Comments on: The Website Grader, 2 Months Later

By: jblu

jblu — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:17:50 +0000

Interesting calculator…I tried it and it gave me a grade of an 83. There’s also an app that calculates the worth of your blog in cash…it’s made by or based on technorati (but don’t quote me on that one), but it’s calculations are probably only for fun and not a realistic number.

By: Dharmesh Shah

Dharmesh Shah — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:16:41 +0000

Jason,

Apologies for some of the inconsistencies you are experiencing with WebsiteGraer. The most likely reason is that the calculations are dependent on some of third-party services (like Google and Yahoo!) and we don’t always get data back reliably and this can impact the grade.

One quick note: The proper syntax for using the link: and site: commands in Google is to *not* use a space. Putting a space in does not run the correct query.

By: saedel

saedel — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:08:25 +0000

@Everyone
I already emailed Dharmesh Shah (see above), hope he replies back.

@Vic
I already found out why. Blogger/BlogSpot changed their commenting system by disabling the URL box of non-blogger readers.

By: Vic Grace

Vic Grace — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:59:43 +0000

I checked my grade a few days ago there were quite a few differences to yours. I think yours is doing better.

Re your comment:PS. Do you know what happened to blogger comment? I couldn’t find the URL box anymore.

I am not quite sure what you mean by URL box. I seem to be missing my Feedburner stuff that was on the bottom of each post but haven’t figured out why as yet. Can’t find anything else that is different.

By: JamieHarrop - MyBlogLog

JamieHarrop - MyBlogLog — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:47:49 +0000

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By: saedel

saedel — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:07:45 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. After I made this post, my grade went up by 1 pt.

I consider the tool as a “basic” measurement, and I think novice bloggers will find it useful. My first hint that the tool was a little buggy was when it’s not reading my correct delicious count. Also the first time I corrected my meta tag, it took time before it was reflected on the report. Dharmesh Shah (above) is from with HubSpot (owner of the Website Grader), I’ll try to email him about jason’s findings. Hopefully he responds and clarifies some things. (He’s subscribed to this post, but I’ll still email him to be sure)

Anyway, in general, the tool is a fun way of checking your blog.

But for seasoned ones, they have to use a more comprehensive tool.

Thanks for commenting!

By: Jason A Clark

Jason A Clark — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:09:18 +0000

I was talking about this Mike from amikelife.com and realized that it’s not calculating everything properly. He put in my site as a comparison for his and got back for my site (jasonaclark.com) this information:

Website Grade: 66
Google Inbound Links: 41
Yahoo Inbound Links: 822
Google Indexed Pages: 0

I ran the tool for just my site and got back for my site this information:

Website Grade: 88
Google Inbound Links: 42
Yahoo Inbound Links: 7482
Google Indexed Pages: 603

Already the numbers don’t correspond.

If you go and figure out the numbers manually you’ll get even different information.

You can check Google yourself for the indexed pages by using the search site: jasonaclark.com

Now, what’s interesting is that if I don’t put a space between the : and the j I get back that I have 604 pages indexed. If I do put the space in it comes back that I have 1310 pages indexed.

You can do the same thing with the Google inbound links by using link: jasonaclark.com

Again, using a space results in better results for some reason. In this case it goes from 47 to 1730 inbound links. That’s a lot more than what the tool said.

You can check your Yahoo indexed pages and inbound links at http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/

It says that I have 1510 pages indexed and 6050 inbound links.

I’m not sure what’s going on there, but the tool obviously isn’t working correctly for some reason.

By: Frank C

Frank C — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:18:34 +0000

OpTempo got an 82.

My VB.NET blog got a 92!

By: A Blog about Nothing

A Blog about Nothing — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:41:14 +0000

Interesting site. I got a 91. Which I’m pretty much amazed by.

http://www.websitegrader.com/wsgid/466674/default.aspx

By: Mert

Mert — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:33:55 +0000

Great post Saedel! I already checked my score and compared it with yours. Yours is 4 points better than mine Congratulations!

I also found some errors related to my blog, such as Permanent Redirect Not Found. The good thing is they also suggest me what to do from now on. Great!

For SEO, i suggest you to read below posts; they are really amazing source of information:

http://www.seobook.com/bloggers
http://andybeard.eu/2007/06/wordpress-seo-masterclass-for-competitive-niches.html