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Does Google actually promote links to their own services? (Outside of marked advertisements, I mean.) The article isn't totally clear on what 'ranking policy' r

by yew 13y ago

Does Google actually promote links to their own services? (Outside of marked advertisements, I mean.) The article isn't totally clear on what 'ranking policy' refers to, exactly. I know they have the ability to specially promote 'social' content that they think is relevant, and presumably that's tightly coupled to their services (but also supports Twitter and Facebook, as far as I know). Is there something else going on here?

onemorepassword 13y ago
Try finding a video that isn't on YouTube without specifying the property in the search.
- dbrian 13y ago
  Why is this bad? If I put an address in Google, I expect a Google Map. I don't want them to send me to MapQuest.
- jmillikin 13y ago
  Seems to work fine with a test search for [gangnam style]; the results page shows five videos, and only one is from YouTube: http://i.imgur.com/zv0TsRH.png http://i.imgur.com/zv0TsRH.png
  - onemorepassword 13y ago
    Now do a video search. Note the difference.
    - jmillikin 13y ago
      The top few are PSY's official channel and official videos, followed by videos on dailymotion, mtviggy, and jibjab. Paging through, I'd say about half of the results are from YouTube, mostly "how to dance gangnam style" home videos. I don't see anything obviously wrong with these results.
- yew 13y ago
  If YouTube videos rank highly because Google is pushing them up, that's a problem. If YouTube videos rank highly because people like YouTube, that's not a problem. Likewise, if someone has an official YouTube page and doesn't have an official page on some other video site, putting their official YouTube page at the top of the list of results is preferable from a user point of view. If the real problem is that Google controls the 'best' video site, address that problem directly instead of trying to sway users by manipulating search results. If YouTube really is 'the best' then users won't stay away no matter what search results they get.
DanBC 13y ago
If you type [AAPL] in the search box you get some nice information. Under that information, in small grey text, are links to other stuff. Google Finance - Yahoo Finance - MSN Money I don't know if this has changed recently.
yew 13y ago
. . . this is a serious question, by the way. It seems that an answer can be found here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-383_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-383_en.htm. Most of the news is just parroting the least-useful bits of the press release. Can't say I'm a fan of setting the precedent for content usage. The rest looks fine to me, though.

by yew 13y ago

onemorepassword 13y ago

Try finding a video that isn't on YouTube without specifying the property in the search.

dbrian 13y ago
Why is this bad? If I put an address in Google, I expect a Google Map. I don't want them to send me to MapQuest.
jmillikin 13y ago
Seems to work fine with a test search for [gangnam style]; the results page shows five videos, and only one is from YouTube: http://i.imgur.com/zv0TsRH.png http://i.imgur.com/zv0TsRH.png
- onemorepassword 13y ago
  Now do a video search. Note the difference.
  - jmillikin 13y ago
    The top few are PSY's official channel and official videos, followed by videos on dailymotion, mtviggy, and jibjab. Paging through, I'd say about half of the results are from YouTube, mostly "how to dance gangnam style" home videos. I don't see anything obviously wrong with these results.
yew 13y ago
If YouTube videos rank highly because Google is pushing them up, that's a problem. If YouTube videos rank highly because people like YouTube, that's not a problem. Likewise, if someone has an official YouTube page and doesn't have an official page on some other video site, putting their official YouTube page at the top of the list of results is preferable from a user point of view. If the real problem is that Google controls the 'best' video site, address that problem directly instead of trying to sway users by manipulating search results. If YouTube really is 'the best' then users won't stay away no matter what search results they get.

DanBC 13y ago

If you type [AAPL] in the search box you get some nice information. Under that information, in small grey text, are links to other stuff. Google Finance - Yahoo Finance - MSN Money I don't know if this has changed recently.

yew 13y ago

. . . this is a serious question, by the way. It seems that an answer can be found here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-383_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-383_en.htm. Most of the news is just parroting the least-useful bits of the press release. Can't say I'm a fan of setting the precedent for content usage. The rest looks fine to me, though.