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April |
Lapsing back into irrelevance
The site has fallen off Google again. Apparently I am no longer relevant.
Never mind that there is precisely one site listed that contains the text of my site title, and that's because it links to me.
However, you can see here that Google thinks there are no links to this site.
I'm a big fan of Google as a user, but as a site operator its workings are beginning to mystify me.
On a related note, for the other Antville users out there, you might want to take note that Google and other search services, as well as sites like Blogdex, are probably unable to parse the Antville <% link %> tag correctly to identify your links to other sites.
As a result, I've taken to using standard <a href=...> syntax for all links, except those rare cases where I thoroughly dislike the linked site and don't want to promote it as a relevant search option.
I'd recommend doing likewise if you want your links to friends, news articles, etcetera to factor into services like Daypop, Blogdex, and Google.