smart-keywords.com— While Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are big in the United States, the three seem to have very little time for other countries with the exception of China. Are they xenophobic?
Jun 12, 2007View in Crawl 4
This guy will never approve my comment on his blog. So I will say it here, just in case he reads it:How horribly uninformed and ignorant of you.First of all, just because the first page of results for "pokemon" are in English, doesn't mean that search engines aren't incorporating other languages into the process.If you had done any research at all, you would realize there are language-specific versions of every major search engine. But instead, you apparently felt the need to show everyone that you learned a new word with more than 2 syllables that starts with an x. Congratulations, we're all proud of you.As for including multiple languages in a single search, the technology just isn't there yet. It's impossibly difficult to determine the relevance of websites in relation to a search word or phrase when there are just two languages involved, much less all of them.So instead of being critical of the search engines just for the sake of being critical, why don't you offer the algorithmic solution to the problem? I'm sure Google would happily put you on the payroll for a proof of concept.
I only reject spam posts.... sure you have the right blog? I would gladly have you add your viewpoint even if you think me ignorant.I agree with people above who have posted the millions of country extensions for Google that they have gone through the motions. The algorithm, however, is not being tweaked for the subtle differences of language.... it has not even been done for English so you know the other langauges are even further down the list.Just because they exist does not mean they are being given any attention.I agree it is easy to criticize ..... you have done a good job of it. I am hoping the engines start to see they are missing opportunities. Go beyond the organic and see what is happening in paid search where they leave the money on the table. We hear numbers of percentages of search etc. but the engines give us traffic and the numbers are low even for Google.... content ads may be the way in some countries - maybe they are not search engine users per se...I ndo not have all the answers but it is good to see the post created some conversations.... this is how things get attention.
unusualbobJun 13, 2007
www.google.dewww.google.co.uk<a class="user" href="http://www.google.co.jp/">http://www.google.co.jp/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.tw/">http://www.google.com.tw/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.google.ru/">http://www.google.ru/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.google.es/">http://www.google.es/</a>
unusualbobJun 13, 2007
Sorry edit ran outNetherlands <a class="user" href="http://www.google.nl/">http://www.google.nl/</a>Sweden <a class="user" href="http://www.google.se/">http://www.google.se/</a>Italy <a class="user" href="http://www.google.it/">http://www.google.it/</a>Zambia <a class="user" href="http://www.google.co.zm/">http://www.google.co.zm/</a>Afghanistan <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.af/">http://www.google.com.af/</a>India <a class="user" href="http://www.google.co.in/">http://www.google.co.in/</a>South Africa <a class="user" href="http://www.google.co.za/">http://www.google.co.za/</a>??? <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.ua/">http://www.google.com.ua/</a>Australia <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.au/">http://www.google.com.au/</a>France <a class="user" href="http://www.google.fr/">http://www.google.fr/</a>
unusualbobJun 13, 2007
Canada <a class="user" href="http://www.google.ca/">http://www.google.ca/</a>Brasil <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.br/">http://www.google.com.br/</a>Mexico <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.mx/">http://www.google.com.mx/</a>Argentina <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.ar/">http://www.google.com.ar/</a>Cuba <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com.cu/">http://www.google.com.cu/</a>...getting the picture yet?Buried as innacurate, well for google anyway
darkaneJun 13, 2007
This guy will never approve my comment on his blog. So I will say it here, just in case he reads it:How horribly uninformed and ignorant of you.First of all, just because the first page of results for "pokemon" are in English, doesn't mean that search engines aren't incorporating other languages into the process.If you had done any research at all, you would realize there are language-specific versions of every major search engine. But instead, you apparently felt the need to show everyone that you learned a new word with more than 2 syllables that starts with an x. Congratulations, we're all proud of you.As for including multiple languages in a single search, the technology just isn't there yet. It's impossibly difficult to determine the relevance of websites in relation to a search word or phrase when there are just two languages involved, much less all of them.So instead of being critical of the search engines just for the sake of being critical, why don't you offer the algorithmic solution to the problem? I'm sure Google would happily put you on the payroll for a proof of concept.
aussiewebmasterJun 13, 2007Submitter
I only reject spam posts.... sure you have the right blog? I would gladly have you add your viewpoint even if you think me ignorant.I agree with people above who have posted the millions of country extensions for Google that they have gone through the motions. The algorithm, however, is not being tweaked for the subtle differences of language.... it has not even been done for English so you know the other langauges are even further down the list.Just because they exist does not mean they are being given any attention.I agree it is easy to criticize ..... you have done a good job of it. I am hoping the engines start to see they are missing opportunities. Go beyond the organic and see what is happening in paid search where they leave the money on the table. We hear numbers of percentages of search etc. but the engines give us traffic and the numbers are low even for Google.... content ads may be the way in some countries - maybe they are not search engine users per se...I ndo not have all the answers but it is good to see the post created some conversations.... this is how things get attention.