Sott on google

[Gertrudes]

I was checking how high Sott ranked on google's search engine under "alternative news", I don't know how high it ranks in other parts of the world, but in UK it appears on the third page. I figure that "alternative news" may be a relatively popular word combination search, but you surely have the knowledge and means to know that much better then me. In any case, how can we bump it up? Could it be done if we all do a search under "alternative news" everyday and then click on Sott net? It worked pretty well for the cassiopaea-cult.com website which is now, and has been for a while, the very first website on the first page of google.

The other thought that occurred to me is that we could try to get Sott on sites that basically function as a database for other alternative news websites. My search so far only showed Sott on _http://mathaba.net/www/news/, but there are several other databases appearing on the first pages of google, and this is also when searching under "alternative news".
Of course this would likely mean being put in the same bag as several disinfo sites, but perhaps the outcome of getting an increasing number of people to have access to Sott is well worth it? In the end most people won't initially know how to discern wheat from chaff because very few have been exposed to real, truthful, distilled information, and just giving more people the opportunity to actually get to know Sott.net, simple as it may sound, basically for them to know that Sott exists, can go a long way in spreading the word and over the long term helping many to build up discernment?

Maybe you have already discussed and even worked on this, and apologies if it has already been mentioned on the forum. I'm not aware that it has, and a search hasn't shown anything either, so I'll just leave the thoughts for what they're worth.

[Guardian]

Where something shows up in a google search is very individualized for you unless you use an anonymous proxy server. Goggle records the sites your IP, and IP block, visit regularly, and customizes your search accordingly.

If you use an anonymous proxy in the US to search "alternative news" SOTT comes up #14 of about 693,000,000 results. This is a pretty awesome ranking considering the fact that the word "alternative" is only in the meta description, and not anywhere on the page.

If you are getting lower rankings for SOTT on goggle than an anonymous proxy search, it means goggle has chosen these other sites for you based on your cookies and/or IP's browsing history.

Most of the sites that rank higher than SOTT have "alternative news" in the file name, and/or have goggle ads on their site, both elements of Google's ranking system, so it would be difficult, although not impossible, to bump up the search phrase "alternative news" BUT the phrase would have to be included, in text, on the top portion of the page.

[Gertrudes]

Ah, thanks Guardian! I have very basic computer skills so your explanations are really helpful.

I don't know whether it would be worth adding "alternative news" on the top portion of the page, though. It seems to be a popular word combination, but I can't really tell since I don't know how to actually check the data.

[Scottie]

If you use an anonymous proxy in the US to search "alternative news" SOTT comes up #14 of about 693,000,000 results. This is a pretty awesome ranking considering the fact that the word "alternative" is only in the meta description, and not anywhere on the page.

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