What's the meaning of this!!!

[Linkster]

that e= term at the end of the url is a js redirect counter that Google uses to track hits to certain positions in the results

They have been doing this since at least 2002 that I remember - and usually is done with more obsolete search terms or phrases

And no it has nothing whatsoever to do with the BigDaddy infrastructure changes

/added - and it really has no effect on listings - just one of Googles measuring tools for quality

[eman]

Originally Posted by Linkster

They have been doing this since at least 2002 that I remember - and usually is done with more obsolete search terms or phrases

Obsolete! I resemble that remark

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Linkster

And no it has nothing whatsoever to do with the BigDaddy infrastructure changes

I have heard more reports of it's appearance since big daddy rolled out, but that could just as well be explained by the theory that more people than usual are looking thru their listings and looking for differences with the new infrastructure, and therefore are seeing and noting more instances of the redirect.

Altho, if it is a measuring system, it does make sense that they would apply it more often to test the usage of big daddy'd results.