How Does Google Rank Websites?
How Does Google Rank Websites? Tuesday June 14, 2005This came across in my Bloglines feed today: “Google have recently filed United States Patent Application 20050071741 on March 31, 2005, in which many of the search giant’s secret ranking criteria is revealed and it makes very interesting reading….” (source: Great Site Ranking in Google: The Secret’s Out) Basically Google is just being more specific with what they are willing or not willing to put up with. For instance: • Grabbing hundreds of links as fast as you can, or link farming, is still a big no-no. As I’ve always said, build your site well with good SEO and you’ll get links naturally. • “Sticky” sites, or sites that keep users coming back for whatever reason, are going to rank well in Google. • Huge amounts of cont
