Comments on: Query Synonyms http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=query-synonyms SEO, SEM, Marketing and Technology sprinkled with Sports, Parenting and Rants Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dear Google, Y U Spam My Search Results? | woikr http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms#comment-6241 Dear Google, Y U Spam My Search Results? | woikr Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:41:39 +0000 http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/?p=5708#comment-6241 [...] are other such false positives due to possible bug in Google’s Ranking algorithms.  Google sees a strong relationship between these two keywords (‘Saholic’ and ‘LetsBuy’ [...]

]]> By: 12 'Schoolboy' SEO Errors to Avoid | SEO Training Blog http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms#comment-4828 12 'Schoolboy' SEO Errors to Avoid | SEO Training Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:50 +0000 http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/?p=5708#comment-4828 [...] the car. That’s what the Google SEO police will say. Consideration of keyword repetition and synonyms are imporatnt but there really isn’t a keyword density sweet spot like 5% that Google looks [...]

]]> By: AJ Kohn http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms#comment-3517 AJ Kohn Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:52:29 +0000 http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/?p=5708#comment-3517 JWC,

Thanks for the comment. And you’re right, there’s definitely a fuzzy line between a highly related result and a synonym. That’s why I refer to these as ‘query synonyms’.

And query refinement or reformulations are a very intriguing source of data. There are a number of thought-provoking papers that address query reformulation. If you combine that type of data with a classification structure and the ability to process all of that data … well, it’s no wonder Google is the leader in search.

]]> By: AJ Kohn http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms#comment-3516 AJ Kohn Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:46:34 +0000 http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/?p=5708#comment-3516 Dali,

Googlebot learns context through a variety of complex techniques that combine Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning (among other things). The implementation of Caffeine and the use of MapReduce allows them to use these techniques to much greater effect.

]]> By: JWC http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms#comment-3515 JWC Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:28:03 +0000 http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/?p=5708#comment-3515 Hi AJ, I feel you are overdoing the essense of a synonym, when google are merely showing “related”.

These could be drawn from a huge number of traffic metrics, and query refinement logs.

Of course, this is not news to you!

]]> By: Dali http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/query-synonyms#comment-3504 Dali Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:21:19 +0000 http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/?p=5708#comment-3504 Hey AJ,

Very brainy discussion of Google Search results. Yes, regarding your sentence “synonyms are not just about simple grammar, they’re about language, syntax and context as well.” So, how does Googlebot learn context? Looks like it’s doing a better job!

It will be nice to see how Googlebot continues to improve its understanding of synonyms to give us humans what we are looking for. :) Though my husband calls me a robot…I think I am human… :)

Dali

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