OT - Search engine question

First Jay stop using Yahoo. It sucks compared to Google. Second in this case
Google does the same thing. Both use a very complex system of click throughs
and other metrics to rank pages. But it is my understanding that as far as
Google is concerned the biggest factor is pages with the search term that
has links from other pages.

If you Google "Iowa City Airport" in quotes so it is looking for the phrase
not the words your page comes up first.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Go to Yahoo and type in "Iowa City Airport".

The first choice that comes up is "Eastern Iowa Airport" -- the Cedar
Rapids, IA airport!

How do they *do* that? It doesn't appear to be a paid advertisement,
since it appears along with the rest of the search results.

This kind of stuff drives me crazy, since it seems to be a deliberate --
and annoyingly successful -- attempt to "spoof" the search engine. Why
doesn't the Iowa City Airport come up first?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:
First Jay stop using Yahoo. It sucks compared to Google. Second in this case
Google does the same thing. Both use a very complex system of click throughs
and other metrics to rank pages. But it is my understanding that as far as
Google is concerned the biggest factor is pages with the search term that
has links from other pages.

I don't know... I've compared the results of yahoo and google searches on
a number of occasions and almost always get basically the same results.

--- Jay



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http://www.oc-Adolfos.com

SlashDot had a thread a few weeks back talking about a study done comparing
the two and Google won pretty handily. My personal problem with Yahoo is
their portal page though. It is almost painful to look at. Google's is so
nice and clean.


"Jay Masino" wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:
First Jay stop using Yahoo. It sucks compared to Google. Second in this
case
Google does the same thing. Both use a very complex system of click
throughs
and other metrics to rank pages. But it is my understanding that as far
as
Google is concerned the biggest factor is pages with the search term that
has links from other pages.

I don't know... I've compared the results of yahoo and google searches on
a number of occasions and almost always get basically the same results.

--- Jay



--
__!__
Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! !
http://www.OceanCityAirport.com
http://www.oc-Adolfos.com

I recently gave up on Yahoo. About ten times the last week I used it, I
started typing in my search string, only to have Yahoo decide to select
everything I had typed in, and over-write it with the last few letters.

I also got sick of clicking on a news story, only to be brought to another
page with two sentences on it, and the rest advertising. Now I have to click
on the headline again to read wht whole story.

I looked for a 'feedback' link to let them know why I changed my home page,
but couldn't find one.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
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SlashDot had a thread a few weeks back talking about a study done
comparing
the two and Google won pretty handily. My personal problem with Yahoo is
their portal page though. It is almost painful to look at. Google's is so
nice and clean.


"Jay Masino" wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:
First Jay stop using Yahoo. It sucks compared to Google. Second in this
case
Google does the same thing. Both use a very complex system of click
throughs
and other metrics to rank pages. But it is my understanding that as far
as
Google is concerned the biggest factor is pages with the search term
that
has links from other pages.

I don't know... I've compared the results of yahoo and google searches
on
a number of occasions and almost always get basically the same results.

--- Jay



--
__!__
Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___
http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! !
http://www.OceanCityAirport.com
http://www.oc-Adolfos.com