Thursday 12th September 2002
It’s not the point really, but nonetheless
Lots of people spend lots of time trying to get their websites ranked highly on Google. The main way of going up the rankings is by having a better site, which Google works out by analysing which sites link to yours, how ‘good’ those sites are, how many different sites link to yours…
I’ve come up with a better way of getting to the top of the rankings. First, find a term that is already at the top that also refers to you, such as andrewjrallan (which, at the time of writing, points out that I’m the latest poster on one of the forums). That’s kind of cheating though. Another is to find a term that doesn’t appear on Google, such as andythescot. Then use it somewhere, and mention the word frequently, thus : andythescot. Sit back, and wait for Google to work it’s magic. Now when this site gets to the top of the GravityStorm listings, I’ll be impressed.
OK, so it’s not a particularly good (or novel) idea. But if you aim as low as possible, you’ll succeed quite often.