I hate that google is so "text focused". Obviously, for 90% of the web, that's just fine, but I do web apps that "do things".
For example, if I have a web app that converts numbers between bases (just an example, OK?), Google would ignore me, since my home page is just a couple of text fields and a submit button. (If it's ajax, I don't even have a submit button)
So, I say, "OK, fine, Google, you want text, I'll give you text", and I add a blog, saying some stuff about converting numbers between bases. That works a bit, but really, I don't have that much to say about converting numbers between bases. I have this app, it works well, what's to say? So, I rapidly run out of things to say in this blog I was forced to write. Google sees my site as never having new content, and down I go.
Of course, if I had a bunch of incoming links, no worries, but I won't get them if nobody can find me in the first place.
For example, if I have a web app that converts numbers between bases (just an example, OK?), Google would ignore me, since my home page is just a couple of text fields and a submit button. (If it's ajax, I don't even have a submit button)
So, I say, "OK, fine, Google, you want text, I'll give you text", and I add a blog, saying some stuff about converting numbers between bases. That works a bit, but really, I don't have that much to say about converting numbers between bases. I have this app, it works well, what's to say? So, I rapidly run out of things to say in this blog I was forced to write. Google sees my site as never having new content, and down I go.
Of course, if I had a bunch of incoming links, no worries, but I won't get them if nobody can find me in the first place.