gmailcnjmorris wrote:
Okay lets be more constructive then. Have you looked into why their search results are more relevant? 9/10 times I could type in a quest name at google and poof, first link heads to their site and directly to the quest info. Now, I get a bunch of useless posts and then I see this site's link, click it, and end up on a page with a list of quests less relevant.
Keep in mind that the EQ2 database here at AllaK's was nothing to write home about before the site merger. Frankly it was awful. OGaming's databse and pages were indexed and spidered by Google probably hundreds if not thousands of times over the course of a couple years. The database has only been at this domain for a few weeks. I would imagine a site with more longevity in indexing is probably coming up first now. I'll try three common ones:
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Google search: Everquest 2 "A Thorn of Old"
First link:
Allakhazam, Quest: A Thorn of Old ----
No problem there.
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Google search: "Everquest 2 "Mark of Awakening"
First link: AllaK's main page
Second link:
Allakhazam, Quest: A Mark of Awakening ----
Yeah, the quest page is down one instead of the top.
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Google search: Everquest 2 "Return of the Light"
First link: Tentonhammer page
Second link: Tentonhammer page
Third link: Allakhazam Heritage Quest listing
Fourth link:
Allakhazam, Quest: The Return of the Light ----
Yeah. 4 down, behind an index page and another domain. Ya got that one. No good there.
So the listings are there, but not ranked where they need to be. Doesn't seem horrible to me. There are a few with common words like "Of Sea, Sails and Slumber" that get lost in search results. But now I have to wonder is your gripe really with AllaK's (because it
is the same content here now with the merger) or is your gripe really with Google's spidering system which doesn't yet seem to have indexed the database here at the new domain completely and properly yet? Or are you just bitter that you may have to actually search the site instead of doing it with Google?
See, this is one of the reasons the toolbar was such a great feature. People could search the site without actually haveing to navigate it first.
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If you know it sucks, are you working to fix it?
Just to be clear: I do not work for or speak for AllaK's in any way shape or form. I was a moderator on the OGaming boards, but over here I am just a user and nothing I say should be taken as official any more than any other user who posts here. Just wanted to get that out of the way.
As for what I believe sucks...the database and main site here are fine. I just don't like the message board interface one bit. But I'll deal with it. It's the community that matters, not the stage on which you speak to it.
Edit - Clarification Edited, Jan 2nd 2007 11:58am by Stugein