Matt Readhttp://www.mattread.com/weblog/the-google-dance/2007-04-06T14:58:22-04:002013-03-08T23:00:30-05:002004-09-13T00:44:24-04:00<p>In a <a href="http://www.mattread.com/weblog/gomeme-works/">previous post</a> I talked about Google standings and I seemed to dance around the search standings. I was 10, 12, 10, 2, 1, 2, 1, etc. and was wondering just how google decided the standings. I came accross <a href="http://www.mcdar.net/dance/index.php">Google Datacenter Watch Tool</a> a site that compares a bunch of Google datacenters. It's neet to see how the results differ throughout the day and on each server. Very interesting, have a look, you may not show up where you thought you did.</p> <p>In similar News I came accross <a href="http://www.flyte.biz/resources/newsletters/03/12.html">this article</a> about the real Google Dance. It seems Google likes to screw with its algorithm on a regular basis, it's been dubbed <q>the Google dance</q>.</p> <p>Ever wonder why Google standings are soo important, well have a look at <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5182000.html?tag=cd.hed">this article on C|Net</a> and you'll see why. Google has 41% of the market, followed by Yahoo! with 27% and MSN with 20%.</p>