Comments on: Google Searchwiki being Tested

By: Google SearchWiki - What does it mean for brands? - iCrossing

Google SearchWiki - What does it mean for brands? - iCrossing — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:00:51 +0000

[...] We’ve been monitoring it since the beginning of November when we noticed Google bucket testing it, but it’s only been since last week, when it was officially launched, that it’s really been making waves. Anyone who doesn’t know what it is can read Dan’s explanation of Google’s SearchWiki here. [...]

By: Jonathan Stewart

Jonathan Stewart — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:07:58 +0000

Looks like it’s gone live now for pretty much everyone. The BBC officially announced it on Friday but it took until this morning before I started seeing it.

Danny Sullivan has provided an excellent analysis, well worth a look.

@Tonywig – it doesn’t look like they’ll be using this data to influence SERPs in the short term, although I’ve read that they haven’t ruled it out for the future.

By: nass

nass — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:58:48 +0000

There’s not a chance in hell that google will let this influence serps. It’s too easy to manipulate

By: Chris Eden

Chris Eden — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:21:56 +0000

It seems that i'm getting the Search Wiki when i'm logged in on every search that i'm making. This would obviously make sense as Google can remember your preferences of results based on your history when signed in. I wonder if they plan to roll it out to those users without a Google profile? Looks like yet another way to get more people to give up their details and open a Google profile. Google explain it in more detail below. It's definately a brave move but i'm not sure how useful it's going to be. The great thing about using Google is the speed of searching but I think this new feature will lead to people feeling the need to spend time altering their results page. Will they eventually open this up to everyone? I wonder what effect it will have on the really competitive terms such as 'insurance'. If they did there would certainly be a need for a lot more policing to ensure people aren't abusing the system on the higher value terms. Should be interesting to see how it develops!

By: tonywig

tonywig — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:20:16 +0000

does anyone think that this new search feature from google will affect the way pages are ranked within google? I wonder if this will shift google rankings for large/profitable keywords alot? i found a rundown of how the google searchwiki works at http://www.thesearchwiki.com for anyone who hasnt experienced the new google search results look like with searchwiki.