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Why Jew Watch does well in Google

So, why am I writing this?  Because of the above-mentioned controversy about the above-mentioned Jew Watch website.  Please let me explain how Jew Watch was able to get into such a position.  Google devised a system that uses a few criteria to rank pages, dependent mostly on:

  1. The number of links to that page
  2. The content of the page

Google does not bias their results - they apply their ranking algorithm across the board, to every page that is registered in their system.  Jew Watch did well, for only one reason - it was the site that was designed best for the keyword "Jew", because of their obsession with Jews and "Jewish Power".  Jew Watch has 54 links, as of right now, a few of the links are incidentally from pro-Palestinian sites and sadly, there are some pro-Israel sites linked to it as well, not knowing that they are contributing to the sites popularity (and this is the reason why I'm not linking to it).  Of course, the keyword "Jew" appears many, many times on it's page.