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Rodeado de jardines perennes y bosques naturales, pero sólo hasta la calle de "las langostas de la barca" y otros tesoros del puerto La combinación de estilo informal y el servicio con cómodas camas, ropa de cama de algodón y un ambiente agradable y relajado, todas las habitaciones ofrecen apartamentos recién reformados baño privado, TV por cable, reproductores de DVD y WiFi. Usted puede disfrutar de una comida por la noche, o en cualquier momento de tranquilidad en la cubierta fuera privado de su habitación. Algunas suites disponen de salas de estar independientes. Deje que las comodidades de la naturaleza te abrazan. Estamos convenientemente ubicados cerca de las playas, puertos y puertos marítimos de edad; El sabor de la vieja Maine te espera!
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4,8 en junio 30, 2014
The most relaxing bed and breakfast stay ever. The setting is serene amidst the hustle and bustle of southern coastal Maine, the house is full of private places and not too many rooms and Margie and Doug are congenial yet not intrusive. The gardens are a delight. The food was creative and delicious. This is not your typical Victorian B&B, full of chintz, lace and four poster beds. It is artistic and sophisticated, without losing any sense of a comfortable inn. Highly recommended.
4,8 en junio 12, 2013
My wife and I spent a relaxing and enjoyable week end here. The food was excellant and the hospitality was warm, freindly and comfortable. We look forward to returning. Bruce & Robin
5 en septiembre 15, 2012
Bonnie and Bill are 2 of the most amazing people we have ever met. They are very accomodating and caring. We've visited their bed and breakfast multiple times and have always had a fantastic stay. The grounds are well kept and maintained as is the entire house. The atmosphere is quiet and relaxing, a place where you deffinitely want to return to. The breakfasts are delicious and homemade and served in a professional manner. Visiting with them is like visiting with family. -Bill & Cathy D'A
5 en agosto 22, 2012
From the minute you step onto the meandering garden walkway leading to the entrance of Morning Glory Inn, you are transported in to a tranquil and beautiful space. Everything is first class - from the luxurious and comfortable accommodations - to the the beautifully presented and prepared breakfast. The owners, Bill and Bonnie are charming and delightful. The interiors are exquisite - a rare blend of under stated elegance balanced with pure functionality. No detail has been overlooked. This is an enchanting place which makes you believe in magical kingdoms! We did not want to leave...
5 en julio 24, 2012
I travel to York just once a year and love staying here. Bill and Bonnie provide everything for a perfect stay. Thanks so much!
5 en julio 01, 2012
We spent out honeymoon here and we both agreed that we have never felt so pampered in a B&B as we felt here. The food was excellent and imaginative. The hosts were always glad to meet any special food needs. One day we enjoyed a delicious omelet made with lactose-free cheese; fruit cups with fresh mint (yummy), and wonderful pastries each morning. Our bedroom was bright and so beautiful. Rooms were sparkling clean. The common rooms were fun to be in, especially the "upper room" with its library, DVDs and music. The house itself is charming in every detail with flowered gardens, reminding me of a european cottage. The hosts were friendly and helpful in any way we needed, and only to happy to chat. All in all, I can't wait for the day when we can return. York beach was no more than 10 minutes away, and there many beautiful places to walk within just a few minutes drive of the Inn. We could not have begun our marriage in a nicer setting.
5 en agosto 17, 2011
The Morning Glory Inn is an 11, and once you discover it, you will return. Often. Proprietors Bonnie and Bill have nurtured the inn and grounds into a gorgeous, picturesque, quaint, peaceful paradise amongst the flowers and trees just inland from the Maine coastline and tidal marshes. The location allows it to be calm and cool yet is within bicycle distance of the historic harbor town. The inn is spacious with plenty of common areas for relaxation - the original living room is great for lounging by the fire on chilly or rainy days; the main gathering room is another super comfy lounging area with a bar and wood stove; the library in the loft provides a hideaway; and there are several tables on the front patio amid the garden. Each room is unique, but all are so well appointed I believe that Bonnie and Bill must live in each during off season to ensure that each room has all the little touches that make it totally livable! I know because I have stayed in every room at least once - which tells you that I am among their many loyal repeat visitors. Coffee and teas are yours for the pouring all morning, and a tasty feast of fresh local produce and baked goods accompany the hot breakfast. But for as wonderful as the Inn is, Bonnie and Bill are the real treats. They are consummate professionals, yet are friendly and helpful without being intrusive. Staying at the Morning Glory Inn is like staying with favorite family that ensure your visit is comfortable while allowing you to go off on your own adventures during the day!
5 en junio 28, 2011
A stroke of serendipity! On the spur of the moment we decided to find a B&B in the York, ME area and to our joy we discovered this Inn. We had just one night to stay and luckily they had just one room available, the Sandpiper. A beautiful Inn, with lovely gardens, situated on a quiet street. The accommodations were delightful, breakfast was delicious, and we will definitely be back for a longer stay.
4,6 en agosto 03, 2010
A wonderful, wooded setting close to beach; rooms have private deck off them to enjoy; multiple sitting areas in a beautifully beamed home that is very tastefully decorated; Innkeepers are so kind and helpful; we loved the beaches of York and got a chance to kayak on the ocean. Breakfast was very good, and enjoyed brick patio setting next to flowers. Spent two days here and would definately come back.
4,8 en junio 11, 2010
Morning Glory has everything we look for in a B & B. Innkeepers Bill & Bonnie were great and went out of their way to make us feel at home. The grounds are beautiful and I enjoyed being able to sit outside and enjoy my morning coffee on the porch. Breakfast was tasty, ample parking, quiet surroundings and you felt very much at home. Thanks for a great vacation experience! Nancy & Bob
Gracious, spacious and romantic, the Heron room features a king bed, large private patio, jacuzzi & double shower.
