Needed a Little Time - Oh the Stats

Searched on 10/25/11

So, I have waited for a little time.  Stats are starting to come in.  I must report, I see some improvements in my page ranks.  I have a boost in some of the more geographic oriented searches and Google is teaching me about some search terms I may not have thought about.  Of course, this image to the right displays that "Figure Skating Western Wisconsin" has 7RFSC.org listed higher than when I first took a look and documented.

Google Searches 10/26/11

One of the invaluable tools at Google is this search term and graph tool.  You can get surprised at what works when some one clicks onto your web site.  For 7RFSC.org, I never thought Private Dance Lessons would have earned a click from some one.

But this does give me an idea for something.  But more on that latter...

Something we, as web page creators and administrators must realize that Content is King.  The content can be a map, music, online forms, documentation, video, and pictures.  (I'm trying to keep this in mind.)  Call it the "Content Rule".  Google, Bing, Yahoo and others use this model in their searches.  But we can not just whip up 'fake content'.

Recently, Google.com has made some success in identifying 'fake' content. Or, content that was copied/pasted from some where else.  As a figure skating club goes, we may be tempted to grab something from a Parent/Child parenting site or other things just in the sake of helping our skating parents with hard decisions in this expensive sport.  But doing this would mean your site gets DEMOTED in the ranking system.

Now back to my idea:  When I saw "Private Dance Lessons" as a search term, it made me wonder about Figure Skating in more 'grand' terms.  It is a private sport, not (usually) part of a school's curriculum, done as an individual (mostly), expensive, requires dedication from the entire family, and it has all it's own unique challenges.  I wasn't sure how this could be expressed... But I think what we can do, as a club, is to interview children and parents.  Ask them questions regarding these challenges and see where they go.  Posting both, a transcript and a video would be desirable.

This is making me one busy guy... not sure when I'll get this done. :-P  Oh yeah... I married into the sport!