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Calling it "backtracking" feels strange. They still want to put favicons in there, but as pointed out, the positioning is misleading since it's in the same spot
by ehsankia 7y ago
Calling it "backtracking" feels strange. They still want to put favicons in there, but as pointed out, the positioning is misleading since it's in the same spot as the "ad" icon. They will most likely just move it to another more unique position.
- gwittel 7y agoFavicon display seems rife for abuse. I wonder what happens if you put a favicon that looks like googles’ or that says “ad”. All sorts of fun to encourage clicks onto a malicious site because it looks safe.
- janesvilleseo 7y agoCorrect. There could be quite a bit of fun. This more than likely could work for sites not in the top spot. If you borrow the credibility of another brand you could get a boost. This click thru boost could then translate into higher rankings over time as you outperform your spot. I have already seen seen some ascii stars in the URLs of Googles ads. There is always abuse.
- realusername 7y agoI guarantee you will have people putting favicon looking like a check-mark or an arrow to make people click more.
- milofeynman 7y agoI would hope they've put thought into that and might even blacklist sites that try to steal other more popular sites favicons. I guess it would catch a lot of false positives with companies making new sites on new tlds that might share favicons.
- stephanozzz 7y agoAccording to the twitter announcement, they are not "backtracking", they are going to experiment further. As of today, search results are still favicons on mobile...