$185 - $265
Three walls of windows surround the bedroom of this charming suite, with a lovely garden patio overlooking the front yard.
$165 - $245
Cozy and delicate, like the namesake bird, it's easy to be here. A queen bed, en-suite bath and outdoor patio.
$155 - $215
Zona rural, Vistas al mar, Pueblo
Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.) 40 miles
Desde el Sur:. Interestatal 95 norte hacia la "Todos los puntos en Maine" Ir por el puente Piscataqua en NH y tome la salida 7, "Los Yorks" en Maine (última salida antes del peaje de la autopista de Maine) Desde el Norte:.. Tome Interstate 95 South Después de pasar por el último peaje en The Maine Turnpike (justo al sur de Wells y Ogunquit) tome la primera salida, "Los Yorks" desde ambas direcciones (Norte y Sur):.. Siga el camino ramal de salida 7 "Los Yorks "a la Ruta 1. (Cámara de Comercio e Stonewall Kitchen será directamente frente a usted). Ve a la derecha hacia la Ruta 1 Sur. En el semáforo primero ir a la izquierda en la ruta 1A (York Street). Tome su segunda a la derecha en York St. Iglesia Bautista en Organaug carretera. Ir 1,5 millas (pasado Middle School York, a través de York Golf and Tennis Club, sobre el puente de Sewall y de la colina) Organaug RD. convierte Seabury carretera. La entrada a Morning Glory Inn se encuentra a la izquierda y claramente marcado con un signo y dos pilares de piedra.
Compra de Antigüedades, Galerías de Arte , Playa, Sala de conciertos, Cenas Elegantes/Gourmet, De Interés Histórico, Música en vivo, Cine, Museo, Parques Nacionales, Área natural, Vida nocturna, Océano, Tiendas Outlet, Teatro, Área de picnic, Servicios Religiosos, Río, Lugar de deportes, Excursiones, Zoo
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Alquiler de bicicletas, Pistas para bicicletas, Observación de aves, Pasear en barca, Pasear en canoa, Pistas para esquí de fondo, Pescar, Jugar al golf, Pistas para senderismo, Pasear en kayak, Pistas para Mountain Bike, Senderos, Navegar, Comprar, Visitar lugares de interés, Nadar, Deportes acuáticos
Dietético , Alimentación particular
, Vegetariano , Let us know what you can or can't eat, and we'll most likely be able to accommodate you.


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The MLS All-Star Game, which was first held in 1996, also established the tradition of awarding a most valuable player for the game. The following are the most memorable MVPs in the history of the All-Star Game.
Photo: Especial Terra http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/intro-all-star-mvp-terra.jpgCarlos Valderrama (Colombian midfielder): El Pibe was not only the MVP of the All-Star Game, he is also the only player to have won the award on multiple occasions, in his case in 1996 and 1997. Both times he represented the Eastern Conference. He also scored the first goal for his team in 1997.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/valderramagetty.jpgLandon Donovan (Midfielder-USA): The player with the most All-Star appearances (12, including this year), debuted in the game in 2001. He was responsible for 4 of the 6 goals his team scored in that game.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/donovangetty.jpgCuauhtémoc Blanco (Forward-Mexico): The only Mexican player to win the MVP award of the MLS All-Star Game, Blanco won in 2008, after scoring goal and giving an assist in 46 minutes played.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/blancogetty.jpgMarco Etcheverry (Midfielder-Bolivia): El Diablo was the MVP in the 2002 game; where he scored a goal for the MLS stars. He is the only Bolivian to receive the award.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/etcheverrygetty.jpgJuan Pablo Ángel (Forward-Colombia): This veteran was an All-Star on two occasions, 2007 and 2010, winning the MVP award in his first game after scoring the first goal for his team.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/angelgetty.jpgCarlos Ruiz (Forward-Guatemala): Pescadito, as he was known, is the ninth leading scorer in the leagues history and won the MVP in the 2003 All-Star Game, where he scored the second goal for this squad.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/ruizgetty.jpgTim Howard (Goalie-USA): The only goalkeeper on this list, Howard won the MVP in the 2009 game while playing for Everton. He saved three shots in the penalty shootout giving his squad a victory.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/howardgetty.jpgDwayne De Rosario (Midfielder-Canada): The only Canadian to have won the MVP of the All-Star game won the award in 2006, scoring a goal on the winning team.
Photo: AP http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/derosarioap.jpgPreki (Forward-USA): One of the best players in the history of the league, Predrag Radosavljevi, of Serbian origins, was MVP of the All-Star game in 1999, where he scored a goal for the Western Conference.
Photo: Getty Images http://images.terra.com/2012/07/17/prekigetty.jpgAmado Guevara (Midfielder-Honduras): The award recipient in 2004, Guevara deserved the award after scoring two of three goals for the Western Conference team. He also won the season MVP award that year.
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It is the summer before kindergarten. There is a vacation playground program at the neighborhood school. My mother lets me go with my older brothers after lunch. They take too long to eat but if I tell them to hurry they eat slower, so I wait outside to jump and twirl instead of stare and sigh. As soon as they come outside I run to get there before someone else takes my doll.
She was in a crib with other dolls. They are all naked and hard rubber with curls carved in their heads. They are identical except for color. Three are white and one is deep dark brown and she is mine. Her name is Nancy.
My dolls at home are clean with clothes handmade by my grandmother. Each outfit comes with a matching sweater and cap she crochets. One has brown hair like mine and I comb it every night before we go to bed. Her eyes have real lashes and shut when we lie down. But I stare at shadows on the ceiling and think of Nancy... she lays watching moon shadows wondering where I am.
