Comments on: Mike Siwek Lawyer MI Explained http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/ Dustin Woodard's thoughts on search, social media, web analytics and the web in general. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:05:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Thailandlawyers http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-84187 Thailandlawyers Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:24:17 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-84187 I have always found Google results as most relevant and most effective I have always found Google results as most relevant and most effective

]]> By: john http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-66408 john Mon, 31 May 2010 07:01:28 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-66408 Don't you think that the example is still valid? at the time of publication, bing was returning results that had no correlation to the searchers intent, whereas the google results at least were in the ballpark? Don’t you think that the example is still valid? at the time of publication, bing was returning results that had no correlation to the searchers intent, whereas the google results at least were in the ballpark?

]]> By: Charlie http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-63238 Charlie Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:40:41 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-63238 Things are not going very well for mike-siwek etc dot com : no significant progress. Today, ranking is back to #2 on yahoo after a significant drop last week (down to position 27 ! augh - this got me wondering) and +1 on google with #21. Still no backlinks, nothing. Only quality content :D. I'm not losing hope. Cheers Things are not going very well for mike-siwek etc dot com : no significant progress. Today, ranking is back to #2 on yahoo after a significant drop last week (down to position 27 ! augh – this got me wondering) and +1 on google with #21. Still no backlinks, nothing. Only quality content :D. I’m not losing hope.
Cheers

]]> By: Angela http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-63208 Angela Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:25:41 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-63208 You are discovering what internally we have been calling the wal-martification of the internet. Years ago our little humor site produced a fair amount of original content. After seeing most of the content show up on blogs stuffed with Google ads, and having those sites bury us in the rankings, most of the contributors became disheartened and went on to other stuff. Will Google make life simpler and more efficient - probably. Will Google make life better - that is a matter of opinion. You are discovering what internally we have been calling the wal-martification of the internet. Years ago our little humor site produced a fair amount of original content. After seeing most of the content show up on blogs stuffed with Google ads, and having those sites bury us in the rankings, most of the contributors became disheartened and went on to other stuff. Will Google make life simpler and more efficient – probably. Will Google make life better – that is a matter of opinion.

]]> By: ishmael http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-62609 ishmael Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:30:47 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-62609 Agree completely with commenter #3. Came here wanting to find out what the hell is "mike siwek lawer mi", and got the answer, thank you very much. Adaptability FTW! Agree completely with commenter #3. Came here wanting to find out what the hell is “mike siwek lawer mi”, and got the answer, thank you very much. Adaptability FTW!

]]> By: dustin http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-62597 dustin Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:24:39 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-62597 Charlie - I can confirm the #2 position on Yahoo for the exact "Mike Siwek Lawyer MI" search phrase. That's crazy! I thought Bing search replacing Yahoo search would be a bad thing, but maybe I'm wrong. I'll keep an eye on your experiment as well to see how a single no-followed link to a keyword heavy domain performs. Thanks for keeping us posted. Charlie – I can confirm the #2 position on Yahoo for the exact “Mike Siwek Lawyer MI” search phrase. That’s crazy! I thought Bing search replacing Yahoo search would be a bad thing, but maybe I’m wrong.

I’ll keep an eye on your experiment as well to see how a single no-followed link to a keyword heavy domain performs. Thanks for keeping us posted.

]]> By: charlie http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-62593 charlie Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:53:37 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-62593 Dustin, I actually registered the 3-hyphened website AFTER reading your post :) even though it gave me the idea to register it,as an experiment (notice there is no ads on the site). I know it's not that simple :D Interestingly enough, with one post only, mike-siwek-lawyer-mi.com is still way below 50th position in Google & Bing. However, SEOmoz tells me : Found on Page #1, Position #2 in Yahoo / United States Yeah ! I'm gonna add some content slowly, and see how it goes. No backlinks,linking, nothing (except the nofollow here :) . Just (crappy) content. My goal is to see if it can make it to the top SERPs. So today I'm featuring a highly interesting post about poor mike siwek lawyer mi. Dustin, I actually registered the 3-hyphened website AFTER reading your post :) even though it gave me the idea to register it,as an experiment (notice there is no ads on the site). I know it’s not that simple :D Interestingly enough, with one post only, mike-siwek-lawyer-mi.com is still way below 50th position in Google & Bing. However, SEOmoz tells me : Found on Page #1, Position #2 in Yahoo / United States
Yeah ! I’m gonna add some content slowly, and see how it goes. No backlinks,linking, nothing (except the nofollow here :) . Just (crappy) content. My goal is to see if it can make it to the top SERPs. So today I’m featuring a highly interesting post about poor mike siwek lawyer mi.

]]> By: dustin http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-62491 dustin Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:08:49 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-62491 Sum Guy: Well put. Unfortunately, I wasn't one of the first people to read the article, so I couldn't document the results Google presented. However, after carefully examining the existing search result pages for Mike Siwek, the database site appears to be the only result on page 1 that Google could have been bragging about. For the reasons I list above, Bing wasn't given a fair chance to crawl those pages (or it considered them spam because it is a very spammy result). Thus, I don't think "Mike Siwek Lawyer MI" demonstrates Google's dominance in any way other then changing Michael to Mike. Sum Guy: Well put. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the first people to read the article, so I couldn’t document the results Google presented. However, after carefully examining the existing search result pages for Mike Siwek, the database site appears to be the only result on page 1 that Google could have been bragging about. For the reasons I list above, Bing wasn’t given a fair chance to crawl those pages (or it considered them spam because it is a very spammy result). Thus, I don’t think “Mike Siwek Lawyer MI” demonstrates Google’s dominance in any way other then changing Michael to Mike.

]]> By: sum guy http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-62432 sum guy Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:12:05 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-62432 I think you're missing the point with an unfair criticism of Google's engine, by taking a dynamic entity like the web and trying to look at it staticly. Before the Wired article anybody looking for the lawyer Mike Siwek could have found him very easily through Google. By incorporating that search into their article they demonstrated the incredible adaptability of the Google engine. I don't know who Mike Siwek is and don't care. I wanted to know what was meant by that search term, and sure enough the first link I find explained it clearly. That's good results. I think you’re missing the point with an unfair criticism of Google’s engine, by taking a dynamic entity like the web and trying to look at it staticly. Before the Wired article anybody looking for the lawyer Mike Siwek could have found him very easily through Google. By incorporating that search into their article they demonstrated the incredible adaptability of the Google engine. I don’t know who Mike Siwek is and don’t care. I wanted to know what was meant by that search term, and sure enough the first link I find explained it clearly. That’s good results.

]]> By: Mike Siwek, Lawyer from Michigan, shows how Google dominates | Danwin: Dan Nguyen, in short http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/seo/mike-siwek-lawyer-mi-explained/#comment-62423 Mike Siwek, Lawyer from Michigan, shows how Google dominates | Danwin: Dan Nguyen, in short Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:11:27 +0000 http://www.webconnoisseur.com/blog/?p=260#comment-62423 [...] “Mike Siwek” makes it the top result for the mike siwek lawyer mi. Dustin Woodward from Web Search Connoisseur points out that I screwed everything up. Maybe this link back to what might be Mr. Siwek’s original (albeit, unhelpful) listing will [...] [...] “Mike Siwek” makes it the top result for the mike siwek lawyer mi. Dustin Woodward from Web Search Connoisseur points out that I screwed everything up. Maybe this link back to what might be Mr. Siwek’s original (albeit, unhelpful) listing will [...]

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