Chaos in SEO
I put up a recent post with this title - I think SEO shares some characteristics with Chaos Theory, and have provided, um, a practical test...
It's addictive. Also, I need an SEO to beat the filthy PPC merchant, and post it :)
- Y! MyWeb
I think SEO shares more
characteristics with Complexity Theory than Chaos Theory.
level 13
oh and did I say thanks for that distraction??
Level 14
But it's no Line Rider.
John : You're welcome
John : You're welcome :D
qwerty: Hilarious. YouTube has some fine examples
Silver : I see what you're saying, but I disagree. Creating an SE index would fall into that category of problem - approaching an "ideal" index from a morass of wild data isn't quite an np-complete problem, but its a toughie.
SEO is not after a perfect solution, but simply a "good enough" one. You're up against several others in mutual competition, not only with each other, but also with "the rules", which can "and do" change on a regular basis. You have a finite number of variables you can change, but predicting their outcome isimpossible, since not only does your outcome inter-relate to everyone elses, but the overall outcome is influenced by the basic rules, which are unknown.
Since you end up with an iterative, unpredictable system, I see it more as a chaotic system, than a complex one. Someone with a deeper understanding of the maths please correct me if I'm wrong, but complexity theory is more to do with the efficient exploration of the solution space of a given problem
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My fiance has much more patience than I.
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