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> I think Google is right here. If you mark something as a sequence, it is reasonable to presume that the start of the sequence is the normal entry point, in th

> I think Google is right here. If you mark something as a sequence, it is reasonable to presume that the start of the sequence is the normal entry point, in this case the front page of your blog. For me, if I click on a URL I want to go to that URL. I don't want the search engine or the browser deciding that I'm better off going to some other URL. Google should provide the information, let me be the driver. If this gets too annoying I'll just switch to ddg.gg. I agree that the author is misusing prev/next if he plans to put them on ever article in his blog. Using prefetch for similar articles makes sense though.

DougBTX 15y ago
> For me, if I click on a URL I want to go to that URL. I don't think that was ever up for debate. This is about which pages appear on search results, so you might see the url of the first page of an article instead of the last page. This all seems overblown. If you add metadata, expect it to be used!
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  This is not my interpretation of the Google blog post[1]. If your search result is on page 3 they'll send you to page 1. This is undesirable to me. Please call me out if this is an incorrect interpretation. [1]http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/09/pagination-with-relnext-and-relprev.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/09/paginatio...
  - justincormack 15y ago
    They say they may. It may also depend how similar the content on the pages is, and how specific your search term is. Eg if there are 10 pages on a disease, one is about symptoms, and your search term is about symptoms you probably want that page, if it is a general search you probably want the start. Thats my interpretation of them, how it works in actual use we shall see.
  - DougBTX 15y ago
    Sorry, the difficulty seems to be what "search result" means. If you search for "foo", and that term happens to be on page 3, then Google may produce page 1 as the search result. Just like at the moment, sometimes the term you search for only appears on the pages which link to the search result, not on the search result itself. Sometimes the term does not appear at all, for example if I search for "batman begins sequel" the first result is: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ That page does not have the term "sequel" on it, but it is still the first search result. And if you view the cached version, the only word highlighted is "batman". Very specifically, my post above addresses the comment that Google might display one url, then take you to another. That seems unlikely. Instead, you will only see the url of the page that is the search result, which may be page 1.

DougBTX 15y ago

> For me, if I click on a URL I want to go to that URL. I don't think that was ever up for debate. This is about which pages appear on search results, so you might see the url of the first page of an article instead of the last page. This all seems overblown. If you add metadata, expect it to be used!

MatthewPhillips 15y ago
This is not my interpretation of the Google blog post[1]. If your search result is on page 3 they'll send you to page 1. This is undesirable to me. Please call me out if this is an incorrect interpretation. [1]http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/09/pagination-with-relnext-and-relprev.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/09/paginatio...
- justincormack 15y ago
  They say they may. It may also depend how similar the content on the pages is, and how specific your search term is. Eg if there are 10 pages on a disease, one is about symptoms, and your search term is about symptoms you probably want that page, if it is a general search you probably want the start. Thats my interpretation of them, how it works in actual use we shall see.
- DougBTX 15y ago
  Sorry, the difficulty seems to be what "search result" means. If you search for "foo", and that term happens to be on page 3, then Google may produce page 1 as the search result. Just like at the moment, sometimes the term you search for only appears on the pages which link to the search result, not on the search result itself. Sometimes the term does not appear at all, for example if I search for "batman begins sequel" the first result is: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/ That page does not have the term "sequel" on it, but it is still the first search result. And if you view the cached version, the only word highlighted is "batman". Very specifically, my post above addresses the comment that Google might display one url, then take you to another. That seems unlikely. Instead, you will only see the url of the page that is the search result, which may be page 1.