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The Google Supplemental Index Inbound Link(s) Threshold
June 14, 2007
Wagon Rider Pat Fusco penned a great primer this Month on the issue of Google’s Supplemental Results as they are tied to duplicate content, if you’d like to orient yourself first. Our own Wagoneer Doug offers some points on Getting Out of Hell Free (that is, at least, without requiring direct payments to Google), the last method of which involved examining backlinks, and the fact that a great number of pages in the GSI we have examined across the massive sites we spend time with each day seem to share the commonality of zero inbound links.
We are finding, increasingly, that the distance from zero to one in terms of inbound links to a page seems to be much more of a threshold for exiting the Google Supplemental index than, say, 2 to 100. This is not to say that 1 gets you out, bada bing, but that there is a great more deal of love granted from Google on that single giant step from nil to 1 than there seems to be on the next link steps a page takes out of infancy.
A baby’s first steps are much more exciting and remarkable than the subsequent toddling around the room that follows, and it may be helpful to think of Google watching a page with no links in the same manner.
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posted by John Lustina at June 14, 2007 08:49 PM
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Comments
Wow -- a link from the Speedwagon. I'm honored. But I really need to update that photo ...
Posted by: PJ Fusco at June 15, 2007 08:16 AM
To be honest, I am starting not to worry about any of the new google doo-hickeys that they bring out, along with changes to their code, I don't care any more.
Just create a really great site, and get links to you - they are valuable for whatever reason.
And as Vulcans say - live long and prosper.
Posted by: Alan Marks at June 18, 2007 06:37 AM
I have to agree with the previous comment. Don't worry about how Google dances. Just create good content and get links and promotion for your site. The rest will follow.
Posted by: Steve at June 19, 2007 06:02 AM