I checked out BZ, and it was graded a 95%. I also checked out other social sites like digg, stumbleupon, and reddit. You'll see their scores in my post.
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I got a 79%, but I probably owe most of it to my theme by JustinTadlock.com
Although, I had a remarkable number of Yahoo inlinks, over 5000...not sure why the high number, but it's obviously not the same as Googles.
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.
Anyways, it does seem like the tool is a bit buggy.
@mikeo75, yup, same here. I don't know how it happened, I don't remember submitting twice. I really don't mind if it got zoomed or not, my intention was to inform. But still, nice to know that both got hot.:P I hope Vic and Court can merge the two threads.
I consider the tool as a "basic" measurement, and I think novice blogger 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. There was a certain Dharmesh Shah who commented in my blog. He claims that he's with HubSpot (owner of the Website Grader), I'll try to email him about your findings. Hopefully he responds.
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!
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From Dharmesh:
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.
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