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Love how baseless allegations like "reward in search rankings" are heeded here. If I write something egregious without a source against Duck Duck Go I'd be down
by mav3rick 6y ago
Love how baseless allegations like "reward in search rankings" are heeded here. If I write something egregious without a source against Duck Duck Go I'd be downvoted to oblivion
- londons_explore 6y agoGoogle is pretty strict about not artificially rewarding sites in the organic rankings. (ie. non-ads and non-infoboxes). However, despite that those sites will get an implicit reward - if users go to these sites, and find a slick easy checkout and low prices, the site will satisfy their need. Google's goal is to put sites that satisfy the users search request at the top. So, assuming this new Google service is any good, then sites that use it will end up upranked just because those sites satisfy users more than other sites.
- xmprt 6y agoIntuitively I don't like the idea of Google controlling everything but based on the reason you gave it sounds like this would be a good idea right? Customers get a better experience in the end.
- londons_explore 6y agoYes, although it ignores 2ndary effects (eg. Google takes over payments market, all other competitors go bankrupt, Google stops innovating because no competition, users lose out because no innovation). That happened in things like Google Reader - users loved the service so much the industry for RSS readers died and stagnated, hurting users...
- mabbo 6y agoIt's not entirely baseless. Look at what's happening with AMP. Google aren't a charity, and at some point in the last decade they realized it.
- mav3rick 6y agoWhat is happening with AMP ? The pages load faster. They made it clear they will reward page load times in ranking. They have made no such shopping related claim here.
- mthoms 6y agoImplement AMP and get rewarded with a carousel position (ie. better rankings). Implement a faster-than-amp experience using plain HTML+CSS and get... at worst: nothing. At best: you'll get up-ranked slightly. But, no matter how much faster (or better) your page, you will never, ever, be above, or in the carousel. How do you consider that "baseless"? It's obvious that Google rewards sites that do things the way it dictates.
- mav3rick 6y ago". At best: you'll get up-ranked slightly." " you will never, ever, be above, or in the carousel." Read what you write please.
- mthoms 6y agoIt could have been expressed more clearly, but I'm not clear what's so obviously wrong with what I said that you felt the need to be rude. What I said: You'll get up-ranked, but will always be below the carousel. Therefore being in the carousel is an unfair advantage of AMP.
- BiteCode_dev 6y agoAMP, quick search box, bread crumbs... Google track record is not great in that regards.
- reaperducer 6y agoIt would only be "baseless" if it hadn't happened before. People learn from experience and the experiences of others.
- mav3rick 6y agoYour vendetta doesn't make something real.
- reaperducer 6y agoI have no vendetta. You're projecting.