by paulgl
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Man that was weird. I have google as my homepage, just clicked
there and the background morphed into a design! Freaked me out!
Looks like google is letting you put a personal background on it.
That is just too cool. Be a google hater, but man are they inventive
and creative. But then, I wonder why they didn't think of it before!

Paul
#cow #google #holy
  • Profile picture of the author mattlaclear
    Yeah Paul I just caught that too. Google just keeps stepping up their game every few weeks now. Serious heavyweight.
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  • Profile picture of the author Puusaari
    Wow, first they copy Bing with the search features on the left... now they copy the background image too.
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  • Profile picture of the author 24kWing
    Yep, They are starting to look alot like Bing...........interesting!

    Just My 2 cents
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan6
    It does look good. They still let you play this as well...
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  • Profile picture of the author ocsSEO01
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    • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
      Most of the backgrounds (particularly darker ones) just make the whole thing look cluttered and harder to see.

      Not to mention the fact it makes things a little slow and clunky, the image and javascript, etc.

      From what I can see of the suggestions about "improving" this feature on Google Product Ideas, not a single person in the first few pages likes this change and all have asked for a way to opt out, or turn it off by default or remove it altogether.

      Simplicity is what makes Google popular. Their colourful logo on their homepage and SERPs is all the visual eye candy I need from them and makes their website look modern and up-to-date enough without this.
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  • The Reason You Guys Are All Seeing This is Because Google Has Fully Rolled Out There Caf Index Today, The Old Index Is Dead, And A New Chapter Of Seo Begins....
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    • Profile picture of the author kelsa
      Originally Posted by TargetedTrafficSolutions View Post

      The Reason You Guys Are All Seeing This is Because Google Has Fully Rolled Out There Caf Index Today, The Old Index Is Dead, And A New Chapter Of Seo Begins....
      Hi, can you tell me what Caf means? And you say a new chapter of SEO..how so? What are the implications?

      Cheers
      Kassandra
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      • Profile picture of the author bay37
        Originally Posted by kelsa View Post

        Hi, can you tell me what Caf means? And you say a new chapter of SEO..how so? What are the implications?

        Cheers
        Kassandra
        Google Caffeine (algorithm update among other things) and the fact that the changes have just been finalised and a lot of people have lost TONS of long-tail traffic, etc.

        Most Adsense snipers have had their income cut in half (if lucky). Those who don't talk about it are either lying (read selling an eBook) or have been extremely lucky/used different site building pactices.

        This applies to other site models as well - almost everyone has been effected in some way.
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        • Profile picture of the author kelsa
          Originally Posted by bay37 View Post

          Google Caffeine (algorithm update among other things) and the fact that the changes have just been finalised and a lot of people have lost TONS of long-tail traffic, etc.

          Most Adsense snipers have had their income cut in half (if lucky). Those who don't talk about it are either lying (read selling an eBook) or have been extremely lucky/used different site building pactices.

          This applies to other site models as well - almost everyone has been effected in some way.
          I see! Thanks for the reply! So, what is the way forward? The remedy to this if you say that lots of people have lost tons of traffic? You mention 'using different site building practices.' So, how would that help please...and what might they be :confused:?

          Best
          Kassandra
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  • Profile picture of the author JWVoodoo
    not sure i'm that keen on the new background thing
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Well, just shows that I never go to bing!
      In fact, I doubt if many have their homepage set as bing.
      Google lets you add a custom image and show it if you
      are logged in. Since gmail is the #1 free email in the world,
      I guess that's not a problem.

      After looking at bing just out of curiosity, it looks strangely
      like they actually copied google.com. Seems to me when bing
      came out it was quite cluttered. Now it's like google. So who
      copied who?

      Companies know a good thing when they see it.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Fraggler
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        In fact, I doubt if many have their homepage set as bing.
        Internet Explorer is defaulted to use the Bing Search Engine - that's quite a few people right there.
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      • Profile picture of the author bay37
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        After looking at bing just out of curiosity, it looks strangely like they actually copied google.com. Seems to me when bing
        came out it was quite cluttered. Now it's like google. So who
        copied who?

        Companies know a good thing when they see it.
        First you admit that you do not keep up to date with search engine tech/news.

        Then you make the most "out there" conclusion. Ever.

        ....fanboy much?
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          Originally Posted by bay37 View Post

          First you admit that you do not keep up to date with search engine tech/news.

          Then you make the most "out there" conclusion. Ever.

          ....fanboy much?
          I keep up with SE news, thank you. Like google kicking the pants of off bing.
          Did you know that google searchers who ditch them are going to yahoo or ask?
          Bing is a non issue. I only follow google. I follow the big 800 lb gorilla.
          Why should I follow bing? I had not been on bing.com since it came out.
          And it was cluttered. I concentrate on google because that's who I choose
          to concentrate on. Period. They rule the search world. Why would I do
          anything else?

          Look at bing then look at google. Bing looks like they uncluttered to copy
          google. So, again, who copied who?

          Bing has been falling flat on it's face. I know, it kills the google haters
          but sometimes you have to face reality.

          If that's an "out there comment," I'll gladly plead guilty taking my lots
          with google, not bing.

          Paul
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          • Profile picture of the author Wi
            Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

            I keep up with SE news, thank you. Like google kicking the pants of off bing.
            Did you know that google searchers who ditch them are going to yahoo or ask?
            Bing is a non issue. I only follow google. I follow the big 800 lb gorilla.
            Why should I follow bing? I had not been on bing.com since it came out.
            And it was cluttered. I concentrate on google because that's who I choose
            to concentrate on. Period. They rule the search world. Why would I do
            anything else?

            Look at bing then look at google. Bing looks like they uncluttered to copy
            google. So, again, who copied who?

            Bing has been falling flat on it's face. I know, it kills the google haters
            but sometimes you have to face reality.

            If that's an "out there comment," I'll gladly plead guilty taking my lots
            with google, not bing.

            Paul
            Stfu Paul - Bing is okay, and I recieve at least around 1000 visitors per day from bing all over my websites! And I have a lot - especially imagesearch is great, I'm recieving a bunch of visits through their imagesearch, and YES it does convert..

            I have not done ANYTHING to lay first on bing, but somehow I manage to lay number 1 for some searchterms.

            Google is the best - no doubt about it, but don't say that Bing is NOTHING - because they are! They took some percentages of the searchmarket, so don't be such a Bing-hater...

            Bing is way better than yahoo as far as I can tell! I'm recieving like maybe 50 visitors from yahoo daily, and compared to Bing that's not a lot!

            Paul - try being positive instead of all that bull**** - seriously!

            For you it's: My way or the highway, but that's not how it works!
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  • Profile picture of the author Wi
    I think it's just temporary!

    Google is always changing their logo and stuff like that, and they can't really do that with a full screen background like that!
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  • Profile picture of the author __internet__
    The only reason why they're doing the background is for analytics. They want people to sign in and choose different backgrounds. Then they can track every search by the user and make everything more relevant. Basically, they want webmasters to lose money and rankings not to matter anymore.
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    • Profile picture of the author Peter Gregory
      Originally Posted by __internet__ View Post

      ...they want webmasters to lose money and rankings not to matter anymore.
      I love to hear conspiracy theories as much as the next guy, but why exactly would they want that?
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      • Profile picture of the author __internet__
        Originally Posted by Peter Gregory View Post

        I love to hear conspiracy theories as much as the next guy, but why exactly would they want that?
        They want SEO to not be a factor anymore. They want to have full control over the search engine and make it as relevant as possible for the user. That's why they're putting this background stuff up. They want you logged in. If people can't get high rankings, they will have to pay for adwords. Therefore, webmasters will be losing money since free traffic makes more than paid traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    I wish Google would focus on search and stay out of the other stuff.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fraggler
    When Google first started to get noticed I seem to remember them being highly against companies being able to buy rankings.
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