Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google web search'

Search for Google Ireland in Google and you will notice that Google does not return Google.ie but rather returns Google.co.nz. Someone should send Google a memo that Ireland is not the same place as New Zealand. Here is a picture:...

Posted on October 15, 2009 8:33 AM

For a few years now, some webmasters have been trying to figure out ways to prevent Google from allowing users to translate their pages with the Google Translate tool. From time to time, webmaster ask if there is a way...

Posted on September 1, 2009 8:36 AM

A few weeks ago, Google announced the support of rich snippets in the search results. Most SEOs and Webmasters said they would give it a try and I did also. So far, none of the sites I have tried it...

Posted on May 26, 2009 8:24 AM

A moderator at WebmasterWorld noticed Google stopped using standard URL redirects in the Google search results to track click events. If you hover over the link, it now appears that Google is just sending you directly to the destination URL,...

Posted on May 25, 2009 8:34 AM

The Google Wonder Wheel and search options we have seen being tested is now the real deal in Google.com. Google announced it yesterday at the Searchology event, which Danny live blogged. In fact, Matt posted a nice recap of all...

Posted on May 13, 2009 8:55 AM

Every month we report on a monthly WebmasterWorld thread that discusses the current state of the Google web search index. This month, the WebmasterWorld thread has very little to report. If you want to see last month's report click here....

Posted on April 14, 2009 8:03 AM

Googlers know they have to be very careful what they say in public forums when I am watching. In a recent Google Webmasters Help thread, Googler, JohnMu replied to a thread, and I am going to beat him up for...

Posted on March 16, 2009 9:00 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has several different webmasters reporting seeing huge spikes in Google referrals recently and then those spikes dropping down. The first post was on February 28th, but the spikes continue to happen on random days for several webmasters....

Posted on March 11, 2009 8:27 AM

About a week and a half ago, there was the start of discussion around Google's brand push in the algorithm. Some people started noticing that for some queries (mostly generic queries), more "big brands" were showing up in the search...

Posted on March 5, 2009 8:13 AM

In our monthly tradition, we are reporting on the March 2009 Google Search changes as seen via the ongoing WebmasterWorld thread. You can see the February report that we posted last month to catch up. This month, one member feels...

Posted on March 4, 2009 8:03 AM

There is an interesting thread at WebmasterWorld that Google may be biased towards showing more and more "big brands" in the top Google web search results. Yea, yea - big brands have more links, more trust, more pages and bigger...

Posted on February 23, 2009 8:35 AM

Sometime yesterday, Firefox 2.x users were unable to use Google's search box, as they typically do. They would go to Google.com, enter in a search query and hit enter. Then nothing would happen. Really, nothing would happen. There is a...

Posted on February 6, 2009 8:34 AM

Here is the February 2009 webmaster report on Google's search result changes based on the WebmasterWorld thread. I will summarize what people are noticing in the Google search results, as per the thread. Google accidently labeled the internet as malwareSome...

Posted on February 4, 2009 8:16 AM

If you've ever noticed on specific searches, Google gives you a post count and estimates the number of authors of posts in the snippet like the screenshot below indicates: But if you ask me, the number there is entirely inaccurate....

Posted on December 17, 2008 8:15 AM

Google cranks up the Consensus Engine by Andrew Orlowski at The Register completely took Marissa Mayer's comments out of context when he wrote in his introductory line: Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears...

Posted on December 15, 2008 7:52 AM

I have seen two smallish thread, relative to a normal Google update thread, that discusses changes in the Google search results. A WebmasterWorld thread and DigitalPoint Forums thread has discussion around some changes being noticed in Google. Now, typically these...

Posted on November 25, 2008 8:18 AM

Over the weekend, Webmasters started to notice major changes with the Google search results. Most of those changes are documented in an incredibly long but only three-day long thread at WebmasterWorld. I decided to wait on reporting on this thread...

Posted on November 3, 2008 7:14 AM

A typical thread I see from time to time in the forums are from webmasters who see Googlebot trying to access their site, but their site is not publicly available. For example, a Google Groups thread has a webmaster from...

Posted on October 20, 2008 8:24 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around Google now telling you how the search results were either customized based on your previous searches or personalized based on your web history. This is not all that new, relative to search, Danny wrote...

Posted on October 17, 2008 6:23 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread is reporting seeing an spike in the number of instances Google is showing Google Book Search results within the web results. A few other members have agreed in seeing a larger number of book results in the...

