Comments on: Local Links of Interest:Google’s Universal Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/local-links-of-interestgoogles-universal-search/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:37:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/local-links-of-interestgoogles-universal-search/comment-page-1/#comment-25586 Mike Blumenthal Fri, 18 May 2007 00:18:31 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/local-links-of-interestgoogles-universal-search/#comment-25586 <p>Yes they do seem to be in experimental mode (I am sure that you saw <a href="href="http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/google-city-search-returns-different-map-styles/" rel="nofollow">my city maps example</a> which appears to be a very visible experiment in user preferences)...but I am more concerned about the <a href="href="http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/173/" rel="nofollow">unfinished nature</a> of the Maps text view. It implies a certain lack of fit and finish to the whole affair. Google has 10,000 products in beta why do they need a finished one that isn't working quite right?</p> <p>Mike </p> Yes they do seem to be in experimental mode (I am sure that you saw my city maps example which appears to be a very visible experiment in user preferences)…but I am more concerned about the unfinished nature of the Maps text view. It implies a certain lack of fit and finish to the whole affair. Google has 10,000 products in beta why do they need a finished one that isn’t working quite right?

Mike

]]> By: Earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/local-links-of-interestgoogles-universal-search/comment-page-1/#comment-25568 Earlpearl Thu, 17 May 2007 23:07:39 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/05/17/local-links-of-interestgoogles-universal-search/#comment-25568 Mike: Nice overview and references. Approximately 3 days after the change was installed I'm watching only one category and a variety of search queries and the status vis a vis the onebox and g maps is changing daily. On one day a specific query will see a onebox and on another day it won't. For the same query on different days I see the onebox on the top of the page and the next day the onebox is below 3 or 4 sites. Google is massively testing user behavior across the board. As a webmaster/site owner/ business person....my site which generally sits at a #1 organic rank for a wide variety of relevant phrases that combine geo and business terms is seeing dramatically different placement vis a vis the rotating/changing status of the onebox. Ha....I'm already putting more money into ppc. Oh well...gotta ride this thing out. Dave Mike:

Nice overview and references. Approximately 3 days after the change was installed I’m watching only one category and a variety of search queries and the status vis a vis the onebox and g maps is changing daily. On one day a specific query will see a onebox and on another day it won’t. For the same query on different days I see the onebox on the top of the page and the next day the onebox is below 3 or 4 sites.

Google is massively testing user behavior across the board.

As a webmaster/site owner/ business person….my site which generally sits at a #1 organic rank for a wide variety of relevant phrases that combine geo and business terms is seeing dramatically different placement vis a vis the rotating/changing status of the onebox.

Ha….I’m already putting more money into ppc. Oh well…gotta ride this thing out.

Dave

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