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What happened to dinosaurs

by ozh on 6/9/15, 7:10 PM with 5 comments

  • by dm2 on 6/9/15, 7:43 PM

    It's from dozens of Christian sites and forum posts linking to that page and because the search query matches the URL and page title exactly.

    Google ranks the URL words too high it looks like.

    Why is this BBC page not in the top 10 results? Is it solely because of the page URL? It has more backlinks and a more trusted domain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dino_prog...

    This says that the original page has over 17 million backlinks, but that can't be correct: https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/overview/subdomains?target=...

    And it participates in social media a lot: http://www.reddit.com/domain/answersingenesis.org

    Should Google decrease the "worth" of that domain? If there is content that has a high SEO rating but is factually incorrect, does that deserve to be lower on the search results listing?

    Should Google display different cards based on the user? Someone which Google determines is highly religious verses not religious would get different cards?

    Update: Oh no, something needs to be done, this site is disgusting: https://answersingenesis.org/evidence-against-evolution/bill...

  • by yitchelle on 6/9/15, 7:28 PM

    Google cards are getting interesting. Is this the new target for SEOers to aim for, to get their site feature as one of the cards?

  • by mfoy_ on 6/9/15, 7:33 PM

    A more interesting search (in terms of the card) is "What happened to the dinosaurs"...