PUME04 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 In the past I've googled "sox" and the white sox website has always come up third behind the Red Sox and some sound processing website. Today, for the first time, the White Sox' website was number 1. Useless information and I'm sure rankings on google fluctuate frequently, but I thought it was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 (edited) Now we have something else to throw in Cubs fans faces when they talk about their attendance trophy. Edited April 12, 2006 by YASNY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 no no no notorious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retro1983hat Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I probably won't use the Google argument. I don't quite understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 White always over Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Google's got taste in its baseball teams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 07:19 AM) I probably won't use the Google argument. I don't quite understand it. That was a tongue-in-cheek post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 08:52 AM) That was a tongue-in-cheek post. get your tongue out of there . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoperezrulez Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 In the past I've googled "sox" and the white sox website has always come up third behind the Red Sox and some sound processing website. Today, for the first time, the White Sox' website was number 1. Useless information and I'm sure rankings on google fluctuate frequently, but I thought it was cool. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do you google that once every day or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUME04 Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 QUOTE(Timoperezrulez @ Apr 12, 2006 -> 10:56 AM) Do you google that once every day or what? I don't have the website bookmarked at work, so whenever I want to go to the website I just type in Sox in my google toolbar and click on the link, so yeah almost every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I don't have the website bookmarked at work, so whenever I want to go to the website I just type in Sox in my google toolbar and click on the link, so yeah almost every day. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> whitesox.com What's so hard about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milrtyme28 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 (edited) Actually - there is something to that. I am in internet marketing and so I have some experience with this. In order for your site to come up in the top of a search on google ( if there are many other sites that could possibly come up before yours does ) you would need to have your site "optimized". There is a considerable investment involved and that would lead me to believe that there was a concious decision by the white sox to have thier site "optimized" for google searches in order to have it come up first. My company's site was done this way and it took considerable time and investment in order to make it happen. BTW - Ive been at WSI for years but enjoy the commentary here. Go Sox! Edited April 13, 2006 by milrtyme28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 QUOTE(milrtyme28 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 12:40 AM) Actually - there is something to that. I am in internet marketing and so I have some experience with this. In order for your site to come up in the top of a search on google ( if there are many other sites that could possibly come up before yours does ) you would need to have your site "optimized". There is a considerable investment involved and that would lead me to believe that there was a concious decision by the white sox to have thier site "optimized" for google searches in order to have it come up first. My company's site was done this way and it took considerable time and investment in order to make it happen. BTW - Ive been at WSI for years but enjoy the commentary here. Go Sox! Welcome to Soxtalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RME JICO Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Google, Froogle, GoogleMaps, now GoogleSox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 QUOTE(milrtyme28 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 01:40 AM) Actually - there is something to that. I am in internet marketing and so I have some experience with this. In order for your site to come up in the top of a search on google ( if there are many other sites that could possibly come up before yours does ) you would need to have your site "optimized". There is a considerable investment involved and that would lead me to believe that there was a concious decision by the white sox to have thier site "optimized" for google searches in order to have it come up first. My company's site was done this way and it took considerable time and investment in order to make it happen. BTW - Ive been at WSI for years but enjoy the commentary here. Go Sox! Welcome into Soxtalk, and thanks for the info. One question... What does it take to "optimize"? Is it money, or clicks, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Actually - there is something to that. I am in internet marketing and so I have some experience with this. In order for your site to come up in the top of a search on google ( if there are many other sites that could possibly come up before yours does ) you would need to have your site "optimized". It's more complex than that however. Google uses a secret algorithm to determine their page rankings, but one of the most important things is the number of page links to your site, obviously a good measure of popularity and relevence. In fact, this has been used successfuly to "gimmick" the ratings--where a campaign is started to link the name "George Bush" (for example) to a negative site, and then that site pops up high in the results. To counter this, Google continues to tweak their methods monthly. When you say optimize, I assume you are referring to things like this: # Page Title Link text PageRank Heading Tags ALT Tags Domain names Filenames Directory names Link popularity Keyword density Those things all factor in, and "optimization" could certainly help a page improve their search ranking --even it's "pagerank" (incoming links) isn't that high. However, Google's exact weights remain a mystery, so to say for sure that any of those (or even all of them combined) will necessarily lead to success is probably misleading IMO, although certainly it doesn't hurt to make sure you're designing the page to suit what is known about Googles methodology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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