Comments on: Taking SEO To The Next Level - LSI http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/ Growth For Persistent, Intelligent People. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: root123 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-35196 root123 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:44:28 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-35196 Retrieving valuable content pages through LSI will infact only help site owners to have the right traffics Retrieving valuable content pages through LSI will infact only help site owners to have the right traffics

]]> By: Increase Your Website Traffic With These 5 Proven Strategies http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-3097 Increase Your Website Traffic With These 5 Proven Strategies Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:24:01 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-3097 [...] Also, use LSI when writing the article (get information about LSI here) [...] […] Also, use LSI when writing the article (get information about LSI here) […]

]]> By: Paid Surveys http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2768 Paid Surveys Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:47:10 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2768 When do you think LSI will start to be used? I'm not sure if I'm too keen on someone like Google changing their method of ranking pages so much When do you think LSI will start to be used? I’m not sure if I’m too keen on someone like Google changing their method of ranking pages so much

]]> By: Random Notes « IR Thoughts http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2278 Random Notes « IR Thoughts Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:29:52 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2278 [...] http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/ [...] […] http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/ […]

]]> By: Dan http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2241 Dan Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:55:45 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2241 Whether they use this exact system or not, the important thing that this can remind us of is that content is very important. That's why keyword stuffing is such a bad idea. You want the site to be related, using similar words that help it all be about the same topic. Whether they use this exact system or not, the important thing that this can remind us of is that content is very important. That’s why keyword stuffing is such a bad idea. You want the site to be related, using similar words that help it all be about the same topic.

]]> By: Court http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2194 Court Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:23:08 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2194 Hi Michael! I read both of your posts. They are well written and I'm sure they took a lot of work. Even though we're both talking about LSI we're not at all talking about the same thing. I'm not implying that Google uses simple text matching to determine their results. You said that it can't work because it doesn't take synonymy into account. How do you know it doesn't take synonymy into account? We already know that Google uses synonymy on a huge scale, you don't think they can apply it to this? I think for you to say that Google doesn't use it at all is a little short sighted. Your argument assumes that Google uses it across the entire web and it's quite obvious that they wouldn't use it that way. Why would they use it across billions of documents that they have already determined to be irrelevant? They would only use it across documents that were already relevant for each search term - wouldn't it make sense that using it that way would give them a better data set? You're also assuming that I'm saying that LSI is going to be the only way Google calculates results. That isn't the case and I didn't even say that it was currently a huge factor. There are too many factors to say that about any single one. No matter what I think it's good to keep an open mind when new ideas surface. :) Hi Michael! I read both of your posts. They are well written and I’m sure they took a lot of work. Even though we’re both talking about LSI we’re not at all talking about the same thing.

I’m not implying that Google uses simple text matching to determine their results. You said that it can’t work because it doesn’t take synonymy into account. How do you know it doesn’t take synonymy into account? We already know that Google uses synonymy on a huge scale, you don’t think they can apply it to this? I think for you to say that Google doesn’t use it at all is a little short sighted.

Your argument assumes that Google uses it across the entire web and it’s quite obvious that they wouldn’t use it that way. Why would they use it across billions of documents that they have already determined to be irrelevant? They would only use it across documents that were already relevant for each search term - wouldn’t it make sense that using it that way would give them a better data set?

You’re also assuming that I’m saying that LSI is going to be the only way Google calculates results. That isn’t the case and I didn’t even say that it was currently a huge factor. There are too many factors to say that about any single one.

No matter what I think it’s good to keep an open mind when new ideas surface. :)

]]> By: Michael Duz http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2192 Michael Duz Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:05:50 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/2007/07/05/taking-seo-to-the-next-level-lsi/#comment-2192 Google does not use LSI and neither does any other major search engine. I attempted to clear up the misunderstanding with a couple of recent posts; <a href="http://www.seo-blog.com/latent-semantic-indexing-lsi-explained.php" rel="nofollow"> What is Latent Semantic Indexing</a> and <a href="http://www.seo-blog.com/latent-semantic-index-lsi-myth.php" rel="nofollow">The LSI Myth</a>. Hope that helps. - Michael Google does not use LSI and neither does any other major search engine.

I attempted to clear up the misunderstanding with a couple of recent posts; What is Latent Semantic Indexing and The LSI Myth.

Hope that helps.

- Michael

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