I always though, based on watching the results of other searches that my websites have showed up in, that there’s a premium on longevity as well as on freshness. New sites show up quite highly, and then quickly fall in the rankings. Old sites, often the first to write on a topic, stay at or near the top.
It could simply be that the ‘old’ site has in fact aggregated more incoming links than the new site, giving it a higher rating regardless of freshness.
Regardless, I was just having fun being the first place people went for Amy Pressman information. Now, I guess, they’re going to Church of the Customer…
August 12th, 2007 at 12:14 am
you think 5th is bad?
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August 12th, 2007 at 12:43 am
You should check blogsearch — you’re second!
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=where+is+amy+pressman&btnG=Search+Blogs
On Technorati, this post itself ranks highest at the time of my retrieval:
http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/where+is+amy+pressman
Andy Beard wrote an article recently — he mentions that “freshness” affects display order before the trustworthiness.
Check it out: http://andybeard.eu/2007/04/google-blog-search-2.html
I’m following your blog daily. Keep up the great work.
Best,
Gib
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August 12th, 2007 at 8:24 am
I always though, based on watching the results of other searches that my websites have showed up in, that there’s a premium on longevity as well as on freshness. New sites show up quite highly, and then quickly fall in the rankings. Old sites, often the first to write on a topic, stay at or near the top.
It could simply be that the ‘old’ site has in fact aggregated more incoming links than the new site, giving it a higher rating regardless of freshness.
Regardless, I was just having fun being the first place people went for Amy Pressman information. Now, I guess, they’re going to Church of the Customer…
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