Tuesday, November 05, 2002

SearchDay - Introducing Search Engine Forums Spotlight - 21 October 2002

Many searchers don't realize it, but there's an active community of webmasters who thrive on keeping up with the cutting edge of search engine technology. These intrepid hawks pore over their SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) scanning for any clues to how search engines rank pages and process queries.

They post their findings to a number of discussion group forums, including WebmasterWorld, IHelpYouServices, SearchEngineForums, and others. And it's rare that a finding is posted without another member of the community replying, offering praise, scorn, or alternative interpretations. They're lively groups.

Why should searchers care about webmasters skirmishing over the arcana of search engine operations? Because these discussions can often offer valuable insights that may help you become a better searcher. You may not realize that Google recently made some changes to its results ranking algorithm, for example -- the company made an effort to downplay the changes.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd1021-seforums.html

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