Comments on: Helpful http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/ Glug Glug Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:05:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peechie http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21292 peechie Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:40:46 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21292 No problem - edited to a tinyurl by moi. And Thanks! No problem – edited to a tinyurl by moi. And Thanks!

]]> By: Matt http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21289 Matt Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:42:32 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21289 Yoinks, I didn't see how big that URL was before posting it. Next time, friendlier link. . . . Yoinks, I didn’t see how big that URL was before posting it. Next time, friendlier link. . . .

]]> By: Matt http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21288 Matt Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:41:53 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21288 Google Local sometimes works for this: http://tinyurl.com/l6grh Google Local sometimes works for this:

http://tinyurl.com/l6grh

]]> By: peechie http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21217 peechie Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:48:33 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21217 Chris: relevant points, and I won't pretend I know anything about search technology, but it shouldn't be *that* difficult to ask for a search with immediately discernable addresses that are within my default zone to come up. I should be able to set up a search profile, and ask it to display the most relevant information based on that. TiVo profiles me, why can't google? As for sites that don't display an address, the search companies can't solve *every* problem. You want me to find your site? Work on your SEO. Chris: relevant points, and I won’t pretend I know anything about search technology, but it shouldn’t be *that* difficult to ask for a search with immediately discernable addresses that are within my default zone to come up.

I should be able to set up a search profile, and ask it to display the most relevant information based on that. TiVo profiles me, why can’t google?

As for sites that don’t display an address, the search companies can’t solve *every* problem. You want me to find your site? Work on your SEO.

]]> By: Chris http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21216 Chris Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:24:41 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21216 Google might want to, but it isn't going to be easy. Do sites with no discernable address rank above or below sites with an address far away from you? Do they have to do a secondary search to find out that "Prince George, near the Patuxent River", isn't the same as "Prince George, near the Fraser River"? Should your search for "Prince George career" return anything about the military career of England's Prince George? Google might want to, but it isn’t going to be easy. Do sites with no discernable address rank above or below sites with an address far away from you? Do they have to do a secondary search to find out that “Prince George, near the Patuxent River”, isn’t the same as “Prince George, near the Fraser River”? Should your search for “Prince George career” return anything about the military career of England’s Prince George?

]]> By: peechie http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21215 peechie Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:51:32 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21215 research for a client research for a client

]]> By: `jen http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/comment-page-1/#comment-21214 `jen Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:28:25 +0000 http://www.worldwidewatercooler.com/2006/09/21/helpful/#comment-21214 why on earth do you need information on community and career resources in Prince George?? why on earth do you need information on community and career resources in Prince George??

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