1 website: Top 6 Spots in Google, Plus Expanded Listing

kindsvater · 07-26-2009, 07:45 PM

Wow, now here's a power play in Google: The California State Bar.

The top 6 spots in Google all belong to the Bar's website.

california state bar - Google Search

This includes 1 Expanded listing with 8 additional links and 2 Double listings.

Even an old Bar domain that is being forwarded to the new domain is listed.

I'm impressed with the results, although I'm not too happy that Google would let anyone monopolize their 1st page like this.

(Not so impressed with the California Bar's website being down while the Bar gets reamed in the national media for refusing to let a quadriplegic take the Bar exam because the State paid her fee with a check instead of a credit card - but that's a different story.)

PowerWealth247 · 07-26-2009, 10:14 PM

To be fair...if your search term is "California state bar", you ought to expect the results to lean heavily toward the "California state bar". Y'know ?

kindsvater · 07-26-2009, 10:45 PM

Y'Know, ya kinda expect that Google thingy to return top 1, maybe 2 spots for the Bar. But, excuse me while I spit, I ain't never seen any search ever return 6 top spots that all link to one domain.

I'm must be kinda new at this Internet thingy - only done a cupple searches over the last 15 years, but yeah, I would expect all the search results to relate to the search query.

But golly Ms. Dolly, Google basically giving up its first page over to 1 domain sure flies in the face of a lot of 'Google rules' I've learned over the years - and a lot of posts by SEO experts on this forum.

Just thought I'd share this very interesting search result.

I'll go back to scratchin my behind, y'know, seeing if other searches have similar results.

Just did a search on 'jackass' and y'know what - all the search results leaned heavily toward websites about jackasses. Go figure.

Ya know what, though, all the websites were different. No one domain grabbed the top 6 spots.

linkbeasts · 07-26-2009, 10:50 PM

(Not so impressed with the California Bar's website being down while the Bar gets reamed in the national media for refusing to let a quadriplegic take the Bar exam because the State paid her fee with a check instead of a credit card - but that's a different story.)

That makes me mad. Disabled people already have it rough , why trample them down more.... this must have been such a let down for this person who probably had to work even harder then a non disabled person to achieve what they did to get to the point to take the bar exam ( what I mean by having it rough is over coming perceptions , attitudes and more ... outside stuff not that they cant do it )

07-26-2009, 07:45 PM	#1
kindsvater Senior Warrior Attorney War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jedi Temple Posts: 2,905 Blog Entries: 32 Thanks: 70 Thanked 2,179 Times in 641 Posts	1 website: Top 6 Spots in Google, Plus Expanded Listing Wow, now here's a power play in Google: The California State Bar. The top 6 spots in Google all belong to the Bar's website. california state bar - Google Search This includes 1 Expanded listing with 8 additional links and 2 Double listings. Even an old Bar domain that is being forwarded to the new domain is listed. I'm impressed with the results, although I'm not too happy that Google would let anyone monopolize their 1st page like this. (Not so impressed with the California Bar's website being down while the Bar gets reamed in the national media for refusing to let a quadriplegic take the Bar exam because the State paid her fee with a check instead of a credit card - but that's a different story.)
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PowerWealth247 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 211 Thanks: 225 Thanked 41 Times in 40 Posts	Re: 1 website: Top 6 Spots in Google, Plus Expanded Listing To be fair...if your search term is "California state bar", you ought to expect the results to lean heavily toward the "California state bar". Y'know ?
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kindsvater Senior Warrior Attorney War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Jedi Temple Posts: 2,905 Blog Entries: 32 Thanks: 70 Thanked 2,179 Times in 641 Posts	Re: 1 website: Top 6 Spots in Google, Plus Expanded Listing Y'Know, ya kinda expect that Google thingy to return top 1, maybe 2 spots for the Bar. But, excuse me while I spit, I ain't never seen any search ever return 6 top spots that all link to one domain. I'm must be kinda new at this Internet thingy - only done a cupple searches over the last 15 years, but yeah, I would expect all the search results to relate to the search query. But golly Ms. Dolly, Google basically giving up its first page over to 1 domain sure flies in the face of a lot of 'Google rules' I've learned over the years - and a lot of posts by SEO experts on this forum. Just thought I'd share this very interesting search result. I'll go back to scratchin my behind, y'know, seeing if other searches have similar results. Just did a search on 'jackass' and y'know what - all the search results leaned heavily toward websites about jackasses. Go figure. Ya know what, though, all the websites were different. No one domain grabbed the top 6 spots.
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07-26-2009, 10:50 PM	#4
linkbeasts HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 116 Thanks: 50 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts Contact Info	Re: 1 website: Top 6 Spots in Google, Plus Expanded Listing (Not so impressed with the California Bar's website being down while the Bar gets reamed in the national media for refusing to let a quadriplegic take the Bar exam because the State paid her fee with a check instead of a credit card - but that's a different story.) That makes me mad. Disabled people already have it rough , why trample them down more.... this must have been such a let down for this person who probably had to work even harder then a non disabled person to achieve what they did to get to the point to take the bar exam ( what I mean by having it rough is over coming perceptions , attitudes and more ... outside stuff not that they cant do it )