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Does Google check the listings on their search engine to insure that the title matches the content? I am asking my readers to give me feedback on this subject.

A few days ago I mentioned this issue. I am really getting fed up. Internet research is getting more difficult every day. What happened to the rules that used to apply for getting your web site or article high in the Google ratings?

Vague search phrases have a better chance of returning vague results. I understand that garbage in = garbage out. But, if a specific topic such as Aerovation laptop bags were entered into the search box I would expect that the top results would be valid sites that either sell or reports on Aerovation laptop bags. Am I wrong?

Try it yourself to see if your results are the same as mine. Go to Google and type Aerovation laptop bag into the search box. My first result says “Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag – Aerovation Products”. It even lists Aerovation.com as the referenced website. When I clicked it I was taken to the Dell website. So, I thought maybe Dell sells the Aerovation laptop bag so I entered Aerovation into the Dell search box. Guess what – absolutely no results for that term. At least Dell is not a sticky site.

I tried to research the topic “home office”. I typed Home Office into a Google search box. The first result – “Welcome to the Home Office” with the website homeoffice.gov.uk. When I clicked the title I was taken to an unrelated site.

As I write this post I am researching and telling you my results. HOLD ON – you will not believe this.

Now I notice that if I copy the referenced website listed at the bottom of the Google result and paste it into my browser’s title bar – I am taken to the correct website. Then if I open a new browser window, open up Google.com, type in the exact same phrase (Aerovation laptop bag) or (home office) I am taken to the correct website.

Apparently once the correct cookie is set on my computer I will be taken back to that particular “correct” website each time.

Please post a comment to this post if you have had the same thing happen to you when searching on the Google.com site. I can honestly tell you that this hi-jacking has happened to me almost every time I have entered a search phrase. I can also tell you that most of the time the hi-jack site is a sticky one.