{"id":17080,"date":"2014-08-18T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=17080"},"modified":"2014-08-18T17:08:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:08:01","slug":"google-search-results-11-ads-1-directory-and-3-stinkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/18\/google-search-results-11-ads-1-directory-and-3-stinkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Test Search Results – 11 Ads, 1 Directory and 3 Stinkers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google is apparently testing<\/a> a mobile style 3 pack as a replacement for the carousel. <\/p>\n

Whether a test or not, this test search result is quite amazing. I have a fairly large Thunderbolt display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440. That is more vertical resolution than 66% of all computers<\/a> on the market as of January, 2014 according to w3schools.com. Even so this result is quite incredible in just how absolutely awful it is. <\/p>\n

With my browser window stretched to the full height of the display, above the fold there are 11 ads, 1 organic directory listing, a map and 3<\/del> 2.5 hold your nose stinky local results. The move away from a carousel which had a certain balance to the ranking and possibly away from the 7 pack<\/a> towards just 3 results is jarring enough. But the amazing preponderance of paid and the near complete absence and terrible quality of the organic and local results leaves one’s jaw on the floor. <\/p>\n

I guess that Google has finally given up on any form of local listing or organic page relevance and has decided that relevance is a function of payment. <\/p>\n

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Google is apparently testing a mobile style 3 pack as a replacement for the carousel. Whether a test or not, this test search result is quite amazing. I have a fairly large Thunderbolt display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440. That is more vertical resolution than 66% of all computers on the market as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t