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Hi All,
Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had success.
Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
Best,
Dennis
===
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>
> Hi All,
>
> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>
> In a nutshell, we:
>
> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas (n=11).
> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for any problems.
> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business Center)
> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>
> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting: http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>
> Best,
>
> Dennis
>
> ===
>
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on google:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>
>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>
>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>
>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>
>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the rest of the school does not?
>>
>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
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Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
In addition to the steps that Dennis took and those suggested by Google:
- Remember that search indexing robots are "disabled": Make certain your site is accessible at least to section 508 standard.
- Since we are a "College of Law" and people more often search for "law school" - I tag photos with "Law School Professor..." or "Law School Student..."
- There's no substitute for quality content
- avoid broken links - no just inside your site, but also incoming links - set up a redirect system to preserve old incoming links. Analyze your site's error logs!
- Make link text on your site say what they link to... bunches of link that just say "more" hurt rankings. Same applies to page file names.
My 2 cents' worth,
- Earl
Earl A. Daniels, Web Coordinator
Georgia State University College of Law
EarlDaniels@gsu.edu | 404-413-9110
Urban Life Building, Room 636
140 Decatur Street,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
http://law.gsu.edu
>>> Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> 3/2/2010 6:56 PM >>>
Hi All,
Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had success.
Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
Best,
Dennis
===
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>
> Hi All,
>
> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>
> In a nutshell, we:
>
> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas (n=11).
> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for any problems.
> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business Center)
> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>
> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting: http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>
> Best,
>
> Dennis
>
> ===
>
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on google:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>
>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>
>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>
>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>
>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the rest of the school does not?
>>
>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
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Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
I have a question... How much was your raise?
John
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
> success.
> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
> Best,
> Dennis
> ===
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
> Hi All,
>
> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>
> In a nutshell, we:
>
> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
> (n=11).
> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
> any problems.
> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
> Center)
> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>
> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>
> Best,
>
> Dennis
>
> ===
>
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
> google:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>
> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>
> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>
> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>
> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
> rest of the school does not?
>
> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>
>
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RE: Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
I don't think the Wikipedia does anything for you as they have "no follow" instructions on all their pages. There are obviously other very good reasons for having an accurate Wikipedia page, but I don't think page rank is one of them.
The rest of your list looks good to me. I'd add two items:
1.Having links from other quality sites to your site will help, as will links from your site to other quality, relevant sites.
2.Relevant key words in page titles, and URL's will help as well.
I'm sure there is a lot more that I haven't discovered as well.
Rich
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I have a question... How much was your raise?
John
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
> success.
> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
> Best,
> Dennis
> ===
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
> Hi All,
>
> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>
> In a nutshell, we:
>
> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
> (n=11).
> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
> any problems.
> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
> Center)
> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>
> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>
> Best,
>
> Dennis
>
> ===
>
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
> google:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>
> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>
> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>
> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>
> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
> rest of the school does not?
>
> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>
>
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Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
Our PageRank only went from 5 to 6 but when Googling "law school
oregon", we went from the fourth page to the top entry on the first
page.
===
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:09 PM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
> I have a question... How much was your raise?
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
>> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
>> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
>> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
>> success.
>> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
>> Best,
>> Dennis
>> ===
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
>> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
>> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
>> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
>> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
>> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
>> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
>> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>>
>> In a nutshell, we:
>>
>> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
>> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
>> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
>> (n=11).
>> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
>> any problems.
>> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
>> Center)
>> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>>
>> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> ===
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
>> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
>> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
>> google:
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>
>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
>> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>
>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
>> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
>> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
>> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>
>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
>> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
>> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>
>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
>> rest of the school does not?
>>
>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>
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On Mar 2, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Dennis Bishop wrote:
> Our PageRank only went from 5 to 6 but when Googling "law school
> oregon", we went from the fourth page to the top entry on the first
> page.
Heh heh. I think John meant your *pay* raise, Dennis! :-)
>
> ===
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:09 PM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
>> I have a question... How much was your raise?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
>>> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
>>> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
>>> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
>>> success.
>>> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
>>> Best,
>>> Dennis
>>> ===
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
>>> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
>>> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
>>> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
>>> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
>>> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
>>> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
>>> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>>>
>>> In a nutshell, we:
>>>
>>> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
>>> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
>>> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
>>> (n=11).
>>> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
>>> any problems.
>>> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
>>> Center)
>>> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>>>
>>> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
>>> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
>>> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
>>> google:
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>>
>>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
>>> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>>
>>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
>>> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
>>> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
>>> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>>
>>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
>>> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
>>> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>>
>>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
>>> rest of the school does not?
>>>
>>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>
>>
>>
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>> 565 West Adams
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Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
Yup.
I wanted to know how much your PAY RANK increased. ;-)
John
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Edmunds, Doug <edmunds@unc.edu> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Dennis Bishop wrote:
>
>> Our PageRank only went from 5 to 6 but when Googling "law school
>> oregon", we went from the fourth page to the top entry on the first
>> page.
>
> Heh heh. I think John meant your *pay* raise, Dennis! :-)
>
>>
>> ===
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:09 PM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
>>> I have a question... How much was your raise?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
>>>> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
>>>> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
>>>> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
>>>> success.
>>>> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
>>>> Best,
>>>> Dennis
>>>> ===
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
>>>> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
>>>> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
>>>> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
>>>> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
>>>> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
>>>> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
>>>> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>>>>
>>>> In a nutshell, we:
>>>>
>>>> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
>>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
>>>> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
>>>> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
>>>> (n=11).
