Comments on: Google SearchWiki: Toy or Trash? http://www.googletutor.com/2008/11/24/searchwiki-toy-or-trash/ Your how-to guide for Google with Google tutorials, tips for using Google and advice. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:25:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt Inertia http://www.googletutor.com/2008/11/24/searchwiki-toy-or-trash/#comment-241799 Matt Inertia Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:04:02 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=2264#comment-241799 As an account only service I think there is nothing wrong with what they're doing and I'm sure some people will find it very useful. Ill stick with my delicious account though! Its the public section that I've got the beef with. The opportunity for flaming is obvious and also the opportunity to manipulate the "SearchWiki rankings" is also a problem. For example, google SEO, look at the SearchWiki results and you'll see Seobook number one (maybe they deserve to be but that's not the point). They have 54 "ups" and until someone gets more "ups" than them they will always be number one for that SearchWiki... That may not be a number one in the organic rankings but for a sector like SEO, where anyone looking for an SEO or SEO services is likely to look at the SearchWiki results the advantage of having the most "ups" is obvious -- and one that's very easy to manipulate. As an account only service I think there is nothing wrong with what they’re doing and I’m sure some people will find it very useful. Ill stick with my delicious account though!

Its the public section that I’ve got the beef with. The opportunity for flaming is obvious and also the opportunity to manipulate the “SearchWiki rankings” is also a problem.

For example, google SEO, look at the SearchWiki results and you’ll see Seobook number one (maybe they deserve to be but that’s not the point). They have 54 “ups” and until someone gets more “ups” than them they will always be number one for that SearchWiki… That may not be a number one in the organic rankings but for a sector like SEO, where anyone looking for an SEO or SEO services is likely to look at the SearchWiki results the advantage of having the most “ups” is obvious — and one that’s very easy to manipulate.

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