Hi Rob,
can’t tell you the workings …….but I have often gotten hits on keywords that when I followed the tracking back to the google/yahoo etc page …… have not found my site listed.
more amazing (to me) is that I can’t find my site anywhere near that page my tracker took me too……… not even within like 4 or 5 pages further into the SEs results.
Now I figure this happens because they’re adjusting their algor’s and I just happened to have my site/page in the right place at right time.
which I think is probably right for the most part ….. but I also have had times where I’d get hits after having checked and not found my site. So go figure?
I just feel lucky to get anything at all. but then again …. that’s why I’ve been partnering up with SEer’s lately offering to write their content.
I can write credible articles much faster and more competently than can I figure out the why’s/logic of a SE. Too many rocket scientists trying to prove how “smart” they are for me to ever be tempted to keep up.
I’d rather leave that to someone else and write. ….. as all know …. I’m long winded so that’s my strength.
the reason and logic into SE results are rediculous in my eyes (for the most part).
don’t know about others but I often times have to go 3 or 4 pages deep to really find what I wanted to research. Now buying something ….. I usually just goi with the paid ads …. if seeking light bulbs …. you’ll get a more trustworthy deal/company by choosing a site that pays to be there. they’ll be there tomorrow too.