RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
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RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
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Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#2This seems to be about a change where, if you search for "time toronto", it'll show you the time in Toronto in a mostly blank page and a button labeled "Show all results".
Very clicky-batey title.
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#3This looks like a "user first" approach which I, as a user, really dig. Don't forget that Google is likely losing out on adwords revenue as a result of this change.
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#4This seems to be about a change where, if you search for "time toronto", it'll show you the time in Toronto in a mostly blank page and a button labeled "Show all results". Very clicky-batey title.
I'm not sure it is clickbait. Previously, typing things into Google would result in a list of webpages that matched the phrase you typed in, with various ambiguity around that to allow for flexibility.
Now it doesn't do that, by default. Yeah, there's button to do it, so it's not like anybody can't access the results anymore. But certainly from the perspective of the first experience, this is a huge change.
Assuming whatever A/B-style test is currently running is "successful", it would be reasonable to assume that this feature would be rolled out to other queries where Google assumes users want an answer to a specific question. That's something that could have a significant impact on the web generally, given Google's dominant position.
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#5I don't understand the issue with this.
"Oh no, Google is giving me what I just asked for, what will the people running websites that do this exact thing ever do? I really wish I had to click extra times and load other websites to get this info instead of it just being presented to me when I ask."
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#6This looks like a "user first" approach which I, as a user, really dig. Don't forget that Google is likely losing out on adwords revenue as a result of this change.
On the other hand:
1) this kind of query is not a big driver of Adwords revenue
2) the direct answer is cheaper to compute than a search of the web index
3) this result page is much smaller to generate, serve, load and render
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#7This seems to be about a change where, if you search for "time toronto", it'll show you the time in Toronto in a mostly blank page and a button labeled "Show all results". Very clicky-batey title.
I'm not sure it is clickbait. Previously, typing things into Google would result in a list of webpages that matched the phrase you typed in, with various ambiguity around that to allow for flexibility. Now it doesn't do that, by default. Yeah, there's button to do it, so it's not like anybody can't access the results anymore. But certainly from the perspective of the first experience, this is a huge change . Assuming…
They show whatever they want to show. For example see https://www.google.com/search?q=matemathica If you search for "matemathica" they will show the results of "mathematica" instead, and offer to search for the original word. Sometimes they mix the results of the original word and the autocorrected version. Sometimes they show the results of the original and offer to show the results of the autocorrection.
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#8This looks like a "user first" approach which I, as a user, really dig. Don't forget that Google is likely losing out on adwords revenue as a result of this change.
On the other hand: 1) this kind of query is not a big driver of Adwords revenue 2) the direct answer is cheaper to compute than a search of the web index 3) this result page is much smaller to generate, serve, load and render
4) they are still showing ads on the page.
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#9I'd rather think this is RIP to the SEO company complaining about not being able to put a a junk page titled "find lbs to kg today" on the "lbs to kg" search result page.
Too often do I see absolute rubbish on the search results page from companies trying to land on top that have no actual relevance to what I want. Also too often does google guess what I really wanted and show me that instead of what I specifically said.
Re: RIP Google, a ‘Search Engine’ from 1998-2018
#10It makes sense that a guy whose job it is to make things appear on search results would be angry at a search engine bypassing the sites of people like him.