I was wondering where the “I’m Feeling Lucky” search button on Google homepage would take me if I try my luck with a country name and the word “cricket”.
It was an interesting little experiment. I search the terms in both arrangements: “country cricket” (i.e. Australia Cricket) and “cricket country” (i.e. Cricket Australia).
Here are the results:
Search Terms: “Country Cricket”
1. Australia Cricket: Goes to the official site of Cricket Australia
2. England Cricket: Goes to the official site of England and Wales Cricket Board
3. New Zealand Cricket: Goes to the official site of New Zealand Cricket
4. West Indies Cricket: Goes to the official site of West Indies Cricket Board
5. South Africa Cricket: Goes to the official site of Cricket South Africa
6. Zimbabwe Cricket: Goes to the Cricinfo country site for Zimbabwe
7. India Cricket: Goes to the Cricinfo country site for India
8. Pakistan Cricket: Goes to the Cricinfo country site for Pakistan
9. Sri Lanka Cricket: Goes to the Wikipedia site for Sri Lanka Cricket Team
10. Bangladesh Cricket: Goes to
“banglacricket.com”
Search Terms: “Cricket Country”
1. Cricket Australia: Goes to the official site of Cricket Australia
2. Cricket England: Goes to a UK travel information site- “Britain Express”
3. Cricket New Zealand: Goes to the official site of New Zealand Cricket
4. Cricket West Indies: Goes to the official site of West Indies Cricket Board
5. Cricket South Africa: Goes to the official site of Cricket South Africa
6. Cricket Zimbabwe: Goes to the official site of Zimbabwe Cricket
7. Cricket India: Goes to Yahoo India sports site for cricket
8. Cricket Pakistan: Goes to the official site of Pakistan Cricket Board
9. Cricket Sri Lanka: Goes to the Wikipedia site for Sri Lanka Cricket Team
10. Cricket Bangladesh: Goes to
“banglacricket.com”
Observations:
1. Bangla Cricket is the only fan site to show up in this experiment
2. Changing the order of the search terms results into different search results for England, Zimbabwe, India and Pakistan.
3. The official web sites of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket board do not show up in this country specific search, meaning these sites are not on the top of Google index.