Comments on: Google Speed-Search Lesson #4 - Stop Words http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/ Nick Ramsay blogging from Gifu, Japan. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Murali http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/#comment-2875 Murali Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:44:44 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/#comment-2875 I usually use a phrase search (with double quote) to search for music tracks. And it works fine. I usually use a phrase search (with double quote) to search for music tracks. And it works fine.

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/#comment-2873 Nick Ramsay Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:29:18 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/#comment-2873 Hey Al, I tried your example using a phrase search (double quotes) and saw no difference: "Canadian Expat" the "Canadian Expat" It is odd that without the double quotes, you get different results. Maybe stop words are included when there are only one or two other search terms, or maybe you're right about the url. Curious. :???: Hey Al, I tried your example using a phrase search (double quotes) and saw no difference:

“Canadian Expat”

the “Canadian Expat”

It is odd that without the double quotes, you get different results. Maybe stop words are included when there are only one or two other search terms, or maybe you’re right about the url. Curious. :???:

]]> By: Al http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/#comment-2872 Al Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:58:27 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/12/01/google-speed-search-lesson-4-stop-words/#comment-2872 This is interesting. Type in Goolge: Canadian Expat (my site comes up second) Type in: The Canadian Expat (my site comes up first and the page that came up first in the search above comes up third) My guess is that the algorithm takes into account any 'stop' words (in this case 'the') that are in the name of the url or somewhere in the meta tags. Thoughts? Allan This is interesting.

Type in Goolge: Canadian Expat
(my site comes up second)

Type in: The Canadian Expat
(my site comes up first and the page that came up first in the search above comes up third)

My guess is that the algorithm takes into account any ’stop’ words (in this case ‘the’) that are in the name of the url or somewhere in the meta tags. Thoughts?

Allan

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