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Subject:
google penalties
Category: Business and Money Asked by: whatsnext-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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13 Apr 2006 14:50 PDT
Expires: 13 May 2006 14:50 PDT Question ID: 718645 |
Does Google penalize bad grammar and poor spelling on web sites? |
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Re: google penalties
Answered By: sublime1-ga on 13 Apr 2006 19:54 PDT |
whatsnext... Poor spelling on a website reaps its own penalties, no matter what search engine someone is using. For example, say you sell eyeglasses on your website. A Google search for eyeglasses produces 12,500,000 legitimate results: ://www.google.com/search?q=eyeglasses If you were to misspell eyeglasses in every instance of every page of your site, someone searching with the correct spelling would not see your site. A search for the misspelling, say, 'eyeglassis' produces only 8 unique results: ://www.google.com/search?q=eyeglassis If you mispelled it in every instance of a single page, only that page would fail to show up. If, as in most cases, you misspell it only once on a page in which it is used multiple times, that page should still be found by search engines as relevant to a query with the correct spelling. Spam websites often include misspelled words in their content on purpose, so that if someone accidentally misspells a word, they may not notice Google's offer for the correct spelling, and may click on a link to their site. For example, look at some of the top results for 'insurince', instead of 'insurance': ://www.google.com/search?q=insurince Google usually offers an alternative, correct spelling when a user enters a misspelled query, as illustrated in this search for 'conposition', as well as the search for 'insurince', above: ://www.google.com/search?q=conposition Right above the search results, it asks, "Did you mean: composition" and offers a link to search results for the correct spelling. sublime1-ga Searches done for this question are incorporated into the text of the answer. |
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Re: google penalties
From: pinkfreud-ga on 13 Apr 2006 15:54 PDT |
Gosh, the Web would be a nicer place if there were penalties for bad grammar and poor spelling. I can't imagine that Google would have any interest in becoming the Grammar Police, though. Keep in mind that Google Answers Researchers are not employees of Google. We are independent contractors located all over the world. We do not possess insider knowledge of the workings of Google. I doubt that any of us can provide any insight into this matter other than common sense. |
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Re: google penalties
From: myoarin-ga on 13 Apr 2006 16:41 PDT |
This is what Google says in the Terms of Service for G-A: "Google does not edit, screen, filter, modify, or otherwise monitor the content of questions or comments in advance of initially posting or displaying such content on the Service." It is also explained in the FAQs that G-A Researchers have been chosen for their excellent communicative skills, to which we can all testify - thank you. :-) It seems that this has a salutary effect on other's postings here, setting a standard, if one wants to be taken seriously. Blog/SMS texting detracts from the contents of the message and suggests that the writer doesn't care. |
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Re: google penalties
From: myoarin-ga on 14 Apr 2006 04:19 PDT |
Great answer. Now if Pink can explain why there are 23,000 hits for "tusla oklahoma" ... ;) |
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