bookmarking sites with the google toolbar
 

I noticed if you bookmark a site with the google toolbar it makes a page on their server with all your bookmarks

I know the page isnt really there its script drivin but does any one think this could help with spidering of new sites or maybe even help with sites that have fallen out of favor with google ???

This is just my opinion, but I don't believe that will help seo wise. In my mind, I think adding some good link juice to new sites will get them spidered just fine. That along with adding more valuable incoming links may also help with sites that have fallen out of favor. Just .02. |waves|

I've got 2 domains that are seriously out of favour, lezmaster.com and finevagina.com, they're great domain names but google hates 'em so I've cut all ties to them and I'm waiting for them to expire. I don't think adding incoming links will help them, but if anyone has any ideas I'd really like to hear them :)
Google hates them because I had lesbian twin sites on them that had that word that begins with "i" and ends in "t" on them. So what if the sisters were in their thirties and consenting adults, 2 domains toasted :(

If you fixed your sites you can always check this out: How do I request reinclusion of my site

I bookmarked that link a while back just in case. :)

I cant think of any word that google would not list based on some results Ive seen unless it has cigarette or tobacco in it :)
shoot me a PM with the urls and we'll see if we cant get those back up for you Sheepguy

Tommy - there is a very high liklihood that they are watching that bookmarking - with the new local search and their recent changes to their algorithm to push "my community" results and local search I think that is one of the ways they are counting metrics

You really think so? I pretty much equated it with the :) & :( buttons on the toolbar.

I haven't read the TOS - and I imported my bookmarks just to see what would happen - but couldn't spidering them be an invasion of privacy of sorts?

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Basically they say that if you sign up for an account with them to use bookmarks - you have given them wide open access to everything you do :)

I think I have some bookmarks to delete :D

Ive often wondered how many people know that they are tracking all SMS comms as well - including the content |jester|
Im just waiting for the Google phone to come out - then they can listen to you as well

good ideas Linkster :)

I read something where some guy suggested creating context for vague searches (e.g. "architecture") using browsing behavior and bookmarks, both of which Google can track using the toolbar. If you bookmarked newegg, Google might return alot of computer-related results when you query "architecture"; or if you were surfing around egypt.com Google might instead return results about buildings.

Anyway, Google is moving toward personalization where everybody sees different results.