Google Algorithm Exposed : SearchToons

The Google Algorithmic manner of ranking and serving relevant online and indexed documents to specific Google queries has been a mystery to many over the past decade, with search marketers and mathematicians working to expose the way Google ranks sites.

Here we look at two disciplines of figuring out the workings behind Google, and two concise calculations.

1. The Mathematical Interpretation of the Google Algorithm

2. The Search Marketer’s Interpretation of the Google Algorithm

Well, we don’t always need the $ in the equation, do we?

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Loren Baker is the founding editor/creator of Search Engine Journal and remains an advisor and Editor In Chief to this publication.

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  1. panefsky says:

    ok, you did it. Searching for “google algorithm exposed” brings you first. Is there any other point in the article, cuz I couldn’t figure it out

  2. And i thought Henry Blodget loved linkbait. Welcome to the club Loren!

  3. Thanks for the laugh of the day :)

  4. This is great! Definitely seems to be on point! :)

  5. seo bristol says:

    Made me laugh almost as much as Matt Cutts link to the video with more detail about the Google algorithm!

  6. I think the first panel carried pi to one too many places. Duh.

  7. That’s funny and true and the same time. To bad there’s not a web design newspaper cause that’s a winner in the comics section!

  8. now this rocks :-)

  9. Web Browser says:

    Haha, simple terms

  10. Web Browser says:

    Oh, you should add digg button ;-)

  11. Web Browser says:
  12. spostareduro says:

    Good one for sure. Also Dugg.

  13. gamermk says:

    Hey is there an RSS feed where I can subscribe to just these comics? I love them.

  14. suncao says:

    Awesome, dugg

  15. SEMatze says:

    Awesome post! You got me with your headline. Goodonya!

  16. Cutt’s….funny or true?

  17. Tin Pig says:

    what’s wrong with this picture?

  18. @gamermk, sorry, just the normal RSS feed.

    Remember guys, these cartoons are parodies and not reflective of fact :)

  19. humor says:

    very good. it´s the best. The really is this.

  20. Mercy says:

    Hey! This post really made me laugh hard :-)

  21. So Simple!

  22. very good, very very good LOL.

  23. Perfect!

  24. papa@a.com says:

    PARA MI LOS DE GOOGLE HICIERON ESTE “CHISTE”

  25. Aeon Huff says:

    Same old, same old…these social sites are PACKED with geeks who have no purpose outside the realm of social sites, for whom reaching the top of Digg, or Shinn, or Stumble, or blah, or blah, ad nauseam is an end in itself.
    Whatever happened to GOOD CONTENT?
    It’s all just hooklines, headlines, stringlines, and a million other nothing snag-tags designed to propell geeks to the top of whatever currently fashionable geek social mountain is there to be climbed. Please make it stop, or I might fall asleep and not be able to wake up, it is SO boring…
    “I am my brand”. Ridiculously optimistic. Who the heck do y’all think y’all are, y’all?

    • Boston SEO says:

      @ Aeon Huff: I entirely agree with you that unless your website has some substance and is selling a real product, you are not likely to get very far. As this article points out, if everyone is number one on google (for their particular keywords) then people will eventually start clicking on page 2 of google’s list of websites, or even page 3.

  26. “Well, we don’t always need the $ in the equation, do we?”

    Unless you just like doing things the hard way.

  27. MendyO says:

    Might have been better to post this yesterday but let’s have a sense of humor about this. If it was meant as link bait then we should all learn how effective this strategy is. I could learn a few things for my own glass jewelry and art jewelry site. Did you get the irony?

  28. Aeon Huff says:

    I’ve “got the irony” a million times and must surely be missing something..?

  29. John says:

    Well This site doesnt Rank #1 or #2 anymore for the keyword – Google Algorithm Exposed

    http://www.google.com/search?q=Google+Algorithm+Exposed

  30. Hmmmm… Nice title, what was the inspiration Loren?

  31. this is old concept i know it . what is new one in 2008

  32. Ranked Hard says:
  33. r p joshi says:

    good

  34. James Walker says:

    hahahah I love it.

  35. Paul says:

    very funny

  36. Jack says:

    Good idea
    I really like that’s true

  37. Awxus says:

    Haha, It is funny and actually make fun of us, who always in search of google algorithm

  38. Strollers says:

    Google funny cartoon club

  39. Google Inc. says:

    Good information
    Google Inc.

  40. Emma says:

    Thanks for make me laugh

  41. Dallas says:

    That was hilarious. Thanks for the read@! Good stuff. we are a web design and seo company and we are going to put that on our site. Thanks for making it available.

  42. Dallas Web says:

    That was hilarious. Thanks for the read@! Good stuff. we are a web design and seo company and we are going to put that on our site. Thanks for making it available