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Google SEO Tests 09.05.2004 |
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 ( click here to go back to the main EDSolutions Google SEO Test Results ) Google 09.05.2004 Test Reports By Date: May 29th, 2004There has been a very interesting development in the test results of 09.05.2004. The results have been changed and they are now listed differently.
Here is a chart of the new results as they appear in Google as of May 29th, 2004: SEARCH FOR THESE RESULTS YOURSELF BY USING GOOGLE, CLICK HERE First main search results (found on first page of Google search results):
NOTE: Yes. we have noticed that the seo-google-test-results.html page is now included in the results - we have omitted it from our table as it wasn't part of the original test. For a further discussion on this topic, please click here or see the heading 'SEO-GOOGLE-TEST-RESULTS.HTML WAS INCLUDED THIS TIME IN THE RESULTS' found on this page , below the questions and answers section. Second main search results (found on third page of Google search results):
This is very interesting and poses a couple questions if you have been following along and paying attention: QUESTIONS
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SEO-GOOGLE-TEST-RESULTS.HTML WAS INCLUDED THIS TIME IN THE RESULTS We have noticed that the seo-google-test-results.html page is now included in the results - we have omitted it from our table as it wasn't part of the original test. Also - If you attempt to look for the links and keywords on this page now, you will not find them as we have just restructured the pages as of April 29th, 2004 for better organization. We have also removed the links in the tables. Now, lets comment on how this may have skewed results as of April 29th, 2004: We are aware that the page 'seo-google-test-results.html' is now delegating back links to the test pages. But since all of the test pages have been granted only one contributing back link from the page, it shouldn't skew the results. There is one that causes a problem; the page ranked in the #2 slot is "fishingwithbeerbottlez-germanboyforthfiver-treesrmadefromsteel.html". Why is this a problem? Because the link on seo-google-test-results.html has created not only a backlink, but a keyword anchor with the searchable keywords as the anchor. This may skew the results for that one page, but since it is still in the same spot where we would of guessed, we're not too worried about this at this point. This little "problem with our test results" may tell us one thing: That the page tp6.html with its keywords in the title is rated much stronger than the keywords in the filename coupled with a fully active keyword anchor back link. Looks like our little problem has shown how powerful title keywords can be. Not even the keywords in the file name plus a keyword anchor can beat it. Until text time... The Staff at EDSolutions Please feel free to give us future test suggestions. Your name and link will be included as part of a future report if we use your suggestion. Suggestions to be made to our feedback box at feedback@edsolutions.ca .
May 9th, 2004SEARCH FOR THESE RESULTS YOURSELF BY USING GOOGLE, CLICK HERE The results are very interesting as of May 9th, 2004. Here is what they tell us.
From these rankings we can conclude (for now) that keywords contained in the title tag are the most important to Google. Keywords contained in the URL are second most important to Google's ranking system. Please note that these keywords are not in the domain, but rather in the file name only. We weren't about to register a domain named "fishingwithbeerbottlez-germanboyforthfiver-treesrmadefromstreel," heh. More interesting, we note that the H2 tag is the third most important to Google, and it ranks it higher than the bold and H1 tags! Keywords in the bold tag seem to be most important after the H2 tag, followed by the H1 tag. This is really quiet interesting, and it may tell us that Google has done this to deter spammers who think that the H1 tag is more important than all the tags that can be put into a HTML page, sneaky! Following closely and ranked #6 in our little experiment is the underline tag <u>, which comes in just before the italics tag <i>. As you can see they rank higher than tp2.html, however this may be because tp2.html does not have as many keywords as the underline and italics pages. And the most interesting of all, is that tp4.html and tp3.html are ranked last, they contain the keywords in the content and in the meta tags (description and keywords.) Something to ask ourselves is, if Google penalized these pages due to the fact that they contain ONLY the keywords in the meta tags. 100% keyword density in the meta tags may mean major penalties. A future test will be set up immediately and the results will be
posted on this page as they become available. Make sure you check
in at a later time. The Staff at EDSolutions Please feel free to give us future test suggestions. Your name and link will be included as part of a future report if we use your suggestion. Suggestions to be made to our feedback box at feedback@edsolutions.ca . |
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