search engine domination

[LowryBigwood]

Originally Posted by Bill

Killing them - maybe, maybe not. Hurting them bad, contributing to their deaths, yes, I'm saying that.

As to how, we've repeatedly described how in other threads, but to restate what should be obvious by now:

1. devalueing recip links
2. devalueing duplicate content
3. increasing dramatically the value of one way incoming links.
4. possibly phraseing analysis
5. possibly page structure analysis
6. possibly a new system of flagging bad networks

In effect devalueing the whole structure and concept of the small linklist.

Bill, it's not obvious for several reasons. Most of what you stated above is unproven and just a theory. Another reason it's not obvious to me is because I don't believe Google is killing off the small LL's at all. Howcome we don't see any MSN or Yahoo killed my site threads? Google isn't the only search engine, and anyone who relies on just Google isn't going to last anyways.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by LowryBigwood

Howcome we don't see any MSN or Yahoo killed my site threads?

Well, the primary reason is that the 'other' search engines have typically only accounted for 10-20% of the traffic.

And their spam control algos are several years behind googles.

There was a lot of bitching way back when, when yahoo blocked a bunch of linklists from it's pages, but yahoo traffic was pretty much considered "extra" over the more important google traffic at that time, so it eventually became accepted as the status quo.

I don't recall seeing any "google killed my small linklist" threads, tho.

It's possible I'm the only person explicitly saying that recent changes in google are hurting, maybe killing, small to medium sized linklists. Other people are saying it, but in the subtext of their posts.

I figured the writing was on the wall when GG took such a hit for a while. And I can count the number of hits coming to my freesites as well as anyone.

I figured the real question, behind eman's initial question, was "How the fuck do you guys figure we can adapt to the new google?".

That's what's interesting - How to Adapt?