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Robert Peffers

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Nov 3, 2009, 5:57:44 AM11/3/09
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Hi folks. I'm just watching the parents of Madeleine McCann on TV. They have
made an appeal for people to use their search engine to search for the
website of the, "Child Exploitation and Online Protection", (CEOP), centre..
Their idea is a sound one. If we all do a search for the web site it will
rise to the top of the search list and get out to more people World Wide.
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Auld Bob


Burgerman

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Nov 3, 2009, 7:45:58 AM11/3/09
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"Robert Peffers" <peff...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Nope, it wont.

If half the planet were to link to it then it "may" help it rise to the top
provided that all their other SEO stuff is ok.

Robert Peffers

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Nov 3, 2009, 8:18:58 AM11/3/09
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"Burgerman" <burg...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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This appeal has gone out Worldwide. It should snowball as people get the
message.


Pete

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Nov 3, 2009, 10:23:38 PM11/3/09
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Robert Peffers wrote:
> "Burgerman" <burg...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> Nope, it wont.
>>
>> If half the planet were to link to it then it "may" help it rise to the
>> top
>> provided that all their other SEO stuff is ok.
>>
> This appeal has gone out Worldwide. It should snowball as people get the
> message.

Or perhaps most people, like myself, Will just regarded it as more crap
on the Internet and just ignore it, like I'm going to do.

What exactly do you think this is going to achieve?. The Madeleine
McCann story has had heaps of publicity worldwide, most people know
about it. What's a search engine ranking going to do?.
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Pete.

Robert Peffers

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Nov 4, 2009, 4:33:54 AM11/4/09
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"Pete" <pe...@home.dud> wrote in message
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> Robert Peffers wrote:
>> "Burgerman" <burg...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>>> Nope, it wont.
>>>
>>> If half the planet were to link to it then it "may" help it rise to the
>>> top
>>> provided that all their other SEO stuff is ok.
>>>
>> This appeal has gone out Worldwide. It should snowball as people get the
>> message.
>
> Or perhaps most people, like myself, Will just regarded it as more crap on
> the Internet and just ignore it, like I'm going to do.
>
Indeed some people will no doubt treat as you intend to do.
That is their free choice and no one is preventing them doing so.
However, most people are inherently good and will do anything to help
others.
I have to wonder why you cannot find the time in your busy schedule to just
spare a moment for a good cause yet you found the time to post negative
stuff here?

Most people, even with negative thoughts, would just have ignored the matter
if they thought it was just more usenet trash.
Not you though, you claim it is Usenet trash but add to that trash by
replying and, by your logic, addind to it.
Just what is your problem?

> What exactly do you think this is going to achieve?. The Madeleine McCann
> story has had heaps of publicity worldwide, most people know about it.
> What's a search engine ranking going to do?.
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> Pete.

The simple reason, which seems to be beyond your limited capacity to
understand, is that the web site in question has produced several views of
what Maddy would probably look like today and even shows how she would look
in cooler climates and sunny climates. They also show her with different
colourings of hair that her captors might use to change her. So the bit that
seems beyond your comprehension is that by upping the page on the search
engine ranking overcomes all the old views of Maddy that could show up and
replaces it with up to date versions.

Now toddle off and have a nice day in your little self centred World.
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Auld Bob


Burgerman

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Nov 4, 2009, 7:36:28 AM11/4/09
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"Robert Peffers" <peff...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Except it wont. You have a strange idea of how search engines rank web
pages. It will make zero difference. To begin with traffic wise only google
matters now.

And unless many top ranking websites link to it then the number of people
searching for it has absolutely nothing to do with the results.

Robert Peffers

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Nov 4, 2009, 10:46:16 AM11/4/09
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"Burgerman" <burg...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Are you, perhaps confusing SEO(Search Engine Optimization), which is what is
the aim in this instance and which is free. With SEM, (Search Engine
Marketing), which is paid ranking.

SEO involves optimizing a website mainly by editing its content and the
HTML, (and associated), coding.This can increase its relevance to specific
keywords but can also remove barriers to the indexing activities of search
engines.
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Auld Bob


Burgerman

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Nov 4, 2009, 1:10:00 PM11/4/09
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"Robert Peffers" <peff...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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No I am not!
I make a living from SEO and have done for 12 years.

On page content, keyword optimization, link "wording" and alt image tags, as
well as page titles, meta keywords and meta descriptions all play(ed) a big
part years ago. Some like keyword tags, are completely ignored nowadays by
all the big search engines. And they all use inbound links to judge a pages
value. Top ranking site linking to you adds "confidence" that your page is a
valuable one. Doing lots of searching for it is not helpful at all.

But now more than ever all that matters is inbound links from high PR
websites as a "vote" for your website. So much so that you can have tons of
optimized pages (thousands if you want) and will get little to zero targeted
traffic.

If you want to be found for the term "widgets" then all of the rest of the
above should be related to (and targeted at) that term on each page. But
without a few good strong inbound links from high PR pages you can forget
about any sensible traffic quantities.

Having people use a search engine in no way helps!
The "old" pages if they still exist will be just as likely (and will compete
with) the new updated pages in the search page results. "Searching" for them
makes zero difference to the results!

Pete

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Nov 5, 2009, 7:01:56 PM11/5/09
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Robert Peffers wrote:
> I have to wonder why you cannot find the time in your busy schedule to just
> spare a moment for a good cause yet you found the time to post negative
> stuff here?
>
> Most people, even with negative thoughts, would just have ignored the matter
> if they thought it was just more usenet trash.
> Not you though, you claim it is Usenet trash but add to that trash by
> replying and, by your logic, addind to it.
> Just what is your problem?

I could ask the same of you, last time I checked this newsgroup was
alt.support.wheelchairs not alt.support.lostkids. Do you think you
somehow get special dispensation to spam newsgroups because it's for a
good cause.

> Now toddle off and have a nice day in your little self centred World.

thanks I plan to.

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Pete.

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