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I can understand the negative impression of the recent GA, drive, and Gmail - but how exactly is search awful compared to five years ago? Unless you're referrin

I can understand the negative impression of the recent GA, drive, and Gmail - but how exactly is search awful compared to five years ago? Unless you're referring to the algorithm changes, I don't see the argument that the interface itself is harder to use now than five years ago.

wmeredith 12y ago
Seriously? Google's SERP pages are now 75% ads above the fold. Hell, on a netbook you may not even see ANY organic search results. A couple quick examples: Google "work at home" (no quotes) and you'll see eight sponsored results and three organic results. Google "credit card" (no quotes) and you'll see NINE sponsored results and TWO organic results. This is on a Macbook Pro 15" running Chrome. it's also worth noting that Google's current gen algo with hit you with a penalty if you "run too many adds above the fold". They also have carousels, maps and product photos. Google has fully become the search engines they used to despise. It's basically a paid directory. I'm a power user so I scroll down, but the first content listing will see 33% of the clicks on the page. 40% of Google users don't know the ads are even ads. Further reading... https://econsultancy.com/blog/62249-40-of-consumers-are-unaware-that-google-adwords-are-adverts https://econsultancy.com/blog/62249-40-of-consumers-are-unaw... http://www.anticareer.com/google-tells-you-to-do-one-thing-but-it-is-ok-if-they-do-the-opposite/ http://www.anticareer.com/google-tells-you-to-do-one-thing-b... http://www.affhelper.com/googles-hypocrisy-exposed/ http://www.affhelper.com/googles-hypocrisy-exposed/ http://www.branded3.com/blogs/will-google-penalise-itself-for-excessive-ads-above-the-fold/ http://www.branded3.com/blogs/will-google-penalise-itself-fo...
- coldpie 12y ago
  I see zero sponsored ads, presumably because I have adblock installed.
- debaserab2 12y ago
  I suspect I don't notice this as much because I'm rarely googling highly ranked keywords - usually if I have to google something, it's specific and more educational or a news items. I can see how some of the contextual interface stuff would be annoying, but some of it I actually like. For example, when googling for a sports team name, if they are playing a game at that particular time, the first thing you'll see is the game score.

wmeredith 12y ago

Seriously? Google's SERP pages are now 75% ads above the fold. Hell, on a netbook you may not even see ANY organic search results. A couple quick examples: Google "work at home" (no quotes) and you'll see eight sponsored results and three organic results. Google "credit card" (no quotes) and you'll see NINE sponsored results and TWO organic results. This is on a Macbook Pro 15" running Chrome. it's also worth noting that Google's current gen algo with hit you with a penalty if you "run too many adds above the fold". They also have carousels, maps and product photos. Google has fully become the search engines they used to despise. It's basically a paid directory. I'm a power user so I scroll down, but the first content listing will see 33% of the clicks on the page. 40% of Google users don't know the ads are even ads. Further reading... https://econsultancy.com/blog/62249-40-of-consumers-are-unaware-that-google-adwords-are-adverts https://econsultancy.com/blog/62249-40-of-consumers-are-unaw... http://www.anticareer.com/google-tells-you-to-do-one-thing-but-it-is-ok-if-they-do-the-opposite/ http://www.anticareer.com/google-tells-you-to-do-one-thing-b... http://www.affhelper.com/googles-hypocrisy-exposed/ http://www.affhelper.com/googles-hypocrisy-exposed/ http://www.branded3.com/blogs/will-google-penalise-itself-for-excessive-ads-above-the-fold/ http://www.branded3.com/blogs/will-google-penalise-itself-fo...

coldpie 12y ago
I see zero sponsored ads, presumably because I have adblock installed.
debaserab2 12y ago
I suspect I don't notice this as much because I'm rarely googling highly ranked keywords - usually if I have to google something, it's specific and more educational or a news items. I can see how some of the contextual interface stuff would be annoying, but some of it I actually like. For example, when googling for a sports team name, if they are playing a game at that particular time, the first thing you'll see is the game score.