Every now and then on an off day, I revisit the Big Blue Pineapple Chair page I have on this site. Why? Well, it gives me an idea of how well (1) this site is doing in the various search engines and (2) how well the search engines are doing with this site.
Same difference, but with number one above, I place the blame on my SEO work. With number two, I place the blame with the search engines themselves.
Since I have never made a change to that page, I suspect we can blame the search engines and not myself. Oh, I am sure the search engines have their excuses. But let's dig deeper.
Historically, I have been tracking this page, for those please see:
- The one and only Big Blue Pineapple Chair page
- December 1, 2004 review
- August 12, 2005 review
- August 16, 2005 review
- December 14, 2005 review
Ok, so from time to time, search engines rank that page differently.
Today, how are the engines treating that page?
Google: http://www.google.com/search?q=big+blue+pineapple+chair Result number 40! Ummm... Something seems wrong here!
Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=big+blue+pineapple+chair Result number 1, that is correct.
MSN: http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=big+blue+pineapple+chair Result number 1, that is also correct.
Ask: http://www.ask.com/web?q=big+blue+pineapple+chair Result number 4, indented under an other seroundtable result. Top result is some spammy redirect.
At one point, Yahoo! didn't rank it well. At one point, MSN didn't either. At one point Ask ranked it better. And at one point, Google also ranked it well.
So what has changed? Can we look at this one example to see how Google changed as a whole for all sites? Seem typical of what we see in a forum?
At this time, it appears Google doesn't like this site. In a few weeks, months, years... maybe Google will. But this does not represent Google's results as a whole. Yea, well, I am still upset Google doesn't rank that page in the top 10. I see no reason why it is not the most targeted page for users. Heck, no one wants a big blue pineapple chair, they don't really even make them. So relevancy here, well, it is not existent from a searcher's perspective. From an SEO's perspective, I think my page is pretty well relevant.
Who knew I would have this obsession with Big Blue Pineapple Chairs?
The reason for this post is two fold. (1) To keep track of the rankings of that page and (2) to note how this is a typical thread at a forum. Many folks look at their isolated site and suggest the issue is global for all sites. I doubt this is the case. But giving Google specifics, like I am above, can sometimes help them improve relevancy on their side. If they deem it appropriate.