A new girl comes to the play house and wants my doll. I point to the crib. "There's more dolls in there."
"I want that one."
"I'm telling."
"Go ahead."
She stomps off to talk to the woman with glasses and hair like my mother's.
"Sharon, this is Roxinne. Be nice and let her play with the doll."
I hug Nancy against my chest.
"It's not fair. I had her first." The woman stands over me, hands on hips and frowns. I hold Nancy behind my back and go to the crib. "She can have this one." I offer the best of the other three.
The woman leans close to my face. She smells like my grandmother but doesn't smile. "Why don't you play with this one and give this little girl that other one?"
The sick feeling comes over me like when my mother is mad at me for something, but I don't know why.
My neighbor, Linda, comes over. She is a year older and I never argue with her because I want her to like me. She protects me in the neighborhood from the older boys and we pretend to be sisters.
"Give her the doll."
Tears start. What is wrong with everyone? I hold Nancy tighter knowing something bad is about to happen.
Linda says in a loud whisper, "That girl is colored, and that doll is colored, so she should get it." She gives me a hard look. "Why do you want it anyway?"
I loosen my grip and the woman takes Nancy and gives her to Roxinne.
Roxinne doesn't talk, hold or feed her. She lays her on the floor as she plays and watches me watch her. An older boy with matching brown skin comes to the door. "Roxie! Time to go!" She buries Nancy beneath the white dolls and runs after him.
I dig her out and whisper. "I'm sorry."
I still run to the play house every day. But if Roxinne shows up, I let Nancy go, with promises to make it up to her later.
For Christmas I get a rubber baby doll with carved curls on her head. I call her Nancy, and pretend she is brown.
Roxinne and I are both in kindergarten but she goes in the morning and I go in the afternoon. Our classes do not see each other until the end of the year picnic. There are games, hot dogs and the class races. The crowd forms on either side of a large grassy area. Earlier I saw the principal and some fathers checking it over. They were looking for dog poop and rabbit holes. My brothers told me a kindgartener broke his leg last year and it had to be chopped off. They said the one-legged boy was at the picnic, but I never found him.
The kindergarten girls race first. I look over the line and put myself in the middle. Roxinne and another girl are the only ones with brown skin. Roxinne was in the morning class so I don't know how fast she is. I am the fastest runner in the afternoon because my father was a track star. We have our own Olympics at home and I race my brothers. They win, but once I came close. Today I just want to beat Roxinne.
The principal yells "ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO" and I am gone before he said."GO", so we all come back. Roxinne is close enough I hear her call me stupid. Then another girl does it and the crowd laughs as we line up again. This time we obey the signal and I run hard, eyes fixed on the finish line, and hit the rope. "TIE" The principal holds up my white arm and a brown one. "The Winners". Her name is Vickie and she becomes my best friend.
She doesn't like Roxinne either.
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Pak Tea House » Education » The Ripple Effect of Rote-Learning
The Ripple Effect of Rote-Learning
by Muhammad Taseer Hussain
While I was doing some research work in a library the other day, I saw a young lady sitting besides my table, scribbling on her notebook. Out of curiosity, I asked if she, too, were collecting data for research? "I'm memorizing a topic for my examination", she said. Knowing that her examinations were not due for another few months, I admired her dedication to studies and probed, "you got plenty of months to prepare for your exams, right?" She blatantly replied, "ratta laga rahi houn" (I'm memorizing it).
I was forced to ponder as to why she had found herself in this situation. And after a brief conversation with her, I got to know she was a student of MSc. Statistics and was memorizing a formula because her teacher had suggested it was too difficult to understand it through logic. I further asked if she knew practical implications of that formula. "No", she responded, wearing a question mark on her face. "Then what's the purpose of learning it?", I questioned. "Not even my teacher knows it's application", she said with defeated looks.
I am a university teacher as well as a researcher. Indeed, it is not the first time I happened to come across such a student. I am gravely concerned for such students and the system that forces them for rote-learning. However, the aforementioned conversation had finally prompted me to share my views.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "Rote (Ratta)" is defined as "Mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned". It means rote-learning is more like a mechanical task and does not require much of reasoning or inference. It raises a question, is our youth really learning? Are we producing graduates who can get along with international professional standards? Indeed, we're producing a generation of incompetent professionals, who pass on half-baked knowledge and values to others in the line.
What is the purpose of the education that has no implication on our professional life? Are we educating our youth or burdening their shoulders with piles of books? We know what happens to the students who pass out of universities in pursuit of respectable profession. Can this rote-learning culture guarantee students' success in practical life? Or even the students who join education sector could manage to bring a change to this nuisance of propagating incompetent professionals? I can go on and on about the disastrous consequences our nation is facing thanks to this appalling trend.
We need to have qualified teacher who could pass on true knowledge. There is a dire need to make our curriculum more concentrated toward professional demands. Our students should be groomed in such a way that they could think out of the box. Those who step into professional life should be able to utilize maximum of their competencies. If we achieve these goals, I believe, we will change the destiny of this country.
The entire ripple effect of rote-learning eventually reaps immeasurable catastrophic results in all the major and minor industries in Pakistan. It can be avoided with one simple change – a better education system in Pakistan, one that requires students' cognitive involvement instead of parrot-like learning. Speaking in a broader sense, Pakistan lags behind the developed countries of the world for one fundamental reason, quality education. West spares major chunks of its economy on education and research since they know it's importance. And how West developed is not a secret. We live in the global village where competition matters. Thus, we need to follow the steps of those who excel in this fast-going world. We need to chose the right direction for ourselves. Though, in Pakistan, higher education is pretty expensive; nothing can stop us if we really want to change ourselves as well as the destiny of this nation. Pink Floyd rightly said, "do we really want to become 'another brick in the wall?"
