Re: rankings?
The extension uses the MSN, and Yahoo API services. Unfortunately there is sometimes discrepancies between the API and regular results in the case of both engines.
Google data is extracted directly from regular SERPs and so the most accurate. Their API is frankly too slow and crippled for any practical use.
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Re: Re: rankings?
Still not sure I get how the rankings are generated. For instance, if I go to firefox.com and mouse over the Mozilla Foundation link, I see all the backlinks, and all the rankings are 1st. Don't you have to search the various search engines with a particular keyword or phrase to find out what that site's SERPs are? If I search using the phrase [Mozilla Foundation], of course it'll come up as 1st. Are the rankings determined by searching using the anchor text of the link itself?
Am I missing something here?
Thanks for your answers. I think I love this tool, but need a bit more convincing yet.
Re: Re: Re: rankings?
Yes, the search term is taken from the anchor text.
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Yep. As soon as I posted that reply, I started kicking myself. Of course that's where it comes from. %-6
Thanks for the answers anyway.
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