Re: The Page on Google; Search.html

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

B. Gillesen:
> Oh -- great! Erroneously the crowd got some insight of what is going
> on behind the curtain separating the cracks from the rest of the
> world ... But unfortunately, no dirty secrets came up, nothing
> forbidden, no backbiting.

Ha! I deserve whatever I get on this one. Obviously, nothing I said should be
taken to reflect adversely on Robert.

> If I may meddling with this -- I *think* that Google has a "weighted"
> ranking, i. e. the more frequent people click on a site listed by
> Google the higher it is ranked in the next comparable listing by Google.
> Therefore, searching with Google for "xywrite" from time to time and
> clicking onto the XyWWWeb-Link should ensure that the site is ranked
> first.

Ah, that explains it. I've been clicking on Annie's site a lot recently -- do
so regularly, in fact. Interesting reading (though one might take issue with
some of what she says.)

> Another alternative might be to *pay* for a higher ranking.

No, thanks. We "pay" enough already, in time and effort. Sure, I want to be
first, but not that badly.

Re my reference to "search.html": Yes, we are hard at work on a Google-style
search facility for this list. Not ready for prime time, yet. Soon -- maybe
early next year, if all goes well.

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Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/