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I think it is a mistake to pretend that the world is perfectly just and to ignore the mechanics of how various systems work within it. Many websites receive mor

by dejb 18y ago

I think it is a mistake to pretend that the world is perfectly just and to ignore the mechanics of how various systems work within it. Many websites receive more than 50% of their traffic from google and so their rankings can count for a lot. It would be great if google's results were a perfect reflection of utility but that isn't always the case. So, at least defensively, many sites need to consider the impact of their actions on their search results. In agree that 'being good' should be the core of your strategy but ignoring other factors is naive.

aristus 18y ago
This is a good point -- keep aware of trends. But once you are into details of "subdomain vs subdirectory" for your blog, the returns are far below the benefit for the vast majority of sites. Those kinds of differences only help in the case of a photo finish. If you are really unsure about some minor SEO trick, flip a coin and instead try to shave 100 milliseconds off of your latency. Google is not run by Dungeon Masters. It's not a trap. A search engine will only pay attention to some feature that distinguishes websites if it helps them improve the quality of results. And its in their interest to communicate the features they pay attention to.