Filed under: Education · Tags: change, Education, education in Pakistan, learning, memorizing, Muhammad Taseer Hussain, Pakistan, Pakistani youth, problems of education, ratta, rote-learning, students, university students
112 Responses to "The Ripple Effect of Rote-Learning"
Yes, Romain, thanks. Good to hear from you.
HP Mian,
Me thinks that was just a oversight, no?
Yes, Romain, that was just an oversight.
HP wrote about Chutu mian, "Chottu, how you succeed in degenerating every thread into the commentator's person age etc, not focusing on the gist of the arguments, reflects clearly on your authentic Bihariness.."
Exactly, the moron when caught with his pants down, cannot respond to a single argument so he turns it into a personal insult fest. Thugs like him and RHR are like the nali ka keeras, they feed on crap and that is all they know.
MTH wrote, "I am a university teacher as well as a researcher. Indeed, it is not the first time I happened to come across such a student. I am gravely concerned for such students and the system that forces them for rote-learning.."
First universities do not have teachers, they have professors, second, this rote learning for the natives was a colonial invention, where tabeydari na key critical thinking sikai jati hei- that is the basis for it, the same is true in how people are socialized, those with life experiences that signify positions where you are supposed to obey orders, teach their kids the benefits of obedience, those where you are in positions where you have to think to succeed, are taught those type of skills, there is a class divide in this and the source is whether class or race in terms of colonial/euro, the same, fitting people into the use of capitalism.
aab jo mein ney upar likha hei, us ko totally ignore kar key, RHR and other swines will start talking about my person- wait and see…kyunkey yeh morons pee-ons of the West bohat zalil kisam key log hein
In a developing country like ours (India as well_) students prefer to learn by rote to acquire degrees so that they can find a job. They do not learn in the real sense of the word, they just get 'education by rote' and William James was not wrong when he called such people as " functionally illiterate"……
Mugging is an easy way to pass exams as they are set in our part of the world. Kids too seem to have inclination toward mugging and consequently develop good memory for that purpose. This is called 'adaptation' in Darwins terms. Professors too are NOT learned eventhough they have higher degrees …..if they work at a university or college or school they acquire data bank in the brains and appear to know their subject ///that's not so because it is repetition of the same topics over and over again which ostensibly makes them seem 'educated'…..
Learning by rote is a scourge on our young generation and even professors are not exempt from it. this is the reason articles written them by are simply theoretical and unappreciated by readers. On the other hand Letters to the Editor portray true picture of writer's learning…based on practical observation and experience. Students who learn by rote never buy a book in their lives…same with prof who use libraries for plagiarism. Both students and prof are to be blamed to the decay of learning. If prof took pains and taught properly their would be an end to rote,
In France poetry was taught to students and asked to memorize, then read in class. Questions were then put to them by teachers and the class….paraphrasing was asked,,reference to context was desired. That was real learning and if our teachers followed this systme alone they can greatly improve the learning conditions here in our part of the world\
When it comes to science most of our engineers fail to apply their 'knnowledge' in practical life/ because they had learnt through rote …they know theory of two stroke and four stroke engine but have never seen such engines nor can comprehend machine element..
If you find any so called successful student or teacher believe me you will find him on the job because he had learnt by watching others do things and not by the rote he had parroted/In India myraids of books on all subjects are published in bulk and written by professors and if you checked them you will find all of them products of plagiarism. There are however exceptions but what i have stated is general condition prevalent in our societies.
@ masadi
stop talking like an idiot…..colonial period is long over and what we now need is employment and employment is mainly granted to people with degrees…..and easiest way to get degrees is by rote.
People in our part of the world need jobs,,,something to do to earn their livelihood while staying white collar…rote helps them in gaining their object.
.Beta rote hee se degree le lay warna bara ho kar tu bhi Quli banay ga!!,
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Orange Business Services modernizes Etex's network infrastructure
Brussels and Paris, Oct. 15, 2008
Orange Business Services modernizes Etex's network infrastructure
convergent MPLS network with Business Talk Global, Network Boost and Business Everywhere provides flexibility and efficient cost management
Orange Business Services has signed a 3-year contract with Etex, an industrial holding company specializing in building materials, to implement a fully managed convergent network in combination with telephony, network management and business application management. The solution will be used at all sites of the Etex European Business Material Division.
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Over Optimization Penalty? Wrong Page Ranking For Keyword
Msg#: 4291495 posted
4:04 pm on Apr 3, 2011
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Hi there, Everyone:
I wonder if one of my pages might be have an over optimization penalty, and hope you might have ideas on how to determine if I do, and what the best method of correcting it might be.
The Situation:
An Example: I am trying to rank for the keywords "widget photos"
my domain name is: thewidgetpanorama . com/ and it is about 16 months old.
I want my page /widget-photos.html to rank for the "widget photos" keywords. However, it does NOT appear in the first 300 search results in google
my page /widget-images.html currently ranks around 59th in the serps
My widget-photos.html page is linked to directly from the home page. The widget-images.html page is NOT. In fact, it is only linked to from the widget-photos.html page.
The title text of my widget-photos.html page is: Widget Photos and Images: Reproductions of Widget Pictures
The title text of my widget-images.html page is: Widget Images
my widget-photos.html contains not only about a dozen products, but a pretty extensive unique history of widget photography
The Plot Thickens...
While this site is 16 months old, it was "in competition" with another site of mine, which had similar material (but different enough to hopefully not get a duplicate content penalty).
