If someone went into google and typed the words "distributed" and "rss" and then browsed through the results, you would find that this blog is the #1 page out of 2,500,000 indexed pages. Although this is pretty cool, it is kind of sad that I have nothing but commentary instead of actual technical input to give on these topics, but none-the-less, what google says, goes.
You can try it for yourself here: distributed rss
(This was also an underhanded attempt to secure that number one spot by repeating the words distributed rss in conjunction, TAKE THAT GOOGLE!)
Stats are a funny thing. #1 out of 2.5 million at first glance is impressive. But if you google the quoted phrase "distributed rss", you'll find that google only has 957 pages (as of this moment) that contain that exact phrase. Since you're page contains that exact phrase in several places, including the title, it is quite reasonable that it has risen to the top.
I don't mean to suggest that having a number one rating on "distributed rss" is not a good thing... it is a very good thing. I only mean to suggest that Google is not so easily manipulated. Try, for example, getting a number one rating on the phrase "auto loan". In that case Google has 2,480,000 pages when you quote the phrase, and 17,500,000 when you don't.
Posted by: F. Andy Seidl | November 10, 2004 at 11:38 AM