Dr. Paula E. Burch wrote:
> web_design wrote:
>> A couple of people told me that the more people who bookmark your site,
>> the
>> better it is for search engine rankings. I can't figure out how search
>> engines can keep track of who bookmarks a site so it doesn't sound right
>> to me.
>
> I can't imagine how it would work. I wish it did, because my ISP tells
> me that 64% of the visitors to my site in July bookmarked it. I suspect
> that a bug was involved in that figure, as it seems highly unlikely!
> For the preceding months, when my site had twice as much traffic
> because Google still liked it, the figure is about 24%. Still seems
> unlikely.
>
> I installed the Google toolbar on Firefox in order to use its PR
> indicator, but the potential privacy issues make me a little queasy.
> It's fine with me not to have it on my default web browser (Safari).
If you have concerns over privacy, install the Googlebar (project)
http://googlebar.mozdev.org/
It's benign. To get PageRank, you might need PRGoogleBar:
http://googlebar.mozdev.org/
The former project is reluctant to use Google traffic to fetch PR data.
Roy
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Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com
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