On February 18th, I took all the widget images material off the old site and 301 redirected it to the most relevant pages on the new site.
The home page of the OLD site (which DID have the words widget photos in the title) ranks 48th for the keyword widget photos (it was ranking around 16th with an indented listing to its widget-photos.html page back in mid February when I moved the content to the new site, and back in the day, it ranked in the top 5 many years ago).
The old site has a link on the home page in the first paragraph of text to the widget-photos.html page of the new site. The anchor text is widget photos
the widget-photos.html page of the old site has been 301 redirected to the widget-photos.html page of the new site.
And Google Says...
Google analytics tells me that the widget-photos.html page of the new site is the most popular page on my site, but the keywords people are using to find it are things like "widget photos history" or "widget photos techniques" " or "meaning of widget photos" - basically, NOT money making keywords.
Immediately after 301 redirecting the old widget-photos.html page to the new site's widget-photos.html page, the new site's widget-photos.html page's traffic quadrupled.
Within three days though, it was down to only being double the traffic it had previously got. (I guess that it took google about three days to "index" the 301 redirect, which is when the traffic dropped from about quadruple to just double.)
Link Profile:
I don't have many links. Like maybe 20 (mostly reciprocals) to the home page - none to the widget-photos.html page, and none to the widget-images.html page. I do have about 25 to a different section of my site that is unrelated to widget photography (so different, in fact, that I will probably be breaking it off to another site in the next 6 months or so).
Any suggestions on how to analyze this or what direction to move forward would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
6:21 pm on Apr 3, 2011
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Ok, this was a long post already, but just to add to it...
the page widget-photos.html seems to be dropping in the SERPs for a few other phrases over the last two weeks as well. Although one drop was only down 5 spaces, so it doesn't look like a penalty.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
1:16 am on Apr 4, 2011
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Immediately after 301 redirecting the old widget-photos.html page to the new site's widget-photos.html page, the new site's widget-photos.html page's traffic quadrupled.
Within three days though, it was down to only being double the traffic it had previously got. (I guess that it took google about three days to "index" the 301 redirect, which is when the traffic dropped from about quadruple to just double.)
I'm having trouble interpreting this part. Do you have any data about the traffic from different sources during this period?
Msg#: 4291495 posted
2:55 am on Apr 4, 2011
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Hi there, Aristotle:
First, let me give you some general traffic data
Immediately after the redirect, From Feb 19, 2011 - Feb 20, 2011, traffic was up 291.43% to the widget-photos.html page (I guess that is only triple, not quadruple), and the percentage of site traffic was 7.87% (before that, the percentage of traffic for that page was only 3.52%)
When i look at that page for entrance sources for the first two days after the redirect, compared to the two days prior to the redirect, it looks really weird. It says that google traffic was up 3,883.33% - but for the period prior, it shows several sources (yahoo, (direct), ask, and google.com (which I guess is different from regular google) as having 0 traffic before the 301 redirect (and then a handful of entrances after the 301 redirect).
But when i look at Feb 21 to 22nd (compared to Feb 19 to 20th, immediately after the redirct), it is kind of the opposite:
google -79.92%
yahoo +100%
my-original-site.com/ +100%
ask +25%
bing +80%
search -33%
google.com -83%
Oddly enough, it says that the number of entrances to widget-photos.html using the keyword widget photos doubled during that time.
Anyway, it is weird because I seem to get pretty good traffic for three-word keywords that include widget photos in the keyword phrase, but I don't seem to rank well for just widget photos (I haven't checked my rankings for those three-word keywords, but I do get traffic from them).
I'm kind of at a loss...
Msg#: 4291495 posted
3:13 am on Apr 4, 2011
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I have fought similar battles over past years where Google just didn't "want to" rank what I considered the best page for the query. In almost every case, things only stabilized when other sites began to reinforce the "best page" with their natural backlinks.
For some 2-word queries, this was an area where I never found a way to direct Google to the best page using on-site methods. And having the phrase in the file path never seemed to do the trick either.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
5:51 am on Apr 4, 2011
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Thanks for the input. I looked at some of your previous advice to others about some ranking problems and just decided to pull some of the 301 redirects from the older site to the new widget-photos.html page.
I realized that I had several products that were discontinued and, because they basically were in the widget photos CATEGORY, I had decided to 301 those individual products to the widget-photos.html page.
I figured I had already given enough signals to google what the widget-photos.html page is about by using keywords in the title, h1 tags, the one-to-one redirect from the old site, and internal anchor text to the page, that I DON'T need to have a bunch of 301 redirects from "similar but not exactly the same" pages. That might just confuse google.
Also tedster, if memory serves, I remember you had mentioned that you had one instance where you had changed the anchor text on a link that was on the page that you wanted to rank that was pointing to another change on your site, and that had helped to push it over the hill. Does that sound familiar? And am I thinking of the right context?
Msg#: 4291495 posted
6:18 am on Apr 4, 2011
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Good memory - I wasn't thinking of that case. Yes, I actually created new anchor text as an ON PAGE element, but I did not use the target query terms. Instead I used a "co-occurring" phrase. Think about a page that I want to rank for "cider press" and I added the anchor text "apple orchard" in a new link on that very page.
I remember now what a last ditch effort that was - and how astounded I felt when the page jumped from #28 to #4 within days of that change. I still can't say for certain that the new link made all the difference, because we were also reaching out very intesively for backlinks at the time. But the timing sure seemed to say "Aha, now we know what you're page is about."
Msg#: 4291495 posted
6:21 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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Instead I used a "co-occurring" phrase. Think about a page that I want to rank for "cider press" and I added the anchor text "apple orchard" in a new link on that very page.
