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==Two test cases==
==Two test cases==
At the end of the first week of [[January]] [[2007]], Centiare developers created two new "test cases" to explore the dynamic impact of Centiare on Google search engine rankings for small businesses. We selected two real-life businesses in competitive trades -- [[plumber|plumbing]] and [[real estate]] -- and settled on [[Directory:Superior Plumbing & Heating|Superior Plumbing & Heating]] of Rochester, [[Directory:Minnesota|Minnesota]], and [[Directory:Pinnacle Realty Services|Pinnacle Realty Services]] of New Bedford, [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]].
At the end of the first week of [[January]] [[2007]], Centiare developers created two new "test cases" to explore the dynamic impact of Centiare on Google search engine rankings for small businesses. We selected two real-life businesses in competitive trades -- [[plumbing]] and [[real estate]] -- and settled on [[Directory:Superior Plumbing & Heating|Superior Plumbing & Heating]] of Rochester, [[Directory:Minnesota|Minnesota]], and [[Directory:Pinnacle Realty Services|Pinnacle Realty Services]] of New Bedford, [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]].
We drew up what we thought might be some common search engine queries that potential customers of these businesses might input on Google. We checked where each of the companies' own web sites ([http://www.superior-plumbing.com/ Superior] and [http://www.pinrs.com/ Pinnacle]) emerged on these hypothetical Google searches. Then, we created Centiare [[Centiare:Directory Space|Directory]] pages for each company, including no more data or information than could be derived from these companies' existing web sites. Finally, we waited a little more than a month for Google's spiders to crawl Centiare and appropriately rank these new Directory pages.
We drew up what we thought might be some common search engine queries that potential customers of these businesses might input on Google. We checked where each of the companies' own web sites ([http://www.superior-plumbing.com/ Superior] and [http://www.pinrs.com/ Pinnacle]) emerged on these hypothetical Google searches. Then, we created Centiare [[Centiare:Directory Space|Directory]] pages for each company, including no more data or information than could be derived from these companies' existing web sites. Finally, we waited a little more than a month for Google's spiders to crawl Centiare and appropriately rank these new Directory pages.