Is Google Experimental going to change the face of SEO forever?
Is Google Experimental going to change our Google search rankings forever and further more?
Apparently Google is experimenting with enhancing search results. The first experiment deals with ‘Alternate views for search results‘. This includes the list view (current option), info view, time line view and map view.
Now the interesting thing to note here is that each view gives different results. So although you might have worked hard to get your web pages to the top 10 in the current Google scenario (list view), you might find your listing missing in the three new proposed views.
Just imagine if Google were to introduce these as actual search options. The face of Google SEO will not be the same. It will be better for some, worse for others. May be nothing new about this but it is going to cause some upheaval and shifts in results depending on what view gets to be more popular.
Timeline View
Many a times I have wanted to filter results so I only get the latest and most updated pages. The timeline view offers just such an option. You can choose the year down to the month you want results from. Your range can be as wide or as narrow as you want. This is definitely a great search enhancement.
I see the timeline view favouring blogs that are constantly updated but I also see people cheating and changing dates on their blog posts to get better placement. So this may or may not work.
Map View – A NO NO for me
The map view is my least favorite. It hardly ever works right for me. And that is all I have to say about this one.
Info View
The info view so far has not made any sense as most of the variables don’t show any information. It offers to show this info for your results:
- Search Term
- Dates
- Measurements
- Locations
- Images
Only the first and last terms normally give any information. The rest mostly result in date not available, location not available, measurement not available for most of the results.
Conclusion
Out of all four I prefer the timeline search the best as I am assured the most current info. If I am just looking for information without a time period criterion then the normal list view serves its purpose. I don’t see myself using either the map or the info view at all.
Which search view do you find to be the most appealing?
Tags: Google, Search Enhancement, Search Options, SEO
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Andrew Bailey says:
On August 2nd, 2008 3:56 pm
trying out commentluv
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BRK says:
On August 10th, 2008 11:33 am
Holy cow. I never knew this. One of Cuil’s parting shot at Google was that they were going to stay stagnant. But I really like the timeline but I wonder if it’s going to be exploited like Trends. The info view has potential but yeah, it doesn’t give good results.
I still like their overall interface as I hated the magazine style of Cuil. None of these new Google interfaces were busy at all.
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Erum Munir says:
On August 10th, 2008 3:36 pm
I think the timeline view, although a valuable tool, has the potential of being exploited. All it takes is a date change on your blog to come up in the recent results. I would really hate it if people were to go about changing the dates on their posts to position themselves better in the timeline view.
arun says:
On March 21st, 2009 7:22 pm
Its nice to see the data from a different dimension. Google on track with good ideas.
Ali K from SEO Directories says:
On April 4th, 2009 3:02 pm
Although it is going to affect the SERPS to a certain extent, but it wont bring any major change as of my opinion. Basics of SEO ain’t changing for a very long time and even after that they will affect the new constraints.
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Erum Munir says:
On April 16th, 2009 11:32 am
True. I guess it wasn’t very successful either as they seem to have dumped the project.