Comments on: How to find TechEd Australia 2007 in a search tool https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Rob Farley https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool/#comment-398 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:51:06 +0000 /blogs/robfarley/archive/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool.aspx#comment-398 I’ve just noticed that if you change the ‘mkt’ parameter to en-us, then sure enough, the proper site appears atop the list. I guess Americans might want to find it more urgently than Aussies?

]]> By: Martin https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool/#comment-397 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:48:26 +0000 /blogs/robfarley/archive/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool.aspx#comment-397 Hi Rob,

Sorry, actually there is a problem and we are both right! 😛

If you use the Live Search box (add in) in your browser, either IE7 or Firefox I do get the results you reported.

However, if I type in http://www.live.com into my browser address bar and then enter the words teched australia it does come up as the number 1 ranked site.

VERY WEIRD!

Cheers,
Martin

]]> By: Rob Farley https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool/#comment-396 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:35:44 +0000 /blogs/robfarley/archive/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool.aspx#comment-396 Martin,

Ok, here are the links that I get presented with:

Sponsored link:
rc12.overture.com (says something about clk.atdmt.com)

Other links:

survey.teched.com.au
http://www.teched.com.au/web_dev.php
http://www.infosalons.com.au/TechEd2007/start.asp
http://www.infosalons.com.au/teched07/start.asp
techtalkblogs.com/blog/archive/category/1014.aspx
http://www.stillhq.com/aus-dotnet/archives2/msg00692.html
exchangeis.com/photos/teched_2005_gold_coast_-_australia/ picture32.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/teched2006
stage.infosalons.com.au/Teched07/start.asp

I’m not meaning to put anyone down with this post, I just thought it was interesting that the Microsoft search engine doesn’t seem to weight the Microsoft sites above the others. I’m sure most search engines would favour their own sites.

Rob

]]> By: Martin https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool/#comment-395 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:24:36 +0000 /blogs/robfarley/archive/2007/07/03/how-to-find-teched-australia-2007-in-a-search-tool.aspx#comment-395 Hey dude,

I am not sure what you did on Live.com but teched australia comes up as number 1 for me so I suggest you get facts right before you put something or someone down in future.

If anyone doesn’t believe me go to http://www.live.com and type in the words teched australia and see for yourself.

Cheers,
Martin

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