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Google's Site Ranking Secrets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-google dept.

vivin writes "Ever wonder how Google's site ranking works? Wonder no more. Google recently filed United States Patent Application 20050071741 on March 31, 2005. This patent reveals a great deal of information about Google's site ranking algorithm and makes very good reading. For example, one of the criteria that they use is the number of years that your site has been registered. If your site has been registered for less than a year, then it counts against you. A site registered for a longer period of time means that the owner is probably serious about the site, and the site is probably legitimate. Google's Site Ranking algorithms reveal how hard they are making it for spam sites to get listed (on Google). This information will also make it easier for you to make sure that you get listed well in Google."

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  1. Already ./'ed ? by openglx · · Score: 1, Funny

    No post and already slashdotted.
    Long live asp-based sites.

    FP?

  2. Real Explanation by henrywood · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer the official Google explanation:

    http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

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    1. Re:Real Explanation by PakProtector · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm currently under negotiations with Google to see if I can use their massive ammounts of Pidgeon Clusters and a few statues I have handy to do some studies on the dynamics of white dialetric material.

      I'll probably just end up bullshitting the answers instead.

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  3. Start Goodle ranking improvement business by panurge · · Score: 2, Funny
    Step 1: Build time machine
    Step 2: Go 5 years into past, buy domain names, set up sites with lots of soft porn images
    Step 3: Return to present, stopping off each year on the way to renew domains. Step 4: Sell to spammers etc.
    Step 5: Profit.

    I'm open to venture capitalists for investment in this one.

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    1. Re:Start Goodle ranking improvement business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Actually I would do the following...

      Step 1: Build time machine
      Step 2: Goto step 5
      Step 3: ...
      Step 4: ...
      Step 5: Profit.

  4. Re:ATTENTION by dhasenan · · Score: 4, Funny
    You're right! You're so right! I was lured in at a young age by a friendly smile and a promise of free software, but now I realize my error. I want to convert; I've been led so far astray, I don't know how to get back. Can someone send me a copy of Windows ME so I can regain my sense of self independent of a prescriptive, prohibitive monoculture of an operating system?

    I want to change. Please help me--I don't think I can do it on my own.

  5. Foiled Again Google! by AndrewStephens · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing in the patent nullifies my pagerank defeating technique - put lots of links to my homepage in slashdot posts modded to +5 funny!

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  6. Re:Temporal data. by b0r0din · · Score: 5, Funny

    Umm, you spelled 'genius' wrong, genius.

  7. first it was people using by sonictheboom · · Score: 1, Funny

    the word 'boxen', now /. is using 'listen' as a noun. l33t. very l33t.

  8. Re:Spammers killing Google by Leffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try figuring this wonderful navigation out and I'll give you a cookie!

    Hey, there's a help button... *clicks*... Oh God...

  9. So... by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that whole pigeon thing was a joke? I can't believe it. Maybe this filing just a way to divert our attention?

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  10. Uh oh, Google applied for a patent! by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    Alrighty folks, you know the drill! Google filed a patent, ready pitchforks!!

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