If not exactly a secret, let me tell you another blogging trait ... that of 'Google-worship'. Google, as you should all know by now, is the BEST search engine on the web - bar none. Once you've started a blog, or indeed any other kind of website, the temptation is to find out how far up or down you are on Google in a given search. So, folks, guilty as charged, I had to look where my version of Joe Bloggs stood in the latest rankings. Second and 7th! Not sure I like it, but I'll get to that another day.
Posted by Joe at September 6, 2003 12:08 AMSo, do you want to be higher or lower?
Posted by: DJ at September 6, 2003 03:05 AMApparently Google are considering removing Blogs from search results! :(
I read that on another blog... but don't have a URL for you, sorry!
But if they did that, I'd be outraged. It should be optional at the very least.
Posted by: Frimlin at September 6, 2003 03:21 AMI wonder how they would determine what blogs are in order to seperate them out.
Posted by: DJ at September 6, 2003 06:43 AMI think I want to be right at the top or not at all. Still not sure which.
I've also read somewhere about Google excluding blogs, but I think that was before they bought into the whole blogging market. Surely it wouldn't be in their interest to throw blogs off their radar and DJ has a good point. There are lots of what Google would consider 'legitimate' sites that use blogging software, but aren't blogs in our sense of the world. I think they'll leave things as they are.
Posted by: Joe at September 6, 2003 09:19 AM