Google is number 2 for "search"

[odditysoftware]

Google is number 2

Was doing a search for "Search" today, and noticed this... Thought it was funny so wanted to share:

 

[b.a]

I think major search engines do not list their sites at #1'st position
just try searching the same keyword at yahoo, live ... and you'll see the result

 

[PolurNET]

On yahoo they list altavista as first for the same term, but AV is actually owned by Yahoo...

 

[RJ]

I want to know how these guys got #1 listing on Google for "search engine" ?
http://www.freefind.com/ Must be a some kickass SEO.

 

[odditysoftware]

I want to know how these guys got #1 listing on Google for "search engine" ?
http://www.freefind.com/ Must be a some kickass SEO.

wow....

www.freefind.com

Links pointing to full URL: 2,101,931
Links pointing to domain: 3,393,154
Age of Domain: 3,195 days old
Links from domains with .edu TLDs: 43,400 (<-- here is a big reason)
Links from domains with .gov TLDs: 1,410
Alexa Rank: 2,259
Technorati Links: 3,435
DMOZ: YES
Wikipedia: YES
del.icio.us YES
Google PR: 9

 

[RJ]

Pretty nice, however they did it. They even rank four places higher than Google does, and they have over 2 million links from .edu TLDs. It probably has more to do with the anchor text those links use, right?

 

[vslevin]

Yeah, they offer a free search tool to place on your site, and guess that a ton of websites are using it, with a link back. Its pretty amazing that they managed to beat out the big 3.

Someone mentioned this in another thread a few days ago: http://www.namepros.com/search-engines/289692-nice-google-im-feeling-lucky.html There are also some other interesting "I Am Feeling Lucky" results in that thread.

 

[OttoYiu]

Wow, I was searching up "namepros" and Namepros.com came up first. Must be some great SEO from -RJ- to do that. :hehe:
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=namepros&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Back to topic...probably of the anchor links.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Pretty nice, however they did it. They even rank four places higher than Google does, and they have over 2 million links from .edu TLDs. It probably has more to do with the anchor text those links use, right?

A statcounter like idea.

When they supply the free search thing to the sites. they are baiting their links.

Same thing is with statcounter it is PR 10 because most of the people who use statcounter are in real also giving a sitewide link to the statcounter site.

 

[bjornenki]

Hey Odditysoftware,

Where did you generate those numbers?

 

[Keral_Patel]

Hey Odditysoftware,

Where did you generate those numbers?

I think this one is similar http://www.smartpagerank.com

Thanks.

 

[gotlinks]

Why does google need to be #1 if your on google? Kind of pointless, your already on their site. Thats like a ice cream site saying that they say their the best in the business when clearly they are not...

 

[odditysoftware]

Hey Odditysoftware,

Where did you generate those numbers?

http://www.seomoz.org/page-strength/www.freefind.com

 

[b.a]

I want to know how these guys got #1 listing on Google for "search engine" ?
http://www.freefind.com/ Must be a some kickass SEO.

this is a really old service. remember days back in 2000 when I was using it in my first sites

 

[vslevin]

this is a really old service. remember days back in 2000 when I was using it in my first sites

Its ringing a bell, I think I may have used it with my old Geocities websites :hehe:

 

[Barrucadu]

Its ringing a bell, I think I may have used it with my old Geocities websites :hehe:

wow, I cant even remember when I last used geocities, lol.
I think i've used this search engine, not sure.