Google Loosing a Grip on Indented Results?

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August 1, 2006

Google Loosing a Grip on Indented Results?

Typically, at least in the past, when someone did a search and the top two results were from the same site, Google would indent the second result under the first. It works sometimes now, for example a search on rustybrick indents the 2nd result as such.

But a search on webmasterworld does not indent the result.

Same with search engine watch, and yahoo and ask.

An other thing which doesn't appear to be fully consistent. What I did notice is that the results with the Web Categories underneath them, tend to not have the indented result after them. So maybe that is the difference? See google for an example like the rustybrick example above, see no, web categories...

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

posted rustybrick in Google Optimization at August 1, 2006 8:03 AM Comments (8)

Comments

I wanna know who this rustybrick example you always use is? :P

Posted by chris boggs at August 1, 2006 08:21

Some dork - don't pay attention to it.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at August 1, 2006 08:26

Feature (i.e. deliberate design choice), not bug. When the #1 result has SiteLinks and there's a #2 result from the same host, the #2 result is not indented. ThomasB asked this a while ago.

Umm... here: http://www.goodroi.com/2006/07/30/thomasb-notices-another-google-serps-change/

Posted by Matt Cutts at August 1, 2006 18:18

I just clicked on link to google search and seems if you're logged to Google Account shows feeds of the referer if you're subscribed to it depending on the search query .

Screenshot : http://www.dropshots.com/zoomin.php?userid=155103&cdate=20060801&cimg=0

PS : Is this english ?

Posted by Eugeniu at August 1, 2006 18:29

Matt, good eye!

Eugeniu, that is the Google Coop -- see http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/003799.html

Posted by Barry Schwartz at August 1, 2006 18:42

Thanks Matt for giving me credits, just to link to the original post with your comment:
http://www.thomasbindl.com/blog/index.php?title=maxsuite_2times&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments

Posted by ThomasB at August 1, 2006 18:51

Sorry 'bout that Thomas. I searched for [thomasb indent] or something like that and found goodroi's write-up about your finding first.

Posted by Matt Cutts at August 2, 2006 01:04

Nevermind, let's forget about it over a delicious Sprite Zero next week. ;)

Posted by ThomasB at August 3, 2006 20:22