Comments on: Hardcore SEO Fundamentals: Markov Chaining Points and Term Vector Modeling

By: Automotive Social Network

Automotive Social Network — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:15:35 +0000

I have performed SEO for 5 years and have learnt the fun in doing so. It is the end result that makes my day.

By: Goran Giertz - Website Marketing

Goran Giertz - Website Marketing — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:45:09 +0000

I have new domains that are a few months old with little SEO that our ranked higher then sites that are, well…. got some serious optimisation.

I have come to the realisation that not all things can be explained.

Wishing everyone an exSeollent 2008

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:22:46 +0000

I am starting to actually wonder about all of this. I put a website together as a beginner just to learn some coding, upload, ftp, promoting and all that stuff. My main site I have worked tirelessly on trying to get keywords to rank to no avail. As a side I threw up a sub directory on a page that I thought was disastorous. Well that page, no seo, poor html tidy, no work, one I set and forgot, now has a result positioned on G page 1 position 3.

It doesn’t figure sometimes. Thank goodness though it is loaded with adsense.

By: Gab "SEO ROI" Goldenberg

Gab "SEO ROI" Goldenberg — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:59:40 +0000

Also been having trouble with the vector space model and markov chain stuff, though I roughly get how it works. Some concrete examples would help.

BTW, shouldn’t Heather’s article be on Sphinn, rather than this? Seems like this is taking attention that’s due to someone else…

By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:46:45 +0000

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this stuff for almost 2 years now. It’s pretty complex.

By: CarstenCumbrowski

CarstenCumbrowski — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:05:37 +0000

Michael, just FYI, Heather is doing this for a long time (several years longer than I do).

She might not be a good writer or poet, but she knows some stuff about analytics and math. My grammar isn’t the best either, but that is a different story.

Oh, btw. She also used to work for a search engine in the past.

Michael, you are doing this stuff also for a while and also know your stuff pretty well. If I were you, I would not just discard everything Heather wrote with her bad grammar, but listen carefully, because none of us knows everything with absolute certainty, don’t we?!

By: Heather Paulson

Heather Paulson — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:35:03 +0000

Hi Michael,

I am not a professional writer by any stretch of the imagination! This was simply a post on things I consider when approaching a project.

By: Michael Duz

Michael Duz — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:11:14 +0000

The article is a master class in obfuscation.

Obviously Ms Paulson knows less about Markov chains, LSI and Term Vectors than the gobbledygook implies. However you have to admire the chutzpah in using precise mathematical terminology in such an imaginative way.

Even taking into account the poor grammar this is consummate marketing bullshit of the highest order. Nice one Heather!

By: Heather Paulson

Heather Paulson — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:32:38 +0000

Hi Carsten,

Appreciate your fine comments – agglomerative clustering techniques are assistive in achieving “keyword spread”.

Pattern recognition is a helpful skill in SEO! Have a great day.