Great!

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=fp-pull-web-t&p=Al+Gore

Number 3! Way to go!

going on down the list..there are some weird anti-gore sites out there...

That is really not fair! Algore04 and Algoredems have like 50 domains that the spider picks up. We need the exposure because we are the hardcore dems. We are pure grassroots with little money, but alot of desire! #3 is pretty dang good though! We may now get noticed by more folks and spread the vision of Al Gore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, we're ahead of AGDems (they're #4, we're #3), so you shouldn't complain. And I think that's what Dylan was bitching about, btw.

Unfortunately, we don't show up until page 6 on Google, whereas AGDems is right on top. <_<

Personally, I never use the Google search engine....just Yahoo.
(although Gore is on the board of Google I think)

Being on the first page is great and way at the top too.

Wow, just found this on Google. Our Google Page Rank is ahead of AGDEMS. Lol, we are actaully moving up folks!

http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/N.../Gore,_Al/?il=1

The only things ahead of us on there are just the thing about him and the internet and 2 more news items, which generate more hits since they are news and distributed on wire.

Wonder what Google Page Rank is?

Web Pages Ordered by PageRank
Unlike other directories that can only list web pages alphabetically regardless of how good they are, the web pages in the Google directory are ordered according to Google's patented PageRank™ technology. This means that the most relevant and highly-regarded sites on any topic are listed first ... not buried deep within a list of other pages.

Google searches more sites more quickly, delivering the most relevant results.

Introduction

Google runs on a unique combination of advanced hardware and software. The speed you experience can be attributed in part to the efficiency of our search algorithm and partly to the thousands of low cost PC's we've networked together to create a superfast search engine.

The heart of our software is PageRank™, a system for ranking web pages developed by our founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. And while we have dozens of engineers working to improve every aspect of Google on a daily basis, PageRank continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools.

PageRank Explained

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."

Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.
Integrity

Google's complex, automated methods make human tampering with our results extremely difficult. And though we do run relevant ads above and next to our results, Google does not sell placement within the results themselves (i.e., no one can buy a higher PageRank). A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.

What do the horizontal green bars mean?
The green ratings bars are a measure of the importance of a web page, as determined by Google's patented PageRank technology. These PageRank bars tell you at a glance whether other people on the web consider a page to be a high-quality site worth checking out. Google itself does not evaluate or endorse websites. Rather, we measure what others on the web feel is important enough to deserve a link. And because Google does not accept payment for placement within our results, the information you see when you conduct a search is based on totally objective criteria.

Google is, hands down, the BEST search engine. I'd be lost without it for my work. And if GSC is tops on Google, Chris, then you know you've "arrived." :good:

Yea, according to Google Page rank, as shown above we are ahead. However, when actually searched, we are on page 6th due to the other site being around longer, having multiple domains, and nonsense sites such as Gore parody sites, which have been around forever.

It takes some time for that to change with Google, as you pointed out, but be patient. GSC will rise to the top of that system eventually. My website took a few months before it finally floated to the top, but now, if you search on my name or my novel or even my freelance work, I come out at the top of the list. :good: A stranger once even wrote to tell me he'd typed in something about freelance writing and editing and my name came out first on Google. Blew me away. For all the good it did me, though. :rolleyes: