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I'm sorry, but this is a bunch of SEO guys whining about the fact that their dubiously useful sites they spent lots of time trying to move up Google's ranking a
by Elepsis 17y ago
I'm sorry, but this is a bunch of SEO guys whining about the fact that their dubiously useful sites they spent lots of time trying to move up Google's ranking are no longer at the top of the page.
When most people search for "san francisco dentists," why wouldn't they want locations and phone numbers of some of these dentists presented right upfront? This is no different than what Bing, Yahoo and even Duck Duck Go are doing, and there's nothing wrong with making the result page more useful for people without them having to click away.
Sure, Google has been getting a little too spammy with the amount of ads in the yellow box, but complaining when they surface Youtube videos or maps is ridiculous. Nine times out of 10, that's exactly what the user is looking for.
- lawrence 17y agoI didn't see much whining in here. Aaron is pointing out that there might be big changes coming to far and away the biggest source of referral traffic on the web. I probably don't have to spell this out for you, but it's a big deal if Google shifts focus from driving traffic to other sites, to driving traffic to its own sites.
- dspeyer 17y agoAll the links on the right of the map go straight to the remote sites in question. That's still where Google is driving the traffic.
- skinnymuch 17y agoNo people aren't actually always looking for Youtube videos. Do you know how many times a big viral video hits and Youtube has to remove it due to copyright and ownership issues? Now you have worthless Youtube video results when you just want the actual video. This is just one example of when Google will put their product in your face without regard to what you want.