Comments on: Good Domain Names Are Hard to Find http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/ SEO Tools and Industry News Wed, 05 May 2010 16:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: pvsys http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-288 pvsys Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:47:32 +0000 http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/#comment-288 Thanks for the helpful advice. BTW - I'm also wondering whether Big Daddy is "slow" in picking up new links and new pages compared to "regular" google. Do you get the same impression? Also, I did check out that domain lookup tool and it is very cool. --Rob McEwen Thanks for the helpful advice. BTW – I’m also wondering whether Big Daddy is “slow” in picking up new links and new pages compared to “regular” google. Do you get the same impression?

Also, I did check out that domain lookup tool and it is very cool.

–Rob McEwen

]]> By: B Jones http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-284 B Jones Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:46:23 +0000 http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/#comment-284 This is definitely off-topic Rob. :) That's okay, but at least let me know...How did you like the doman name tool at the end of the post? As for your questions, Ill do my best. <i>(1) Is this a sign that Google is tightening up their standards for what it takes to achieve each PR level just prior to the Toolbar update? </i> I doubt it. The "<a href="http://www.seologs.com/pagerank/current-pagerank/currentpr.html">current pagerank</a>" is pretty mucy fluid as far as I have seen. I watch the "current pagerank" for this site and it also has gone back and forth between 4 and 5 since the last PR export. The pre PR export buzz is already begining to grow. People on the forums are starting to sense a pagerank export/ update coming very soon. I will say this. It's a lot tougher to go from a PR 4 to PR 5 than it is to go from 3 to 4. <i>(2) Could this be because of a FEW dropped incoming links this site has has recently had combined with me not being quite as aggressive with adding backlinks as I was up until Christmas? (But my incoming links #s have have remained overall steady and overall **slowly** growing since before Christmas.)</i> A few dropped links will definitely affect your PR. It is possible that you are right on the edge between 4 and 5. Try to get some more "natural" looking links from a good site with some decent PR ( PR3-4 or better). <i>Also, I’m wondering whether Big Daddy’s algorithm is “behind” in a possible PR formula update, or if Big Daddy’s PR5 is a sign of things to come?</i> According to <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/bigdaddy/">Matt Cutts</a>: <b>"Q: Do you expect this to become the default source of web results? How long will it take? A: Yes, I do expect Bigdaddy to become the default source of web results. The length of the transition will depend on lots of different issues. Right now I’m guessing 1-2 months, but if I find out more specifics I’ll let you know."</b> So chances look good for BigDaddy results to stick eventually. Hope this helps. This is definitely off-topic Rob. :) That’s okay, but at least let me know…How did you like the doman name tool at the end of the post?

As for your questions, Ill do my best.

(1) Is this a sign that Google is tightening up their standards for what it takes to achieve each PR level just prior to the Toolbar update?

I doubt it. The “current pagerank” is pretty mucy fluid as far as I have seen. I watch the “current pagerank” for this site and it also has gone back and forth between 4 and 5 since the last PR export.

The pre PR export buzz is already begining to grow. People on the forums are starting to sense a pagerank export/ update coming very soon.

I will say this. It’s a lot tougher to go from a PR 4 to PR 5 than it is to go from 3 to 4.

(2) Could this be because of a FEW dropped incoming links this site has has recently had combined with me not being quite as aggressive with adding backlinks as I was up until Christmas? (But my incoming links #s have have remained overall steady and overall **slowly** growing since before Christmas.)

A few dropped links will definitely affect your PR. It is possible that you are right on the edge between 4 and 5. Try to get some more “natural” looking links from a good site with some decent PR ( PR3-4 or better).

Also, I’m wondering whether Big Daddy’s algorithm is “behind” in a possible PR formula update, or if Big Daddy’s PR5 is a sign of things to come?

According to Matt Cutts:
“Q: Do you expect this to become the default source of web results? How long will it take?
A: Yes, I do expect Bigdaddy to become the default source of web results. The length of the transition will depend on lots of different issues. Right now I’m guessing 1-2 months, but if I find out more specifics I’ll let you know.”

So chances look good for BigDaddy results to stick eventually.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: pvsys http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-282 pvsys Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:42:17 +0000 http://www.seologs.com/good-domain-names-are-hard-to-find/#comment-282 I know this is off-topic for this post.. But please allow me to ask about something else here... maybe you can check this out and follow this up with a post. Anyway, there is a web site for which I've been doing an intensive seo effort for the past few months. This site has shown a PR5 in the "current pagerank" tool for the past several weeks. However, just yesterday I noticed that it dropped to a PR4. (Interestingly, it STILL shows a PR5 in Big Daddy) ...using that "alt" method in all cases, of course. This drop makes me "ill" considering that this is happening just prior to the ToolBar PR update. Therefore, I'm wondering: (1) Is this a sign that Google is tightening up their standards for what it takes to achieve each PR level just prior to the Toolbar update? That would make sense because I think they've done this before, haven't they? (2) Could this be because of a FEW dropped incoming links this site has has recently had combined with me not being quite as aggressive with adding backlinks as I was up until Christmas? (But my incoming links #s have have remained overall steady and overall **slowly** growing since before Christmas.) Also, I'm wondering whether Big Daddy's algorithm is "behind" in a possible PR formula update, or if Big Daddy's PR5 is a sign of things to come? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated! --Rob McEwen I know this is off-topic for this post.. But please allow me to ask about something else here… maybe you can check this out and follow this up with a post.

Anyway, there is a web site for which I’ve been doing an intensive seo effort for the past few months. This site has shown a PR5 in the “current pagerank” tool for the past several weeks. However, just yesterday I noticed that it dropped to a PR4. (Interestingly, it STILL shows a PR5 in Big Daddy) …using that “alt” method in all cases, of course.

This drop makes me “ill” considering that this is happening just prior to the ToolBar PR update.

Therefore, I’m wondering:

(1) Is this a sign that Google is tightening up their standards for what it takes to achieve each PR level just prior to the Toolbar update? That would make sense because I think they’ve done this before, haven’t they?

(2) Could this be because of a FEW dropped incoming links this site has has recently had combined with me not being quite as aggressive with adding backlinks as I was up until Christmas? (But my incoming links #s have have remained overall steady and overall **slowly** growing since before Christmas.)

Also, I’m wondering whether Big Daddy’s algorithm is “behind” in a possible PR formula update, or if Big Daddy’s PR5 is a sign of things to come?

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!

–Rob McEwen

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