[OGDev] Re: [OGL] Google searches

[Earle Martin]

Here's something that may amuse you. Four days ago I updated you on our
Google ratings. Then, as an experiment, I added the phrase "the free London
guide" to the <title> of every page. The results follow.

Search terms       Rank then   Rank now
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london guide         46th        7th!!
london city guide    26th       27th
guide london         21st       24th
london "city guide"  23rd       25th
guide to london:      8th        9th
"city guide" london   7th        4th
"guide to london"     3rd        4th

As you can see, we're now on the first page of results for both /london
guide/ and /guide to london/ (this quoted *and* unquoted). Simply adding a
string to our titles has given us a massive boost from nowhere to front-page
for the most important search (london guide)! How cool is that? A salutary
lesson to other guides, perhaps...

Cheers,

Earle.


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Earle Martin
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