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Ahmmm... Has Google always been doing that?

by abnation
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Or am I just missing something??

#ahmmm #google
  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Ahmmm... Only since yesterday...

    They are trying to one up Bing, and doing it badly...
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  • Profile picture of the author pethanks
    Honestly, I don't know what is going on with Google.Maybe just for now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    I believe this was just G testing the new feature and Tuesday they plan to make it live for many different languages. (That's what I have been told I'm not sure if it's true or gossip)???

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  • Profile picture of the author abnation
    That is one of the most annoying features to every come out of Google to be honest... I think usability went right out of the window with this one.
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by abnation View Post

      That is one of the most annoying features to every come out of Google to be honest... I think usability went right out of the window with this one.

      Pride cometh before the fall...
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      • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
        It's kind of, ahem, cuil. LOL.

        Seriously though, it isn't doing it for me. I feel so left out.
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  • Profile picture of the author LetsGoViral
    Hmm, it looks like it's active only in Germany. I don't see anything like that on official .com version.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny Slater
    If you see the magnifying glass icon next to a listing click it. That might bring it up for those of you not seeing it.
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  • Profile picture of the author jesus72knight
    Nahh. Just another gimmick of the Big G.
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  • Profile picture of the author kjfuller1
    I think it's annoying personally..
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  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    I think it is great because you can now see if it is an annoying site before you waste time going there. So many adsense site, hype sites with little to no content is just a waste of time.

    Now you can see at a glance if it is going to be something your want to look at.

    A real time saver I think. Good on ya Google you've done it again.

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  • Profile picture of the author MarkWrites
    I'm not a big fan of it, but like everything else if it becomes the norm we'll all get used to it eventually.
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    • Profile picture of the author jeskola
      Not a gimmick at all - even though it's been done before (even YEARS ago buy ASK) it's a stroke of genius by Google.

      Now people don't have to click through to find they are not on the page they were looking for, or perhaps they can quickly tell by the overview if the page is suitable. It keeps people ON Google's page. Remember their revenue is 99.9% from Adwords so they want you to stay on there as long as possible.
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      • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
        Originally Posted by jeskola View Post

        Not a gimmick at all - even though it's been done before (even YEARS ago buy ASK) it's a stroke of genius by Google.

        Now people don't have to click through to find they are not on the page they were looking for, or perhaps they can quickly tell by the overview if the page is suitable. It keeps people ON Google's page. Remember their revenue is 99.9% from Adwords so they want you to stay on there as long as possible.

        I wouldn't call it a stroke of genius. But your conjecture makes more sense
        than anything else I've read, so far.

        Now... if they can just move the preview over to the left side so the adwords
        ads are more visible. Eh?

        Maybe they can also put arrows on the preview site pointing to the right. >>>

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        Yo! >>>

        LOL


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  • Profile picture of the author abnation
    This leads me to believe that somehow, great aestethic design, huge headlines as well as other attention grabbing details will gain in significance with getting organic Google traffic.
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