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Old 05-31-2005, 01:17 AM
T.J.
 
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Re: Google odd search result


"Tony" <news-reply@t-onywoolf.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Xi8de.22950$G8.13231@text.news.blueyonder.co. uk...
> Searched for "site:.uk tv schedules"
>
> First result (above the BBC) was the totally irrelevant Buttle's "the
> supplier of choice for: timber, building materials, and tools ..." It's a
> frameset; the frame doesn't contain the search terms and as far as I can
> see, neither does the content page. Nothing relevant in meta tags or
> anything that I can see. No hidden text etc. I've been using Google
> pretty
> well since it started and have never before seen such a bad search result
> in first position. How does it do it?
>
> Also searching without the site:.uk still brings up Buttles, but this time
> below the BBC even though they are both .co.uk sites. Is there any way
> to
> explain these mysteries?
>
> --


It's pulling a re-direct from buttle.com which is an old site dating
back to 1996. looks like the owner of buttle.co.uk aquired the
domain around September of last year.


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