looks like its time to Destroy Nate Allen

Well here we are again and although I am still confused about how Google works out where you rank on search engine results, I am happy to say that tonight a search for nate allen on Google uk returned my homepage first in a search result. I am fairly convinced that a link from a friends PR4 page certainly hasn't hindered my cause.

I read tonight that page rank is no longer important and that it soon won't be taken into consideration (this from a guy that has PR4 homepage and a PR7 blog). My target now has to be to get a result from Google .com (I appear on page 2 today) all I can say is; if I can rank higher than Destroy Nate Allen (Nate Dogg next...) then I will be happy.

UK today, the world tomorrow....

More Google grumbles

Well I have finally arrived (apparently) it now seems that there is a way for Google to find me, finally. That didn't take long (only about 10 years) I did a search for 'nateallen' and for the first time in the history of my site I appeared in a search result - wahoo. I then found that a search for 'nate allen rambles' brings you directly to my blog (weird that what with this blog being hosted by Google) and this blog has links to my site. I dont know maybe another 10 years will see my ambition to get in the Google top 10 by searching for just 'nathan or nate allen'.

I wish I didn't have such a common name, and that bastard 'Destroy Nate Allen' doesn't help my cause much either, mind you I think Google has a mind of its own. Yahoo finds me easily but doesn't find 'nate allen rambles' for this blog at all.

Ah well it's all fun it'll soon be Christmas...

Moaning about gaining page rank

I really dont understand how Google operates, I have a web site its not really very good and my aim with it is no more than for me to be returned in a Google search. My site is registered with Google and most other search engines and is listed, but whenever I search for me - Nathan (or Nate) Allen Bristol England UK (whatever combination really) I dont seem to be returned by Google. I am easily found by Yahoo, Ask etc but Google, no hope.

I firmly believe this to be a page rank thing and to do with external links from other sites, desperation drives me to setup a blog in the vain hope that the links to Nate Allens silly jokes and rambles in this site will help in some way.

Here we go...