What defines an English person

Oli · 12-10-2011, 02:17 AM

Type it into GOOGLE

acerboo · 12-10-2011, 06:43 AM

being able to trace your roots to anglo saxon

gIzzE · 12-10-2011, 08:51 AM

WIKIPEDIA, Written mainly by Scots!!

MB London · 12-10-2011, 08:56 AM

the word at the top of my google search sounded like PUNT but started with a C ??

Reggie-g75 · 12-10-2011, 10:20 AM

Being generally superior to any other nationality.......

Kerr · 12-10-2011, 05:27 PM

Was it a surprise result?

I've always thought you were all c**** and nothing to do with the car.

JJD · 12-10-2011, 06:28 PM

You know what they say..."If Wikipedia says it then it must be true"..

Seriously tho, how did that get to be the No1 result? Someone must be having a giraffe

briers · 12-10-2011, 07:29 PM

The boring explanation is link spam

Some one for a laugh takes the keyword phrase "What defines an English person" and submits that phrase with the Wikipedia URL for the definition of c**t... Probably to a bunch of directories or blog comments.

They spend about 50 quid max and google eventually finds these links with that phrase, visits the URL, associates the content of the page URL, wiki entry for c**t with that phrase.

Once the association is made, when typed in google it didplays the wiki entry at number 1.

jabroni80 · 12-11-2011, 02:56 AM

Oh man that made me laugh

JJD · 12-11-2011, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by briers

The boring explanation is link spam

Some one for a laugh takes the keyword phrase "What defines an English person" and submits that phrase with the Wikipedia URL for the definition of c**t... Probably to a bunch of directories or blog comments.

They spend about 50 quid max and google eventually finds these links with that phrase, visits the URL, associates the content of the page URL, wiki entry for c**t with that phrase.

Once the association is made, when typed in google it didplays the wiki entry at number 1.

Thansk Briers

i had an idea it was something to do with getting lots of links out there but wondered if it was a group of people working together doing it manually for a challenge.

mowflow · 12-12-2011, 04:37 AM

Probably was done manually.

One of our competitors did a blog article a few years back about how they were the number 1 result for "the best web design agency in the universe". We latched onto it and within a week bumped them from the top slot without ever spending a single penny. Very amusing that their own blog post directed clients to our site.

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gIzzE Major General 363 Rep 5,984 Posts Drives: F11 + 911 C4 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norfolk, UK. iTrader: (2)	WIKIPEDIA, Written mainly by Scots!!
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MB London Come as you are 136 Rep 1,404 Posts Drives: M4 SSll Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London iTrader: (0)	the word at the top of my google search sounded like PUNT but started with a C ??
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Kerr Brigadier General 112 Rep 4,021 Posts Drives: BMW M235I Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Aberdeen iTrader: (0)	Was it a surprise result? I've always thought you were all c**** and nothing to do with the car.
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JJD Lieutenant 7 Rep 436 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Central Scotland iTrader: (0)	You know what they say..."If Wikipedia says it then it must be true".. Seriously tho, how did that get to be the No1 result? Someone must be having a giraffe
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briers Ben 62 Rep 1,992 Posts Drives: Tesla p85d Join Date: May 2010 Location: Midlands,UK iTrader: (0)	The boring explanation is link spam Some one for a laugh takes the keyword phrase "What defines an English person" and submits that phrase with the Wikipedia URL for the definition of ct... Probably to a bunch of directories or blog comments. They spend about 50 quid max and google eventually finds these links with that phrase, visits the URL, associates the content of the page URL, wiki entry for ct with that phrase. Once the association is made, when typed in google it didplays the wiki entry at number 1.
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mowflow Colonel 62 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: Golf 7R Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (2)	Probably was done manually. One of our competitors did a blog article a few years back about how they were the number 1 result for "the best web design agency in the universe". We latched onto it and within a week bumped them from the top slot without ever spending a single penny. Very amusing that their own blog post directed clients to our site.
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