tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post113867658971649582..comments2024-03-24T10:38:16.997-07:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Relevance rank and broad queriesGreg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1138853756292800882006-02-01T20:15:00.000-08:002006-02-01T20:15:00.000-08:00Indeed, PageRank has next to zero effect on search...Indeed, PageRank has next to zero effect on search engine placement. PageRank affects how much Google Juice you have to *give* as opposed to how much placement love you *receive*. I actually just published a long article on this yesterday, complete with vacuum tests: <A HREF="http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2006/01/the-roundabout-seo-test" REL="nofollow">Lessons From The Roundabout SEO Test</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1138845458146845022006-02-01T17:57:00.000-08:002006-02-01T17:57:00.000-08:00What would someone want to find by searching for [...What would someone want to find by searching for [the], [of], or [to]? I suppose there could be organizations with those acronyms for a name, or perhaps non-English languages for which those are not stop words.<BR/><BR/>As you said, given the complete lack of information about the searcher's intent, you may as well return pages in random order. The actual results might only be interesting to a reverse engineer(er?)...Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729707214370147954noreply@blogger.com