Google serps WOW!

[cc976a]

Ultimately people started using Google because of it's simplicity. Yahoo and MSN (now Bing) had too much content and flashing stuff getting in the way.

Whatever Google is doing right now is just one further step towards visitors moving on. If it could be excused to make visitors experiences better I think however much domainers / affiliators / website owners were frustrated it could be understood - but there are so many 'standard' users getting frustrated by the clutter, unwanted customisation and adverts that I think they are just waiting for the next - reliable SE in it's infancy to jump ship (when ironically the cycle starts again and another G is created)

I know G is a big commercial giant but I think many stayed loyal to them because they seemed different. A huge giant not going down the greedy corporate route and giving a lot away for free. They still do and are but the independence of the SE has now turned in to a Yellow Pages screen where the companies with the deepest pockets get the most prominence - and the smaller SMEs and growing entrepreneurs from countries across the world have seen their springboard diminish.

Agree with Edwin, Dale and others - give it 5 years and there will be a new kid on the block....

 

[aZooZa]

The new kid is a facebook.com/address. That will last 3 years IMO. Thanks cc976a - you did some research on here

Yeah Google will be history in 5 years. Darwinism.

 

[GreyWing]

Thing is though guys, maybe there has been these sites before and Google buys them out at birth.

So what you need is not only a genius to build something excellent but also someone with principles or vision to not sell out. If your a kid in the bedroom and G offers you £10m for your mini search engine.

Would take balls of steal to turn it down..

 

[Ashton]

If it is that, I wonder how high they set the bar?

Vouchercodes.co.uk doesn't have them for "voucher codes"

Discountvouchers.co.uk doesn't have them for "discount vouchers"

Promocodes.co.uk doesn't have them for "promo codes"

Yet when you look at the made up brand names, my voucher codes, coupon croc, voucher seeker etc all have them.

Obviously since its google, we will never know - I am sure they will have some complex algorithm that takes click rates, competition, bounce rate, searches, authority of the site all into account.

I very much doubt we will be seeing these results for the generic terms like the ones you mention - because people want to make a choice there, they aren't definitive searches where in the vast majority of cases the top result is the only result really needed.

 

[aZooZa]

Thing is though guys, maybe there has been these sites before and Google buys them out at birth.

So what you need is not only a genius to build something excellent but also someone with principles or vision to not sell out. If your a kid in the bedroom and G offers you £10m for your mini search engine.

Would take balls of steal to turn it down..

Graeme, as history repeats itself as ever, there will always be a new kid on the block like the Facebook guy (Mark?) to whom money has no meaning.

This internet that we now experience will be a shadow in the past in 5 years.

Higher connection speeds and virtualisation

 

[GreyWing]

Graeme, as history repeats itself as ever, there will always be a new kid on the block like the Facebook guy (Mark?) to whom money has no meaning.

This internet that we now experience will be a shadow in the past in 5 years.

Higher connection speeds and virtualisation

I wonder if we may all be wondering if it is true what they say "better the devil you know".

I'm no massive fan of Google but at least over the last few months they have returned a bit of weight back to exact matches, so at the moment I'm quite content. Until next week when they change it again

 

[peter_w]

Just noticed that "news" has 4 sitelinks (under the BBC). One of the only times I've seen it for what is essentially a generic term.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=news