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See how the semantic tags recorded in the [[Directory:Church of the Loving Shepherd|Church's]] Centiare Directory listing improve not only Google's search term relevance, but also trigger the correct address and contact information to be displayed?

See how the semantic tags recorded in the [[Directory:Church of the Loving Shepherd|Church's]] Centiare Directory listing improve not only Google's search term relevance, but also trigger the correct address and contact information to be displayed?

In addition to context and relevance, semantic tags also improve overall rankings through the effect of Centiare's internal ''link-farming''. That is, the combination of Centiare listings, automatically-generated summary reports (at the end of each listing), cross-referenced [[Centiare:ASK|ASK]] queries, and (probably) our tolerance of Google AdSense ads, '''all''' serve to improve overall search rankings by providing multiple reference points.

In addition to context and relevance, semantic tags also improve overall rankings through the effect of Centiare's internal ''cross-linking''. That is, the combination of Centiare listings, automatically-generated summary reports (at the end of each listing), cross-referenced [[Centiare:ASK|ASK]] queries, and (probably) our tolerance of Google AdSense ads, '''all''' serve to improve overall search rankings by providing multiple reference points.

The Church's listing was authored on Centiare only on [[December 9]], [[2006]].  We noticed that the Centiare listing had jumped to #1 for the Google search results above, as soon as [[January 4]], [[2007]] -- less than one month for the '''Power of Centiare''' to impact the Church's SEO.

The Church's listing was authored on Centiare only on [[December 9]], [[2006]].  We noticed that the Centiare listing had jumped to #1 for the Google search results above, as soon as [[January 4]], [[2007]] -- less than one month for the '''Power of Centiare''' to impact the Church's SEO.