Do you remember how you decided on the particular phrase? Was it something you spend some time analyzing? Or was it more of a gut feeling that led you to "apple orchard"?
And did the page you lined to already exist? Or was it created especially for this?
...because we were also reaching out very intesively for backlinks at the time.
Do you remember if they were targeted to that page, or the home page of the site? And were you targeting specific keywords in the anchor text? Or not so much...
thanks in advance.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
7:13 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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I wonder if one of my pages might be have an over optimization penalty
From what you've described, it very well could be an over-optization penalty, although there's no way to know for sure. I suggest that you GRADUALLY try to "de-optimize" it -- One step would be to Replace keywords with synonyms in both content and anchor text. Removing some of the redirects was probably also a good step. Also, in addition to de-optimizing, you could also try to get some backlinks directly to the page.
I think Tedster was talking about de-optimizing an outlink. The same principal would apply - use synonyms and substitutes instead of keywords in the anchor.
In SUM -- Add variety but do it gradually.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
7:36 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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I think Tedster was talking about de-optimizing an outlink.
Not exactly - this was a newly added outlink but it pointed to an already existing page. I was intentionally working to enhance the semantic content of the page by using co-occurring phrases. The original content had been written with too much of a single keyword focus - very old school SEO.
First I did a text analysis of the top 20 ranking pages to find common co-occurring phrases. I chose just a few that were a good fit to the page whose content I was working with. I added 2 phrases as pure content and two others as anchor text. The pages they both pointed to already existed on the site but they had not been linked to from this particular page.
This content change also enhanced the landing page for the visitor (by a lot). Onc I did the analysis, I was almost embarrassed by the "puerly SEO" nature of the previous content. But the desired ranking result also happened within 48 hours of the change - this landing page jumped from page 3 to #4 for its intended query phrase.
The landing page itself was getting new backlinks at the time, so it's not a very controlled test. But the jump in ranking came when I added the new phrases, after months of struggle with other attempts. The page had already been collecting new backlinks and the needle was still stuck - then it jumped within 48 hours of adding those phrases.
This is a very touchy technique. I know of people who have completely tanked their rankings by adding a lot of co-occurring phrases at once. The
phrase-based indexing patents
] include some heavy duty spam prevention components.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
7:50 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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I just want to add that these new words were NOT synonyms, they were
co-occurring phrases
]. That is a significant difference.
Going over the threshold for co-occurring phrases can get you smacked even worse than garden variety keyword stuffing.
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7:59 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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Thanks for the input, guys.
First I did a text analysis of the top 20 ranking pages to find common co-occurring phrases.
Is there a tool available that might help one accomplish this?
The page I am trying to rank ( widget-photos.html ) might have TOO much content in it, since not only to I link to the main products on this page, but I have links to the subcategories (like Black and White Widget Photos) and I have a few paragraphs of text about the history, a few paragraphs about the materials used, and a few paragraphs about the techniques used in making widget photos.
Maybe it would be good to move some of that content to new pages and link to it ONLY from the widget-photos.html landing page? They might end up being a bit thin (although i have certainly seen thinner pages out there).
Otherwise, I don't know how to make the widget-photos.html page seem less keyword stuffed. I have tried to use synonyms, but there is about 800 words of text on the page, so the phrase "widget photos" shows up a lot - especially since it appears in the links to ALL of the 11 products on that page and ALL of the five subcategories on that page.
One other strange thing: The home page of the site doesn't rank for the widget photos keyword, despite having that keyword as the first phrase in the title of the home page. I wonder if that has something to do with it? (On my old site, the home page DID rank for that phrase with an indented result).
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If you write a thorough article, most of the normal co-occurring phrases for the subject will appear in it naturally anyway. I think the Google algorithm mainly uses them to evaluate credibility. But to really stand out from the crowd, an article needs to have some additional unique content in addition to the normal co-occurring phrases.
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9:09 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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Planet13 - Google Search has a tool called "Wonder Wheel" that you can use to find co-occurring phrases.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
9:18 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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Thank You, Aristotle!
I remember hearing about that in a video. I will look into it.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
9:25 pm on Apr 4, 2011
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Well, I just took a look at the Wonder Wheel myself, and it doesn't seem to work as well as I remembered. It's been at least a year since I looked at it. So it's probably not as useful as I thought.
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Yes the patent that Tedster had linked to in another thread seem to have been designed to counter this and one should be very careful with this.I guess it is best to have them included naturally by writing a thought article as Aristotle suggests rather than using tools to discover them and include them.
Tedster, does the page that you linked to had that keyword in title or content body or anywhere else("apple orchard" in your example)?
I guess that it is also important that this page on "apple orchard" is an existing one and google knows about its existence in its index.Is that true?
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3:15 am on Apr 5, 2011
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The page I linked to used the co-occurring phrase prominently in the content area, but not in the title element.
Back in 2004-2007 I did a lot of testing for how to use co-occurring phrases. One time, we tried adding every Related Search phrase that Google returned for our target query phrase. The result was a six month minus 950 penalty. Several other dramatic experiences taught me that probing in the area of phrase-based indexing is like working with unstable nitroglycerin.
From that point on I've added co-occurring terms to indexed content very gradually when I do it at all. Today I mostly add co-occurring vocabulary before publication, usually when proposed content reads too much like it was written by an SEO. It's very rare that I play around with already indexed content.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
3:53 am on Apr 5, 2011
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I guess that it is also important that this page on "apple orchard" is an existing one and google knows about its existence in its index.Is that true?
Tedster, I meant the page that is "linked to" with the co-occurring phrase when I asked the above question and not the page that we work on. sorry if that wasn't clear.
