Very Strange Search Result… someone explain!

Discussion in 'Websites' started by C.Whyte, Mar 24, 2006.

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    Maybe this has already been talked about, but I just stumbled across it and instantly became confused.

    Do a Google search for the keyword “home” and the first result is a link to NASA! To make things even stranger, the word “home” isn’t anywhere in that site.

    What’s the deal with that? :confused:
     
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  2. digital1

    digital1 Well-Known Member

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    Odd. I performed a search for "home" and MSN.com was ranked first for that term. NASA is ranked fourth.
     
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  3. C.Whyte

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    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=home&btnG=Google+Search

    I guess my question is why? I don't understand how NASA is related to that keyword at all. Maybe this is more of an SEO question?
     
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    d3scr1pt0r Well-Known Member

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    Because all those super high PR websites at universities link to it like this

    Nasa Home Page

    Therefore they rank #1 for NASA, Home, Home Page, and Page.
     
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  6. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    haha
    search "failure" and Bush's biography will be at top.

    back to the topic.
    It is because of many many websites have given link to NASA with anchor "home" and that's why Google think it should come first for "home".
    :)
     
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  7. C.Whyte

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    So you are saying that it's because sites are linking to NASA with an anchored text link, and that's why it's the #1 result?
    Very strange, but informative. I guess while we are on the topic... is Google Bombing concidered a black hat SEO trick?

    Thanks for all the help!
     
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    Not at all Black Hat, very White Hat.
     
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    d3scr1pt0r Well-Known Member

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    I do not think so, because google bombing could be intentional or accidental! You cannot stop people linking to sites using their own definiton of a site
     
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