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2008 NCAA March Madness: Bracket Busted by Indexation
March 20, 2008
Last year, the Wagon boldly went where no man had gone before. We based our NCAA basketball picks purely on who had the biggest wiki. This year we are focusing on fundamentals, albeit hanging on to our size matters methodology.
Our 2008 NCAA picks are based on indexation and how well Google sees each school's site. Which school has more site links? If this is a tie, which school has its Athletic Department showing in its sitelinks? If this is a tie, which school has more pages indexed relevant to its nickname? Assuming SEO Speedwagon were an accredited university that secured a bid via a last second win in its conference tournament, we would come to the Dance with 7 sitelinks, Athletic Department not present, and 133 relevant pages.
LLLLLET'S GET READY TO . . . (Will finish the catchphrase once we receive approval from Michael Buffer)
• 5 Notre Dame University (8 sitelinks, AD not present, and 1,140 pages)
LOSES TO
12 George Mason University (8 sitelinks, AD not present, and 16,200 pages), based on pages.
• 4 Washington State University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, 2,700 pages)
BEATS
13 Winthrop University (8 sitelinks, AD Not Present, and 819 pages), based on AD presence.
• 1 University of Kansas (8 sitelinks, AD NOT Present, and 1,800 pages)
LOSES TO
16 Portland State University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 1,460 pages), based on AD presence.
• 8 University of Nevada, Las Vegas (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 277 pages)
BEATS
9 Kent State University (8 sitelinks, AD Not Present, and 359 pages), based on AD presence.
• 6 University of Southern California (8 sitelinks, AD Not Present, and 4,970 pages)
BEATS
11 Kansas State University (7 sitelinks, AD Not Present, and 301 pages), based on sitelinks.
Dorky Note: USC is one of three teams playing today showing Google images for the nickname search.
• 3 University of Wisconsin-Madison (8 sitelinks, AD Not Present, and 6,830 pages)
BEATS
14 California State University, Fullerton (7 sitelinks, AD Not Present, and 1,920 pages), based on sitelinks.
Dorky Notes: Wisconsin is one of three showing Google images for its nickname, and CSF is one of two showing a Google Map for its title.
• 5 Michigan State University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 2,950 pages)
BEATS
12 Temple University (4 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 1,230 pages), based on sitelinks.
• 4 University of Pittsburgh (8 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 939 pages)
BEATS
13 Oral Roberts University (6 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 245 pages), based on sitelinks.
• 6 Marquette University (6 sitelinks, No AD present, and 113 pages)
LOSES TO
11 University of Kentucky (8 sitelinks, No AD present, and 1,760 pages), based on sitelinks.
• 3 Stanford University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 23,200 pages)
BEATS
14 Cornell University (8 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 18,000 pages), based on AD presence.
• 1 University of California, Los Angeles (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 65,300 pages)
BEATS
16 Mississippi Valley State University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 461 pages), based on pages.
Dorky Note: UCLA is one of two teams playing today showing a Google map for its title.
• 8 Brigham Young University (8 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 9,940 pages)
LOSES TO
9 Texas A&M University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 6,890 pages), based on AD presence.
• 6 Purdue University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 5,460 pages)
BEATS
11 Baylor University (8 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 15,200 pages), based on AD presence.
• 3 Xavier University (No sitelinks and 582 pages)
LOSES TO
14 University of Georgia (8 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 1350 pages), based on sitelinks.
Dorky Note: Xavier is the only school playing today not showing sitelinks for its title.
• 7 West Virginia University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 6,580 pages)
LOSES TO
10 University of Arizona (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 26,500 pages), based on pages.
Dorky Note: WVU is one of three schools playing today to show Google Images for the nickname search.
• 2 Duke University (8 sitelinks, AD Present, and 2,170 pages)
BEATS
15 Belmont University (8 sitelinks, No AD Present, and 1,190 pages), based on AD presence.
SEO Speedwagon considers the above 2008 NCAA picks to be locks. Therefore, we are only responsible for profits associated with said picks. Any losses can and will be attributed to operator error.
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posted by Tom Lustina at March 20, 2008 09:29 AM
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