Comments on: More info about synonyms at Google

By: martin

martin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:31:56 +0000

what about the different english versions, how are they handled? for example english uk, us, australia, south africa etc, thanks

By: Becky Joubert

Becky Joubert — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:42:31 +0000

I am very interested in this discussion. I feel like I can relate to exactly the way Google thinks (or the way I think it thinks), and then I find so many different opinions as to how search engines really work. It shouldn’t be that hard to figure out. I would like to continue to think that synonyms work well with searches and it’s all common sense. I’ve got my fingers crossed.

By: çeviri

çeviri — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:13:12 +0000

A good read thanks Matt. More posts like this would go a long way in helping people understand the things they should or should not be doing.

By: Thos003

Thos003 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:37:05 +0000

…chrome… Installing spell check now.

Just living up to the exterminator image. =)

By: Thos003

Thos003 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:35:15 +0000

Sorry about the typos… just got my computer back and have not re-installed my window’s browser spell check…. Does come come with a spell check included? Maybe I should switch to chrome. =)

Revised without errors-

For example, scorpions are totally misunderstood by most pest control techs and the public in general. I just read something online about “scorpion eggs being left in the walls.” Scorpions don’t lay eggs. Further, the content written for pest control companies by SEO firms continues to regurgitate the falsies that exist. Better yet, the professors of local universities that only study lab rats have a gross misunderstanding of pests in the real world. A university professor quoted by the local newspaper said, “Scorpions do not infest homes.” …Fortunately the general public went to bat for us and the comments on the article vindicate the truth that “Scorpions do and will infest homes.” I know… I am only harping on scorpions here, but the same holds true for other insects, … carpenter ants included. =)

I’m sorry but despite your best efforts to make your home unattractive to carpenter ants, your structure is still made of attractive wood and you are still a good looking guy.

I still like the idea that google is using semantics, it just puts a little damper on my parade as Bulwark is a forward thinking and innovative company that doesn’t agree with the masses.

By: Thos003

Thos003 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:28:28 +0000

“I’d say that Google does more with “semantics” and both document and query understanding than almost any other search engine.”

Now I hate to be too presumptious here, but most of the articles written in my industry, pest control, are crap. Why? Because the guys that really understand professional pest control are not writting most of the content.

For example, scorpions are totally misunderstood by most pest control techs and the public in general. I just read something online about “scorpion eggs being left in the walls.” Scorpions don’t lay eggs. Further, the content written for pest control companies by SEO firms continues to regurgitate the falisies that exsist. Better yet, the professors of local universities that only study lab rats have a gross misunderstanding of pests in the real world. A university professor quoted by the local newspaper said, “Scorpions do not infest homes.” …Fortunately the general public went to bat for us and the comments on the article vendicate the truth that “Scorpions do and will infest homes.” I know… I am only harping on scorpions here, but the same holds true for other insects, … carpenter ants included. =)

I’m sorry but despite your best efforts to make your home unattractive to carpenter ants, your structure is still made of attractive wood and you are still a good looking guy.

I still like the idea that google is using semantics, it just puts a little damper on my parade as Bulwark is a forward thinking and innovative company that doesn’t agree with the masses.

By: Roni

Roni — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:56:25 +0000

I am glad my language (spoken by only ~2M people) is among the 100+ supported. It was not always this way. Search used to be quite hard & many similar queries had to be entered manually since there are not only synonyms, even same words can have different suffixes and this was not supported in the past…

By: Pehchan

Pehchan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:59:24 +0000

No doubt Google has done a good job in handling such queries but written English varies from region to region. I am not very clear how Google is able to analyze such queries.

By: Magnus Strømnes Bøe

Magnus Strømnes Bøe — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:45:34 +0000

In Norway we have three special characters æ, ø and å.

How should this be handled when dealing with folder names?
Previously I’ve used ae for æ, oe for ø and aa for a.

Øl = Beer

Suited URL name would then be “oel”

Example:
http://www.thebeerpage.no/oel/

I’ve seen some sites using %C3%B8 to replace ø in folder names.
And in Google, this shows like a ø in the result page.

Would an optimal URL be:
http://www.thebeerpage.no/%C3%B8l
?

Any advice?

By: seo

seo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:30:35 +0000

“It makes perfect sense that all searchers will add variance to their search terms – hence the value of including synonyms in copy. “Nice view!