Some Analysis From Justin .....

..... regarding this post of mine about the low profile one Midland mayoral candidate's website had on Google, when compared to her opponent's website.

"There are many things that could cause the good results for Perry and non-existent results for Sparkman," writes Justin at Just In Time. "Perhaps Google had not yet indexed Sparkman's site. Perhaps there had not yet been many other sites that linked to Sparkman's yet. Or perhaps it was just a hiccup in Google's system."

"Good example of why it is impossible for anyone to 'guarantee' results in the search engines. Only the search engines have complete control over what they do. You can try your best to play by the rules they provide, and you will normally see good results. But unless you work at Google you can't guarantee anything."

Whatever the reason ..... the problem appears to have been fixed, and both campaign websites now have a higher profile on search engine results.