Hello
Does anyone know if Google's algorithm knows that boxes = boxs?
I am having a hard time figuring away to refer to lunch boxes using the word box rather than boxes. It seems someone would search for "lunch box" but, using "lunch box" as a category name (in navigation) just doesn't seem to look right, esp since most of my other category names have the plural form of the word (with just an s needed).
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Cindy Quote: Originally Posted by Cindy522 boxs This isn't a word in the dictionary. You would need to do "box's" to refer to "boxes". Quote: Originally Posted by dWhite This isn't a word in the dictionary. You would need to do "box's" to refer to "boxes". Sorry, that's not what I meant.
What I mean is, does Google's algorithm understand that a word + es is equivalent to a word +s.
Put a better way, can lunch box and lunch boxes be used interchangeably when optimizing a page about lunch boxes?
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Wait... maybe I don't understand your response. Maybe you are implying boxes will not be seen as the same word as box, but box's will be???? Unfortunately, that creates the same problem, as far as not looking right as a category name or page title.
.... I probably am not understanding your responce. I notice people tend to assume the posters know a ton of background information. (not you in particular) So, I might be totally not getting it because I do not know something you think I do know. Actually I think we both just misunderstood each other, sorry about that. :S
Are you referring to something like this, if you have your navigation as an example:
./lunch-boxs/
Would it see and distinguish it as:
./lunch-boxes/
? Quote: Originally Posted by dWhite This isn't a word in the dictionary. You would need to do "box's" to refer to "boxes". Using the apostrophe makes the word possessive rather than plural, as in "The box's color is red."
For plural possessive, the apostrophe goes after the 's', as in "While this box's color is red, the other boxes' colors are blue and green." Quote: Originally Posted by Bob Barr Using the apostrophe makes the word possessive rather than plural, as in "The box's color is red."
For plural possessive, the apostrophe goes after the 's', as in "While this box's color is red, the other boxes' colors are blue and green." Thanks for the corrections. I sometimes hate the English language.
And I made myself look like an idiot too, good job Dan. There is a term that google uses and I forget what it is, but basically if you were to search for mens and men's it would interpret them as being the same. Quote: basically if you were to search for mens and men's it would interpret them as being the same. Thats great!
How about book and books? Does it see them the same?
And (my actual question) how about box and boxes?
Thank you Google treats these words as different ones. The "box" part will be found in "boxes" though Thanks Bob, Something I didn't know
( Should of gone to my English lessons )
One thing I tend to do is put my content in a MS Word document and see what that throws up for grammar ( if im that worried ) ''Boxes' is the correct plural form of 'box', and no, the Google algorithm doesn't recognize 'boxs'. Quote: Originally Posted by Jimbob1208 There is a term that google uses and I forget what it is, but basically if you were to search for mens and men's it would interpret them as being the same. I think they also will invert two words - I get the same results in their adwords rankings for "fitness vacation" and I do "vacation fitness" On google if you search boxs It will ask "Did you mean: boxes"... It will help you understand what you have to do.... if you search [box's google will show you result... so you can use box's instead of boxs......
Does anyone know if Google's algorithm knows that boxes = boxs?
I am having a hard time figuring away to refer to lunch boxes using the word box rather than boxes. It seems someone would search for "lunch box" but, using "lunch box" as a category name (in navigation) just doesn't seem to look right, esp since most of my other category names have the plural form of the word (with just an s needed).
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Cindy Quote: Originally Posted by Cindy522 boxs This isn't a word in the dictionary. You would need to do "box's" to refer to "boxes". Quote: Originally Posted by dWhite This isn't a word in the dictionary. You would need to do "box's" to refer to "boxes". Sorry, that's not what I meant.
What I mean is, does Google's algorithm understand that a word + es is equivalent to a word +s.
Put a better way, can lunch box and lunch boxes be used interchangeably when optimizing a page about lunch boxes?
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Wait... maybe I don't understand your response. Maybe you are implying boxes will not be seen as the same word as box, but box's will be???? Unfortunately, that creates the same problem, as far as not looking right as a category name or page title.
.... I probably am not understanding your responce. I notice people tend to assume the posters know a ton of background information. (not you in particular) So, I might be totally not getting it because I do not know something you think I do know. Actually I think we both just misunderstood each other, sorry about that. :S
Are you referring to something like this, if you have your navigation as an example:
./lunch-boxs/
Would it see and distinguish it as:
./lunch-boxes/
? Quote: Originally Posted by dWhite This isn't a word in the dictionary. You would need to do "box's" to refer to "boxes". Using the apostrophe makes the word possessive rather than plural, as in "The box's color is red."
For plural possessive, the apostrophe goes after the 's', as in "While this box's color is red, the other boxes' colors are blue and green." Quote: Originally Posted by Bob Barr Using the apostrophe makes the word possessive rather than plural, as in "The box's color is red."
For plural possessive, the apostrophe goes after the 's', as in "While this box's color is red, the other boxes' colors are blue and green." Thanks for the corrections. I sometimes hate the English language.
And I made myself look like an idiot too, good job Dan. There is a term that google uses and I forget what it is, but basically if you were to search for mens and men's it would interpret them as being the same. Quote: basically if you were to search for mens and men's it would interpret them as being the same. Thats great!
How about book and books? Does it see them the same?
And (my actual question) how about box and boxes?
Thank you Google treats these words as different ones. The "box" part will be found in "boxes" though Thanks Bob, Something I didn't know
( Should of gone to my English lessons )
One thing I tend to do is put my content in a MS Word document and see what that throws up for grammar ( if im that worried ) ''Boxes' is the correct plural form of 'box', and no, the Google algorithm doesn't recognize 'boxs'. Quote: Originally Posted by Jimbob1208 There is a term that google uses and I forget what it is, but basically if you were to search for mens and men's it would interpret them as being the same. I think they also will invert two words - I get the same results in their adwords rankings for "fitness vacation" and I do "vacation fitness" On google if you search boxs It will ask "Did you mean: boxes"... It will help you understand what you have to do.... if you search [box's google will show you result... so you can use box's instead of boxs......