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s2kinteg916
11-21-2003, 08:53 AM
i read this on sitepoint not sure if its true or not but

http://www-va.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=christmas+trees

notice it bolds christmas tree as well.

I been researching a keyword and this would explain why they are 9th now.

Somebody who knows more about what they are talking about please explain...

GCT13
11-21-2003, 09:50 AM
I'm sorry, what seems to be the problem?

chromate
11-21-2003, 10:02 AM
Are you suggesting google is now stemming?

s2kinteg916
11-21-2003, 10:16 AM
yeah thats what the sitepointmember said.. it doesnt work for other keywords i looked up though which is weird

chromate
11-21-2003, 10:46 AM
Yeah. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Even in the Christmas tree example, sometimes it highlights "tree" and sometimes on the same page, it doesn't.

s2kinteg916
11-21-2003, 12:43 PM
has this been on going or recently ? becuz i was gonna optimize my site for a plural version of a term and it seems all the sites with the singular term went to the top and the site that was first ranked down to 9th.

Chris
11-21-2003, 03:33 PM
Its best to optimize for the term you want -- consider any plural/singular variations as bonuses.

bugsy
11-23-2003, 09:32 PM
I think google made some new changes -- the serps on www-fi.google.com have changed drastically today.