How does Google rank Ocuk threads so quickly?

Buchanan0204 · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:27

I'm not an expert on web design or SEO etc. However doesn't Google need to refresh it's databse when the spyder crawls for new pages etc.

As soon as a thread starts in Ocuk, Google pretty much has it indexed?

I'm sure someone here will understand and be able to make me look stupid?

Russinating · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:28

Google crawls websites that have a high update rate much quicker than more static sites. So for a forum like this, it's pretty much checking it constantly. It also ranks new content higher, so out of two identical threads on the same site, the newest will be far higher.

LiE · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:29

I'm guessing because OcUK ranks very high and that the content changes a lot the bots know to crawl often.

Buchanan0204 · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:29

Russinating said:
Google crawls websites that have a high update rate much quicker than more static sites. So for a forum like this, it's pretty much checking it constantly. It also ranks new content higher, so out of two identical threads on the same site, the newest will be far higher.

Ahh. So would it be safe to assume that if I updated my website on a regular basis it would be ranked higher?

Jakeee · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:32

Buchanan0204 said:
Ahh. So would it be safe to assume that if I updated my website on a regular basis it would be ranked higher?

Computer says no.

Abraham · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:43

Buchanan0204 said:
Ahh. So would it be safe to assume that if I updated my website on a regular basis it would be ranked higher?

It would contribute to your content being up to date on google, the ranking would have course be decided by all the usual factors that google take into account.

gord · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:18

Buchanan0204 said:
Ahh. So would it be safe to assume that if I updated my website on a regular basis it would be ranked higher?

The algorithm will know this is a discussion board site. It's probably more accurate to say older pages are reduced in ranking rather than newer pages have a higher ranking.

In a generalisation:
Forum 1 has a value/ranking of 8 - new pages rank 6-8, older pages rank 1-3
Forum 2 has a value/ranking of 4 - new pages ranking 3-4, older pages rank 1-2

This doesn't apply to your static site. Older pages on static sites may still be just as valuable as a newer one.

eatcustard · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:32

OC forums
Have a google page rank of 4

Jumblejug · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:47

Anyone else googled the thread title?

Strife212 · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:49

It's the first result

Abraham · 24 Mar 2011 at 16:59

more impressive is "how does google rank threads so quickly" coming above the google spoof article about how it ranks pages