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It was clear to me - and yes, the page I linked to already existed. I'm not sure if that was a critical factor or not. My guess would be that it isn't important, but it helps.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
6:57 pm on Apr 5, 2011
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First I did a text analysis of the top 20 ranking pages to find common co-occurring phrases.
Did you do the analysis manually or use some tools?
I have another question:
did you find this method working at other pages/sites than you showed us as the example?
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7:35 pm on Apr 5, 2011
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I used to use a tool - one that is no longer available because too many websites were not understanding it and they were killing their rankings. Now I just collect the text and then eyeball it. The tool used to spit out some unusable ideas anyway, and human judgment is essential.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
7:56 pm on Apr 5, 2011
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To find co-occurring terms, read some good articles about the subject. The terms will naturally appear in the content of the articles.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
10:33 pm on Apr 5, 2011
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I am tempted to look for a tool, too. But after reading wheel's most recent thread, maybe I will just link to pages that would be of most value to the reader.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
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I'm puzzled about why anyone is looking for co-occurring phrases. If you're writing an article, you should already know what they are. If you're not writing an article, then what do you intend to do with them?
Msg#: 4291495 posted
2:21 am on Apr 6, 2011
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I used to make half my income writing. Sometimes you write and write - and have blinders on. This is especially true for web writing from the old days, when you needed to shout at search engines to get your relevance across to their first generation, nearly brain dead text-match algorithms.
I've found that a co-occurring terms check can often breathe fresh life into dead copy, and also awaken the writer to aspects of the topic that the audience is interested in but that somehow slipped past. There are also times where it helps your copy to take what is implicitly understood and state it explicitly.
Using naturally extended vocabulary is another way to avoid the so-called "Over Optimization Penalty" while it also wakes up the page.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
4:46 am on Apr 6, 2011
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Using naturally extended vocabulary is another way to avoid the so-called "Over Optimization Penalty" while it also wakes up the page.
I hate to admit that I don't know what "naturally extended vocabulary" means exactly. My first thought is that it means synonyms. Am I headed in the right direction?
Msg#: 4291495 posted
4:54 am on Apr 6, 2011
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I'm puzzled about why anyone is looking for co-occurring phrases. If you're writing an article, you should already know what they are. If you're not writing an article, then what do you intend to do with them?
Well, that is a good question...
My writing instinct is to not look at them as co-occurring phrases, but to think of them as just related topics.
However, I have been writing for the search engines more and more, and this one page that is not ranking at all for the keywords is really bugging me.
So I am just looking for the one phrase or two that will bring things up - much the way that tedster had mentioned he had done that before.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
5:52 am on Apr 6, 2011
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I don't exactly mean synonyms. I mean instead of writing content with nearly a lockstep on the target keywords and their stemmed variations, use a wider vocabulary that fit naturally with the topic. You want the page to rank for "doctor's office visit" and you write about all kinds of things related to that event - "prescription pads", "blood pressure tests", "pharmaceutical samples", nurse assistant" and so on.
Take the tight reins off the copy and use more words that naturally co-occur with the main topic. Maybe your content already does this - but clearly there is a lot of web content today that does not.
Msg#: 4291495 posted
5:59 am on Apr 6, 2011
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Getting back to the original subject of Over Optimization penalty for a moment:
While the page is not ranking for the two-word keyword phrase that I am after (namely, widget photos), it does rank number one for unique phrases that are four or more words in length.
for example: while it doesn't rank AT ALL for "widget photos" it does rank #1 for "Each widget photos does" . It also ranks number three or four for other three-word keywords that contain widget photos in it (I am out ranked by ehow at #1 and two listings by amazon; a product listing and an askville page from amazon).
So if there is a penalty, it has to be specifically for the two word phrase "widget photos" only, but not for any phrase with other words prepended or appended.
Hmmm... it seems a few sites are using a couple of paragraphs of text from this page - one of them being an amazon listmania site. How much text is fair use?
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Even before they agreed to sign on to the current tour, Janovitz, Colbourne, and Maginnis talked at length about the perception their participation might give. "As a band, especially after you get into a few records, you start to realize there's a lot of money out there to be taken in this indie-rock-meets-the-Gap world," he says. "And so we do discuss a lot of this, and it's a combination for us A it's not always just one way or another. And we've learned, too, that we've got songs to sing for all kinds of different people. We've never been a real punk-rock band, in almost any sense of the term. We're huge fans of the Kinks and Rolling Stones, and it's reflected in our music."
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In fact the whole album brims with a palpable immediacy, and Colbourne concedes that Buffalo Tom wanted a less produced sound than they sought on its predecessor, [big red letter day]. "We tried to record this record very live," he allows, eliminating, as he puts it, "the studio-guy element, getting the ringer to come in." Accordingly, Janovitz added some organ, piano, and harmonica, and Colbourne some cello and harmonica, but with the exception of the harmonica (Dylan again!), those instruments hover discreetly in the background, with the band functioning as a tightly wound power trio.
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I think I'm a member of the 50% of Americans who, according to your election night philosophy-on-the fly rant, "…want stuff."
Here's a history lesson for you. Let's see if it helps you figure this thing out.
The first slave on my Dad's side of the family was not African American. He was a white indentured servant who arrived on a ship from that left Liverpool in 1698.
He did very well for himself, indeed, after working off his debt. We're proud of that.
Later, someone in his family sired a few children who looked like my daughter. Or…she's half Hopi Indian, so they were probably a little bit lighter of skin than our girl.
But they did very well, too.
The only slaves we know of on my mother's side of the family bought their freedom, acquired, somehow, some land in Mississippi, and never asked for any kind of assistance, ever, from then on.
