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AMP is just the start. I won't be surprised if we find out Google is promoting websites for using Google Analytics.

by sdan 7y ago

duskwuff 7y ago
There's already some questionable aspects, like the way that Google search query strings are only available if you sign up for Google Analytics. And I would be very interested to hear what Google does with the other data they collect with Analytics...
tantalor 7y ago
No, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmO1GE4GvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmO1GE4GvI > search quality in general does not use Google Analytics in ranking > it won't affect your ranking
- lohszvu 7y ago
  Do you actually believe them? I don't.
  - sdan 7y ago
    I agree with lohszvu and given this was made nearly a decade ago, I'm pretty sure their tactics have changed (I don't even think AMP was made in 2010).
SomeOldThrow 7y ago
If Google we’re truly committed to building a search engine that is useful they would give the user control of ranking. I hope one day we see a search engine not driven by ad incentives....
- zo1 7y ago
  They don't even have to be that "extreme" about it. Simple tools that would still allow them to "sell" ads but give the user more control. E.g. Being able to "blacklist" certain domains from results. Same thing applies to youtube. You can not permanently block/remove/disable channels from being present in the content results/feed. I think that deep-down Google high-ups "know" that giving some of these "basic" usability features would essentially disable their control of the content that they push to you. E.g. imagine publicly-shared black-lists of bad domains and bad channels that one could subscribe to. Similar to the ad blockings lists that have generated a bit of a thriving ecosystem. I.e. smart people would eventually use this basic "building block" to build content-control that would be more decentralized/democratic and really personal.

AMP is just the start. I won't be surprised if we find out Google is promoting websites for using Google Analytics.

by sdan 7y ago

AMP is just the start. I won't be surprised if we find out Google is promoting websites for using Google Analytics.

There's already some questionable aspects, like the way that Google search query strings are only available if you sign up for Google Analytics. And I would be very interested to hear what Google does with the other data they collect with Analytics...

tantalor 7y ago

No, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmO1GE4GvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLmO1GE4GvI > search quality in general does not use Google Analytics in ranking > it won't affect your ranking

lohszvu 7y ago
Do you actually believe them? I don't.
- sdan 7y ago
  I agree with lohszvu and given this was made nearly a decade ago, I'm pretty sure their tactics have changed (I don't even think AMP was made in 2010).

SomeOldThrow 7y ago

If Google we’re truly committed to building a search engine that is useful they would give the user control of ranking. I hope one day we see a search engine not driven by ad incentives....

zo1 7y ago
They don't even have to be that "extreme" about it. Simple tools that would still allow them to "sell" ads but give the user more control. E.g. Being able to "blacklist" certain domains from results. Same thing applies to youtube. You can not permanently block/remove/disable channels from being present in the content results/feed. I think that deep-down Google high-ups "know" that giving some of these "basic" usability features would essentially disable their control of the content that they push to you. E.g. imagine publicly-shared black-lists of bad domains and bad channels that one could subscribe to. Similar to the ad blockings lists that have generated a bit of a thriving ecosystem. I.e. smart people would eventually use this basic "building block" to build content-control that would be more decentralized/democratic and really personal.