hout popup windows for a period of time. They did this for each of the major search engines. They then added popup windows to their sites and watched to see if their rankings went up or doIf you go on the Internet and browse the discussion boards, you will find topics on just about everything you can think of and even some things you wouldn't think of. One of these boards had a very interesting discussion that led to some very interesting testing. The discussion was about popups and whether they had an effect on search engine rankings. One guy at the site said, "How can it? Why would a search engine care?". This led to some interesting theories involving the "annoyance" factor and a number of other things. Finally, these people, who obviously had too much time on their hands, did some testing over a period of several months to see if this theory carried any weight.

They each took their web sites and tracked their progress without popup windows for a period of time. They did this for each of the major search engines. They then added popup windows to their sites and watched to see if their rankings went up or dow

d a very interesting discussion that led to some very interesting testing. The discussion was about popups and whether they had an effect on search engine rankings. One guy at the site said, "How can it? Why would a search engine care?". This led to some interesting theories involving the "annoyance" factor and a number of other things. Finally, these people, who obviously had too much time on their hands, did some testing over a period of several months to see if this theory carried any weight.

They each took their web sites and tracked their progress without popup windows for a period of time. They did this for each of the major search engines. They then added popup windows to their sites and watched to see if their rankings went up or do

, "How can it? Why would a search engine care?". This led to some interesting theories involving the "annoyance" factor and a number of other things. Finally, these people, who obviously had too much time on their hands, did some testing over a period of several months to see if this theory carried any weight.

They each took their web sites and tracked their progress without popup windows for a period of time. They did this for each of the major search engines. They then added popup windows to their sites and watched to see if their rankings went up or do

ad too much time on their hands, did some testing over a period of several months to see if this theory carried any weight.

They each took their web sites and tracked their progress without popup windows for a period of time. They did this for each of the major search engines. They then added popup windows to their sites and watched to see if their rankings went up or do

hout popup windows for a period of time. They did this for each of the major search engines. They then added popup windows to their sites and watched to see if their rankings went up or down. The results may surprise you.

As it turned out, the popup windows most definitely had an effect on search engine ranking. The problem was that not all the rankings were affected in the same way.

When tracing the progress of each site for Yahoo, the change in ranking was odd to say the least. When tracked for a period of eight months, the first three months showed a gradual lowering in ranking. Between months four and six the trend began to level off. Months seven and eight actually showed a slight increase in ranking almost to the level where the pages were back in month one.

With Google however it was a completely different story. From the moment the popups were installed on the sites Google rankings increased by a scale of +