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RE: Results from the first ever TECHWR-L Googlefight - shocking r esults
Subject:RE: Results from the first ever TECHWR-L Googlefight - shocking r esults From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:31:23 -0500
OTOH, since a search on "Andrew Plato", with quotes (5,100) will yield
different results than Andrew Plato without the quotes, (57,400), does this
mean that style IS more important than content to the ratio of almost 10:1?
I mean, it is the same content, just presented in a different style.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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-----Original Message-----
From: guy [mailto:guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:55 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Results from the first ever TECHWR-L Googlefight - shocking
results
If, however, you googlefight "andrew plato" against "society for
technical communication" (the actual name of the organization),
the counts are:
So, once again Andrew proves that accuracy of content is important.
--Guy K. Haas guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com or gkhaas -at- usa -dot- net
Software Exegete in Silicon Valley
Andrew Plato wrote:
>
>>Sorry folks, but all you "content is king" advocates are wrong.
>>That means you too, Andrew. When in doubt, Google it out.
>
>
> I checked Googlefight, and Content won: see www.googlefight.com
> . . .
>
> However, this is the real shocker:
>
> "Andrew Plato"
> ( 3 710 results)
> versus
> "Society for Technical Communications"
> ( 2 610 results)
>
> The winner is: "Andrew Plato"
>
> Yeah! And I didn't even need to use my stockpile of WMD: Words of Mass
Dorkiness
>
> Andrew Plato
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