Posted on September 26, 2008 8:20 AM

About 15 days ago, I reported on the Google Yo-Yo Effect. This yo-yoing is a lot different then the typical ups and downs of Google's rankings. I know many of you are going to say, Google's results always differ. Trust...

Posted on July 29, 2008 8:04 AM

Part two of the WebmasterWorld thread on the July 2008 Google update discussion is virtually all about how Google is yo-yoing the results. Meaning, one day a site can have top positions for a keyword phrase in Google, the next...

Posted on July 16, 2008 7:51 AM

Ever since Google launched Universal Search, SEMs have been trying to leverage it to get their site into the first position within the vertical search engine that is ranking in the top slot. So for searches like new york hotel...

Posted on July 14, 2008 7:26 AM

Last night, I had a nice chat with Googler, JohnMu. I joked around with John, asking if he has messed up yet, in terms of Google communication with webmasters. He said not really - which I agree with. But he...

Posted on June 5, 2008 10:05 AM

Talk about theories! A WebmasterWorld thread has a theory that was posted by senior member, travelin cat, who noticed that his top ranking pages tend to have related YouTube video's embedded on them. The YouTube videos are not his videos,...

Posted on May 29, 2008 7:40 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has some discussion over one member spotting a Google IP address navigating through his site. The IP address originates from the Mountain View location and resolves to Google, so he is convinced a Googler is manually reviewing...

Posted on May 23, 2008 7:00 AM

Remember the floating four story I wrote a week or so ago? Basically how a search result would be in the fourth position and then go so a lower position, then come back to four and then go back again...

Posted on May 21, 2008 9:07 AM

Back in February, I wrote a story named Upper Case & Lower Case Searches May Return Different Google Search Results. Since then, the discussion on that topic has died off. But in the past month or so, more and more...

Posted on May 21, 2008 8:49 AM

Google has finally written a formal post at the Google Webmaster Central blog named Best practices when moving your site. It honestly is a nice place to send a client or webmaster when the question comes up. Does it give...

Posted on April 17, 2008 7:33 AM

We should have seen this coming, based on the number of reports that Google was submitting GET forms. But often, it is hard to validate those types of reports, due to people spoofing Googlebot and similar tactics. In any event,...

Posted on April 14, 2008 7:50 AM

There are reports from several sources including WebmasterWorld that Google is having a tough time mapping the proper URLs with the associated page titles for those URLs. One report says that Google is treating searches for portal A on a...

Posted on April 10, 2008 8:35 AM

Juicy title, isn't it? Well, that is the topic of discussion at a WebmasterWorld. A senior member decided to post some generic, not specific examples, ways to hurt a website's Google rankings. Here are some of the methods you can...

Posted on April 8, 2008 7:56 AM

A few weeks ago we reported that Google was testing search suggestions as the default option when searching at Google.com. It appears that more people are noticing this new Google Suggest test. A new WebmasterWorld has reports from a couple...

Posted on April 8, 2008 7:46 AM

Google has changed how they handle displaying search results for when you use quotes in the search box and when there are not many or any matches. For example, a search on "super running for life" at Google would normally...

Posted on April 4, 2008 7:55 AM

There is an interesting new bug with Firefox 3 Beta 5, that sends a surfer through a redirect page after clicking on the Google search result. Here is how to reproduce the issue: (1) Be in Firefox 3 Beta 5...

Posted on April 3, 2008 7:18 AM

A couple days ago, I announced on my personal blog that I expanded the keyword list that triggers the Google Co-Op subscribed links from showing up. If you don't remember, the Google Co-Op subscribed links are a way for a...

Posted on April 2, 2008 7:56 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread asks why is Google showing RSS feeds in the Google.com web search results. You know you see them. You do a search and an .xml or .rss or atom result comes up in the results. Why does...

Posted on September 6, 2007 7:36 AM

The Google search results landscape has forever changed. Yes, this is a huge deal. With the launch of Google Universal Search, you will see a totally different approach to search results that you have never seen before. Remember we found...

Posted on May 17, 2007 7:46 AM

Barry Welford spotted Google showing Google Blog Search results at the bottom of Google web search results. He posted a screen capture at Cre8asite Forums showing this in action. Here is that screen capture downsized a bit. I have ton...

Posted on May 7, 2007 7:21 AM

I received an email from the fine folks over at the Alacra Blog asking Is Google [site:] command broken? I did my own tests and it seemed fine when I tested it, but they had proof, an image with the...

Posted on September 12, 2006 7:29 AM