They would not be servants. They did not wash clothes for white people. They ate, and sold, what they grew. And they didn't exactly "prosper," but they did more than just survive.
No one on either side of my immediate family would've dreamt of asking for anything they didn't earn. Ever. Everyone in our family felt that being American meant giving back, not "taking."
My father was a proud veteran of WWII. When I visited the little town in Normandy where he'd fed the local children with whatever he could scrape up from leftovers from Army chow…they kissed and hugged me and called out his name with tears in their eyes.
That proud patriot and his wife worked two jobs when necessary, to make sure that I went to the best schools in Chicago and could attend the college of my choice. I took piano and ballet lessons. I graduated with honors. I traveled to Europe. I even got to see the little town in Buckinghamshire that bears our family name.
I hugged the sign you see as you arrive there. "Home" at last…
I became a reporter for the Chicago Sun Times—won an award for journalism, later, in Arizona.
I married a Hopi Indian artist, raised our beautiful daughter to be proud of both cultures, and she, too, graduated from college as a member of an honors "sorority."
And it was in Arizona that I became the first "Independent" our family had ever had. They had always been Democrats. I thought it was time that I tried to look at both sides—or all the many sides of every issue.
I was fully prepared, if the Republicans gave me reason, to vote for a Republican this year.
But a couple of things made me nervous. VERY nervous.
When both of my proud parents got old, the health care system gave us hell. I mean…hell. There is no other way to put it. I won't divulge details, but I welcomed any help Obamacare might give to others facing the same ordeal.
My parents died before Obamacare. But if they hadn't, there are parts of that system that would've saved us a great deal of anguish after my father was diagnosed with both Alzheimer's and colon cancer.
My mother also required a great deal of care as she entered her decline. The things we had to do to just find care for her, toward the end, broke my heart. I was glad she was no longer conscious enough to witness this.
She died believing in God and country, staunchly.
I had a few moments of serious doubt in the latter, if not the former.
I watched all of the debates. As much news on both sides of the issues as possible—even European news, when I could.
I paid attention to races outside of my own state. There were a few Republicans I might have voted for, but…they didn't live in Arizona. And the ones in Arizona scared me sideways, so...I couldn't vote for them.
In the end, I voted mostly for Democrats, Independents and even a couple of Green Party candidates.
This is why, since you're apparently having so much trouble figuring this out:
- NO one can tell me what I can or cannot do with my "reproductive system." At this point, old as I am, the point is moot, but my daughter's young, and I refuse to allow anyone to legislate hers.
- As I said, the current health care system is broken. And nearly broke me as I tried to deal with it.
- When someone calls me and the people I love lazy, and intimate that people of color or of "non-white" cultures, or who are simply poorer than they are somehow less patriotic, resourceful, ethical, honest or…fill in the rest of that as you will, I get very, very angry. Because of the history I just offered.
- Countries that remain quite white, from France to Holland to…well…many places you can name yourselves, offer more "stuff" than America ever dreamt of. Everybody pays higher taxes, everybody gets the "stuff" that buys. I don't hear anyone on the right side of this thing calling them lazy people who just want "stuff." Yet.
I'm retired now. I retired early like my Dad, because I earned it, like my Dad. I don't take SSI yet. Will soon. Have no qualms about it.
I voted for Obama. I am not lazy. I don't want "stuff."
I want my daughter to live in a country that doesn't make her feel "less than" because she comes from two cultures of color, and doesn't make her wonder how she's going to take care of me and herself as we get older.
I earned that, too. Standing on the firm foundation laid by generations of ancestors who paid dearly to remain proud and free, before me.
Does that answer those questions?
I personally care less for "stuff" than I do that I be allowed to choose for myself how I am to be cared for toward the end of my life. The indignities offered me already by our health care system (that nearly killed me back in '02--'03 and again later) have taught me we are a long way from holding the line against poor health in this country.
I had always worked before my health's decline. I sought to further myself, entered college, got on well scholastically....that is, until my health failed me.
In my family, there is very little cohesion, and even less caring due to an abuse issue stretching back decades before I was ever even thought of. This did affect my chances of a swift recovery. And, had we had a comprehensive health care program int this country at the onset of my every health problem, I would not be as unwell as I did become.
My family history is full of people who always would work, no matter what, the same as yours. Nobody lived on Welfare, nor asked for handouts. All paid into the system so that we all could benefit. Right now, I am living on a trickle from that collective pool which I paid into with every paycheck for most of my adult life. Part of that money was spent on the machineries of war, a thing I did to get to vote either for or against.
My position in society is not assured, as people like Bill O'Reilly think me "lazy", or that I simply want a free ride. "Stuff."
No "stuff" is going to help me to breathe better or have my health returned to me. No "lazy" attitude is going to help me to get by. I still have to take care fo my current "stuff," whether or not I have a down period wherein I feel unwell enough to be nearly bedridden.
Some of these white men are lazy thinkers. They are not processing the facts. They hurry past the truth. They exclude true human values such as faith between people in their rush to make a profit.
They don't like women and people of color to be right.
Peace to you, friend.
unpleasant "Tells" - I hope we all get that "Traditional" is a Code word for "White". R
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(Washington, DC) -- Attorney General Eric Holder is resting at home after being treated for an elevated heart rate. Holder was taken to a Washington, DC hospital this morning after feeling lightheaded and experiencing shortness of breath during a staff meeting at the Justice Department. A spokeswoman said Holder underwent extensive tests which ruled out the possibility of a heart attack. The 63-year old Holder has been the nation's chief law enforcement official since the start of the Obama administration in early 2009.