Ten Tribes Studies (22 February, 2013, ADAR 12, 5773)
Contents:
1. Google Gaggle different results explained again. One more complication
2. Alistair Williams: Google in Britain, Still Different Results.
3. Anti-Israelite Ancestry Claims are not serious.
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1. Google Gaggle different results explained again. One more complication
(a) Different Results
It seems that Google gives greatly differing results according to the wording of the search.
In the USA, as reported by Jamie, if you enter into Google the words "Lost Ten Tribes" then www.britam.org will probably appear on the first page, near the top.
If you enter into Google the words "Lost Ten Tribes" then www.britam.org will probably appear on the first page, near the top.
If however you enter into Google the words "Ten Lost Tribes" then www.britam.org will probably NOT appear on the first page.
Is it not wondrous what hundreds (or thousands?) of computer experts and a multi-billion dollar budget, such as that of Google, can come up with?
(b) ranking difference
Jamie wrote:
Can you please confirm if he typed in "lost ten tribes" or "ten lost tribes", there is a ranking difference.
For Lost Ten Tribes, I'm showing a rank of #2 for britam
For Ten Lost Tribes, I'm also not showing any ranking
If possible have him submit a screenshot and link of the search.
Thanks,
Jamie
(c) Google does differentiate.
Jamie wrote:
Google does differentiate. Its a small change [between "Lost Ten Tribes"Â and "Ten Lost Tribes"] but can have a big variance in results.
Often an article will have similar keywords transposed so both keywords will rank equally, but this is not always the case. Google does look at each keyword individually, starting with an "exact match", then a "phrase match", then a "broad match". This is the same algorythm used in their paid search platform as well.
Whats likely happening is your articles are more optimized for the "Lost Ten Tribes" keyword as an exact match, cause that is the keyword used the most in your writings. However it is not as optimized for "Ten Lost Tribes" because there is less "exact match" instances of this keyword in your content.
This can be over come by writing articles rich with the exact keyword "Ten Lost Tribes". With your domain history and good SEO standing on other keywords and related content, it should be fairly easy for you to rank fairly quickly on this keyword. You could follow this strategy for any other keyword you want to rank for as well.
Let me know if you get any new info to share.
Thanks, Jamie
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2. Alistair Williams: Google in Britain, Still Different Results.
Dear Yair.
After reading about your experiences with google I decided to search google using the keywords 'lost ten tribes of israel' Britam appeared on page eight. I live in the UK.
I would like to add however, I no longer use google as my default search engine, so whatever they are doing is of no concern to me.
Also, I wasn't looking for information about the lost tribes of Israel when I stumbled across your site.
Doing the same search using Yahoo, BritAm still doesn't appear on the first page, but your name appears on someone elses because they met you at Succot in 2007.
If the Almighty wants to teach us something and that something can be found through BritAm He will make sure you can be found.
May He bless and keep you.
Alistair
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Brit-Am Reply:
Thanks for the message.
Concerning Yahoo it sounds a bit strange. In all our tests here in Israel Yahoo always placed www.britam.org near the top whether we entered "Lost Ten Tribes" or "Ten Lost Tribes".
God bless you
Yair
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3. Anti-Israelite Ancestry Claims are not serious.
We looked around at a few sites criticizing our branch of identifying where the Ten Tribes are.
Most of the arguments concentrate on trying to show that the Ten tribes were never really exiled or if they were returned shortly afterwards.
These claims are not serious.
We have answered them several times over e.g.
The Completeness of the Exile. Answers to Deniers of Brit-Am Biblical Truth
However you interpret the Bible strongly indicates that at the least the Ten Tribes are to be found mainly in the west.Conventional History does not say that peoples in the west came from the east within historical times. We however show an alternative scenario compatible with the evidence.
DNA does not lend itself to our explanations but neither does it entirely necessarily negate them. Also DNA is suspect concerning the length of times it allocates for changes to take effect. What DNA has done however is to bring the experts to admit that ethnic movements of different peoples could and did take place outside of thew radar of conventional historiography.Â
In other words, accepting that the Lost Ten Tribes are among western peoples is the explanation MOST COMPATIBLE with Biblical Sources and according to other disciplines is at the least feasible.
Brit-Am/Hebrew nations should be assisted in its efforts to prove these points.