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November 25, 2008 8:44am
Subscribe [2]#1 / Nov 25, 2008 8:44am
I see that this searchwiki is not meant to impact search results (ie if you remove a search result it wont effect anyone elses search results) but i’m not convinced.
Surely if enough people remove a listing it would be in googles interest to downgrade that listing’s importance for that search.
I feel like this will be abused and it will make the whole SEO arena a nastier uglier place.
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
#2 / Nov 25, 2008 9:03am
There was a time where the google page rank algorithm was vulnerable because of the weight of keywords which lead to situations where you searched dumb ass you got a link to the white house website.
in the searchwiki case google states upfront it’s linked to your profile. If there are a lot of people doing the same for one link they could make it count in the page ranking but i don’t think they want to see the keyword situation repeated. If google stays on its no evil path in the end you get more balanced page rankings.
#3 / Nov 25, 2008 12:24pm
Well i certainly hope so!