![]() | | ||||||||
| | #1 |
| Screencaster Yoda War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,455
Blog Entries: 11 Thanks: 241
Thanked 317 Times in 213 Posts
|
I read recently that Google is starting to "structure" search results for users based upon the types of websites visited and other patterns noted in cookies (I suppose). I got my friend (live in same city) to do the same search I was doing and he sent me a screen shot. The results were rather different and the top 3 in mine were nowhere to be seen in his. Does anyone know of a way to avoid such filtering so as to get results that users would likely get (if they didn't search the same terms all the time). |
| | |
| | |
| | #2 |
| Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: , , USA.
Posts: 86
Thanks: 3
Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
|
How long was it before your friend searched? Sometimes google shuffles the data centers - I have seen that on my own websites. In case you don't know, you can check it by hovering your cursor over the cached link within the search results. You should see something like 74.125.155.132 in your browser status bar at the bottom.
|
| | |
| | |
| | #3 |
| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: United States
Posts: 137
Thanks: 8
Thanked 26 Times in 10 Posts
|
Lol..that's the very bad for internet marketers indeed.
|
| | |
| | #4 |
| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Alpharetta,GA, USA.
Posts: 1,440
Thanks: 497
Thanked 198 Times in 143 Posts
|
The top ten results in Google will be different for the same 20 people, searching the exact same keyword(s), in the same city... It's been like this for some time now, done the tests to prove it. Nothing new... Their just trying to focus in on surfing patterns now. |
| | |
| | #5 |
| Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston
Posts: 45
Thanks: 13
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
|
I did not know this!! I did know, that it's not the same for people who are NOT local. Thanks for the tips |
| | |
| | #6 |
| Ronin War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Near the River
Posts: 268
Thanks: 206
Thanked 224 Times in 168 Posts
| Scroogle Scraper Scroogle acts as a proxy between you and Google. No cookies, IPs or search data is recorded so no geo location or search results based on past searches. It's my homepage. Everyone should at least bookmark it. |
|
“Strategy without action is a day-dream; action without strategy is a nightmare.” – Old Japanese proverb -
| |
| | |
| | #7 |
| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: , , USA.
Posts: 258
Thanks: 19
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
|
Thanks for that link, Lawrh. I've just added that to my toolbar. It will be useful!
|
| | |
| | |
| | #8 |
| Unplugged War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London, UK.
Posts: 1,502
Thanks: 538
Thanked 1,274 Times in 643 Posts
| |
| | |
| | |
| | #9 | |
| Screencaster Yoda War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,455
Blog Entries: 11 Thanks: 241
Thanked 317 Times in 213 Posts
| Quote:
| |
| | ||
| | |
| | #10 |
| Warrior Member Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 20
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
What if you were searching on Google, say checking your rankings for your favorite keywords, and Google "recognized" you as the owner of certain websites, then intentionally showed your websites as some of the top results for the keywords you were searching for? We'd all be dancing in the streets for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
|
| | |
| | #11 | |
| Screencaster Yoda War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto
Posts: 1,455
Blog Entries: 11 Thanks: 241
Thanked 317 Times in 213 Posts
| Quote:
| |
| | ||
| | |
![]() |
|
| Tags |
| bad, dog, google |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
![]() |