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Let's see: is it to Google's benefit that you'll find what you want in no time ? Or that you'll spend more time in their engine and see ads ?
by petra 9y ago
Let's see: is it to Google's benefit that you'll find what you want in no time ? Or that you'll spend more time in their engine and see ads ?
- rckclmbr 9y agoIf it's ads for things you dont want, the ads are worthless.
- overcast 9y agoIt's 100% of their interest to find exactly what you're looking for as quickly as possible. Oldie but goodie article, about when Mayer was experimenting with search results, and the conclusion was that minimal, accurate choices wins. People actually spent LESS time when there was too many results. http://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-marissa-mayer-speed-wins/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-marissa-mayer-speed-win...
- petra 9y agofrom the link you sent all i get is that Google optimized for "time on site". Nowhere it mentions optimizing for rapidly finding what you want.