inverse Banned

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    Grinler when u put quotes around the phrase like "hi grinler" so google will search for the exact phrase while if u just search hi grinler then it will search either hi or grinler
     
    inverse, Apr 19, 2005 IP
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    Grinler Peon

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    I understand phrase matching but why wouldnt the search:

    apple pickers

    and

    "apple pickers"

    return the same results. If the phrase "apple pickers" is the more defined search, and you get a certain result, and then you do a loose search like:

    apple pickers

    wouldnt the better search result have those results that show those two words as a phrase?

    The algorithm just does not make sense. If I am looking for red balloons. And there are sites that match the phrase red balloons. And I search for "red balloons" or just red balloons, i would think the phrase matches would be the best results compared to results that contained one or the other. What is the worth of having sites come back to with the word red as their search result criteria, rather than results that contain both words next to each other.
     
    Grinler, Apr 19, 2005 IP
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    inverse Banned

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    apple pickers returns 59,200 results and "apple pickers" returns 6,440 results and only the first 2 results are same have a looks at third one and others
     
    inverse, Apr 19, 2005 IP
  6. Grinler

    Grinler Peon

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    I may sound nuts, but when i posted this question the results were very different on those two types of search queries. Now you are right, they are pretty similar. No idea, maybe google was burping when I was testing this?
     
    Grinler, Apr 19, 2005 IP
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    inverse Banned

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    yea having quotes will reduce number or results because it will search the whole phrase in that site or that site wouldnt be included if the whole phrase is not found
     
    inverse, Apr 19, 2005 IP
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    iqra_psh Active Member

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    nice explaination inverse thanks
     
    iqra_psh, Apr 20, 2005 IP
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    thank u very much iqra
     
    inverse, Apr 20, 2005 IP
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    yea thanks agen from me, coz i didnt have a clue y my bro was putting quotes round the words :)
     
    stevn-986, Apr 20, 2005 IP