>>>> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
>>>> any problems.
>>>> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
>>>> Center)
>>>> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>>>>
>>>> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
>>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>> ===
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
>>>> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
>>>> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
>>>> google:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>>>
>>>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
>>>> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>>>
>>>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
>>>> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
>>>> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
>>>> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>>>
>>>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
>>>> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
>>>> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>>>
>>>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
>>>> rest of the school does not?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
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Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
Oh sorry... Google on the brain. Uh, no pay rank increases for this
bit of work although the weather has been lovely in the pristine
Northwest (this is how we get around the low pay in resource-strapped
Oregon). ; )
==
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:01 AM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
> Yup.
>
> I wanted to know how much your PAY RANK increased. ;-)
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Edmunds, Doug <edmunds@unc.edu> wrote:
>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Dennis Bishop wrote:
>>
>>> Our PageRank only went from 5 to 6 but when Googling "law school
>>> oregon", we went from the fourth page to the top entry on the first
>>> page.
>>
>> Heh heh. I think John meant your *pay* raise, Dennis! :-)
>>
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:09 PM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
>>>> I have a question... How much was your raise?
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
>>>>> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
>>>>> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
>>>>> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
>>>>> success.
>>>>> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Dennis
>>>>> ===
>>>>>
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
>>>>> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
>>>>> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
>>>>> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
>>>>> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
>>>>> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
>>>>> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
>>>>> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>>>>>
>>>>> In a nutshell, we:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
>>>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
>>>>> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
>>>>> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
>>>>> (n=11).
>>>>> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
>>>>> any problems.
>>>>> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
>>>>> Center)
>>>>> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>>>>>
>>>>> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
>>>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>
>>>>> ===
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
>>>>> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
>>>>> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
>>>>> google:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>>>>
>>>>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
>>>>> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>>>>
>>>>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
>>>>> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
>>>>> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
>>>>> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>>>>
>>>>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
>>>>> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
>>>>> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
>>>>> rest of the school does not?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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Tips for Increasing Google PageRank
take down our Google Local Business Center listing for a few weeks so
they can create their own. I'm wondering if deleting our listing will
affect our PageRank...
===
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh sorry... Google on the brain. Uh, no pay rank increases for this
> bit of work although the weather has been lovely in the pristine
> Northwest (this is how we get around the low pay in resource-strapped
> Oregon). ; )
>
> ==
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:01 AM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
>> Yup.
>>
>> I wanted to know how much your PAY RANK increased. ;-)
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Edmunds, Doug <edmunds@unc.edu> wrote:
>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Dennis Bishop wrote:
>>>
>>>> Our PageRank only went from 5 to 6 but when Googling "law school
>>>> oregon", we went from the fourth page to the top entry on the first
>>>> page.
>>>
>>> Heh heh. I think John meant your *pay* raise, Dennis! :-)
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ===
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:09 PM, John Mayer <jmayer@cali.org> wrote:
>>>>> I have a question... How much was your raise?
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Dennis Bishop <dennisbishop@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>> Following is an excerpt from a discussion about our law school website
>>>>>> outranking the main university's site. My Dean approached me a few years
>>>>>> back about our dismal placement in Google results (third or fourth page). We
>>>>>> developed the protocol below to gain rank and over the years have had
>>>>>> success.
>>>>>> Does anyone else have any tips for increasing PageRank?
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>> ===
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Dennis Bishop <dbishop@law.uoregon.edu>
>>>>>> Date: March 2, 2010 2:46:40 PM PST
>>>>>> To: deptcomp@lists.uoregon.edu
>>>>>> Subject: Re: deptcomp: Quirky google behavior with 'UO' search
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Over the past few years the law school has been extremely diligent in
>>>>>> following Google's guidelines for gaining PageRank. Our goal was to rise in
>>>>>> PageRank when someone searched for "oregon law school". Whether or not the
>>>>>> following contributes directly to the behavior described below, I think all
>>>>>> of the following steps have contributed to our rise in PageRank.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a nutshell, we:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. submit our sitmap according to Google's Webmaster Tools:
>>>>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
>>>>>> 2. keep our Wikipedia entry up to date:
>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Law_School
>>>>>> 3. segmented our site into separate subdomains for separate program areas
>>>>>> (n=11).
>>>>>> 4. integrate Google Analytics into every page and study our analytics for
>>>>>> any problems.
>>>>>> 5. register our site(s) in every aspect of Google (e.g. Local Business
>>>>>> Center)
>>>>>> 6. diligently remove dead or outdated links.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For those interested in gaining PageRank, I recommend first visiting:
>>>>>> http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dennis
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ===
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 2:11 PM, J.D. Hauger wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a friend who is the main receptionist at the law school. She asked me
>>>>>> to post this question to deptcomp, because she is annoyed of how many calls
>>>>>> she fields from the results of searching for "University of Oregon" on
>>>>>> google:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=university+of+oregon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The question in basically, why does Google push forward the law school as
>>>>>> the main result for searching for "University of Oregon"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I let her know there's probably not much anyone can do about it, the google
>>>>>> algorithm has decided the law school is the most important subdomain and
>>>>>> representative of the school as a whole. She will continue to have to field
>>>>>> multiple calls a day because of this result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But now I'm curious, because the law school website doesn't have the most
>>>>>> content, and I doubt it has the most incoming links, why does Google think
>>>>>> it's what people want when they search for UO?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it perhaps because the Law School has a "local business" listing and the
>>>>>> rest of the school does not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry if this is distracting, cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> jmayer@cali.org
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