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The photo is a tell-tale to me. Each time I see one on the first search results, they get filtered out by my brain (they are either 'news' or 'youtube'). But t
by pfortuny 13y ago
The photo is a tell-tale to me. Each time I see one on the first search results, they get filtered out by my brain (they are either 'news' or 'youtube').
But this is just my reaction.
- epistasis 13y agoYes, having a photo (or perhaps any image) that modifies the layout of a search result instantly makes that search result look like an ad and not a true search result for me. Particularly if it's the first in the list, then it gets categorized as an advertisement by my brain. We have been trained by more than a decade of abusive internet ads to ignore them. Does Google have results that show that these abnormally layouts result in an improved number of clicks, I wonder? Is it just us?
- jsdalton 13y agoEven though I know what the photo is for, subconsciously it makes me think "Oh, this is going to lead me to some guys Google+ profile page." I imagine I've skipped over a ton of search results that are just like the one in the article for just that reason.
- Nursie 13y agoYup. It screams blog/editorial content. I'm very, very rarely interested in blogs or editorials. Usually I seem to be after hard data or documentation.
- unreal37 13y agoAlso screams "this site has been SEO'd to death". Better when every top result has a picture then it doesn't stand out so much.
- microtherion 13y agoTo me, the title screamed “SEO’d to death”.