The Dumaguete website is relatively new.It's only been online for a few months so it's not difficult for me to understand why it would have a low rank with Google.I'd be the first to say that the site isn't finished. There's still a lot of work that needs to be done. But, in some ways I am puzzled by the way Google ranks one site over another. The conventional wisdom says that having your site's url linked on other websites is a significant factor in determining rank.The more sites that have your url, the better. I can see the value of that.......it makes Google's work easier.But actually,that is more a sign of a site's age as opposed to a site's value as a source of information.What happens when you "google" the word "Dumaguete"? The number one website you get from a Google search is a website that is,for all practical purposes,non-functional.The front page of that site is there but none of the interior pages are on the server.That Dumaguete site has been around quite a long time.....I'm sure there are a great many other websites that have a link to it, but that does not justify the site having such a high rank on Google.
As I said, I'd be the first one to admit that www.dumaguetecity.net needs work.But it does deserve a higher spot than the current #1.
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No one really knows exactly what influences the rankings of a page. Even "experts" disagree as to what the important elements are. However, a good rule to follow is to create interesting content. Yet, that Dumaguete site you speak about is composed primarily of image text...and the search engines can't read this. I'm not sure how that site can rank so high for "dumaguete". Yahoo! only shows it having 10 in-bound links. In addition, Google's Page Rank for that page is 3.
However, the domain is about 9 years old. I don't think age should overshadow important concepts like accessible content, but I do know that Google has been placing more importance on domain age. New sites can be more authoritative than old ones, though.
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