true, but i'm seeing sites where at least 75% of SE traffic is Google or Google affiliates. As long as you're sorted for Google, you should do ok. I suspect this might be truer for smaller or new sites. Large sites start to get a lot of incoming links from all kinds of other sources that can account for plenty of traffic. IMHO.
Duncan Cumming IT Manager http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0141 575 9700 Fax: 0141 575 9600 Creative solutions in a technical world ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your domain names online from: http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk Reseller options available! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> go.com> cc: Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS 02/10/2003 12:02 Please respond to dev cool, but the point still stands that a lot of traffic from Search engines does not come from Google. It would be a mistake to not optimise your site for those, as it would be a mistake to only optimise your site for MS explorer 6 - both ways, you're missing out on potential traffic. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 October 2003 11:59 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > > > yeah, i know what you meant, but i was trying to make the > point that Google's the only one that's really counted for > quite a long while. expect it to remain so, as i've not yet > seen anything to challenge it. some are technically > equivalent, but simply don't have the massive userbase that > Google has got. unless they really mess things up, or MSN > come up with an amazing search (possible) they aren't likely > to lose that. > > > Duncan Cumming > IT Manager > > http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: 0141 575 9700 > Fax: 0141 575 9600 > > Creative solutions in a technical world > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get your domain names online from: http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk > Reseller options available! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Rich Wild > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > go.com> cc: > > Subject: RE: [ > cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > 02/10/2003 > > 11:54 > > Please > > respond to > > dev > > > > > > > > > no silly, how long will google be on top for? > > It's a mistake to forget the other Ses. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 02 October 2003 11:52 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > > > > > > > 5 years and counting > > > > > > Duncan Cumming > > IT Manager > > > > http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel: 0141 575 9700 > > Fax: 0141 575 9600 > > > > Creative solutions in a technical world > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Get your domain names online from: > http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk > > Reseller options available! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > Rich Wild > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > > "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > go.com> cc: > > > > Subject: RE: [ > > cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > 02/10/2003 > > > > 11:50 > > > > Please > > > > respond to > > > > dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And google really is the only one that counts now > > > > but for how long? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Snake Hollywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 02 October 2003 11:48 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > > > > > > > > And google really is the only one that counts now > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 02 October 2003 11:45 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he might be using the technique well, but the site isn't even > > > > indexed on Google. is the purpose of doing this to > > improve search > > > > engine listing, or just to make your URL look cool? Maybe > > he's just > > > > launched it or something and hasn't got round to actually > > submitting > > > > it to the engines? > > > > > > > > Personally I've never felt the need to bother with it, as > > Google can > > > > index your site with URL parameters anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > Duncan Cumming > > > > IT Manager > > > > > > > > http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Tel: 0141 575 9700 > > > > Fax: 0141 575 9600 > > > > > > > > Creative solutions in a technical world > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Get your domain names online from: > > > http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk > > > > Reseller options available! > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Stephen Pope" > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > rv.org.uk> cc: > > > > > > > > Subject: > > > > RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > > > 02/10/2003 11:39 > > > > > > > > Please respond to > > > > > > > > dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure thing .. a friend of mine has written a site called > > > > www.urbangearguide.com which uses this technique very > > well. Im just > > > > waiting to hear from him on how he did it .. but I'm sure > > its just > > > > using apache .. I heard this is much easier to do in > > Apache 2 but we > > > > all still run 1.3 as standard so my quest continues ! > > > > > > > > Anything I find I'll let everyone know ! > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Aidan Whitehall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 02 October 2003 11:34 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] SearchEngine Safe URLS > > > > > > > > > Yup .. I was gonna use mod_rewrite .. but I was asking if > > > > anyone had > > > > > any tutorials on using mod_rewrite to accomplish this task :�) > > > > > > > > Stephen, if you find anything half-way decent on > mod_rewrite, can > > > > you post the URL? 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