Comments on: Is This Google’s UK Glitch? http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/ Black, White, Grey. Whatever. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:03:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Social media doesn't get rankings http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Social media doesn't get rankings Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:50:19 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-1746 [...] Google’s received a lot of flak recently over its “Vince” (the brand one) and “Caffeine” (the, um infrastructure one?) updates and resulting poor search results. [...] [...] Google’s received a lot of flak recently over its “Vince” (the brand one) and “Caffeine” (the, um infrastructure one?) updates and resulting poor search results. [...]

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]]> By: SharkSEO found the source of the UK SERPs Problem? | UK SERPS http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-997 SharkSEO found the source of the UK SERPs Problem? | UK SERPS Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:11:19 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-997 [...] posted last week a theory behind the problems we’ve been seeing in the UK SERPs.  For a full explanation head over to [...] [...] posted last week a theory behind the problems we’ve been seeing in the UK SERPs.  For a full explanation head over to [...]

]]> By: admin http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-981 admin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:35:22 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-981 Cheers for the comments guys. @ukserps - to see the related searches, after you've searched there should be a link under the search box that says "show options". There's a bit there that says "related searches". @lindop it’s an unusual one – the thing that confuses me is that they tend to have localised related searches but then for some (usually the ones where we notice the results are international) it becomes global. It kind of ties in a bit with the Vince theory that they’re using click-through data from the related searches…but at the same time, I don’t think Vince would have been pushed to long-tail terms so it seems unlikely. I’m genuinely confused. Cheers for the comments guys.

@ukserps – to see the related searches, after you’ve searched there should be a link under the search box that says “show options”. There’s a bit there that says “related searches”.

@lindop it’s an unusual one – the thing that confuses me is that they tend to have localised related searches but then for some (usually the ones where we notice the results are international) it becomes global. It kind of ties in a bit with the Vince theory that they’re using click-through data from the related searches…but at the same time, I don’t think Vince would have been pushed to long-tail terms so it seems unlikely. I’m genuinely confused.

]]> By: admin http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-980 admin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:48:52 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-980 Cheers David, it's an unusual one - the thing that confuses me is that they tend to have localised related searches but then for some (usually the ones where we notice the results are international) it becomes global. It kind of ties in a bit with the Vince theory that they're using click-through data from the related searches...but at the same time, I don't think Vince would have been pushed to long-tail terms so it seems unlikely. I'm genuinely confused. Cheers David, it’s an unusual one – the thing that confuses me is that they tend to have localised related searches but then for some (usually the ones where we notice the results are international) it becomes global. It kind of ties in a bit with the Vince theory that they’re using click-through data from the related searches…but at the same time, I don’t think Vince would have been pushed to long-tail terms so it seems unlikely. I’m genuinely confused.

]]> By: David Lindop http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-979 David Lindop Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:55:03 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-979 Great post. I noticed the Kent issues a while ago (think it was Rishi who flagged it up). This is a great theory, and in fact the only one that really makes sense throughout. I wonder what it would take for Google to use a localised related searches feature, rather than a blanket global one. I mean, it seems to go completely against their quest for relevance by using such a generalised approach. Great post.
I noticed the Kent issues a while ago (think it was Rishi who flagged it up). This is a great theory, and in fact the only one that really makes sense throughout.

I wonder what it would take for Google to use a localised related searches feature, rather than a blanket global one. I mean, it seems to go completely against their quest for relevance by using such a generalised approach.

]]> By: Alex http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Alex Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:25:37 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-978 Interesting post Dave. What I find even more puzzling is that in your first example around tennis courts, 50% of the terms are specific to Australia (Canberra, Victoria, Perth, Melbourne, NSW, Newcastle, Rose Bay, Liverpool, Marrickville and Sydney CBD). This made me wonder if any seasonality was coming into play here, with my lack of Australian sports knowledge the only time of year I know Tennis is played here is in January, the Australian Open. However if you have a look on Google Insights specifically to Australian traffic http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=tennis%2C&geo=AU&date=today%203-m&cmpt=q You see a rather abnormal peak in search volume during September, with the regional interest being NSW and Victoria. Which are exactly the same areas nearly all the Australian locations are from. It's hard for me to comment as I'm now in Australia and can't actually see the UK results, but it feels like the related searches could be being influenced by significant peaks from global search data. The same way timed news results are increased in rankings due to trends in search volume. Interesting post Dave. What I find even more puzzling is that in your first example around tennis courts, 50% of the terms are specific to Australia (Canberra, Victoria, Perth, Melbourne, NSW, Newcastle, Rose Bay, Liverpool, Marrickville and Sydney CBD).

This made me wonder if any seasonality was coming into play here, with my lack of Australian sports knowledge the only time of year I know Tennis is played here is in January, the Australian Open.

However if you have a look on Google Insights specifically to Australian traffic http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=tennis%2C&geo=AU&date=today%203-m&cmpt=q

You see a rather abnormal peak in search volume during September, with the regional interest being NSW and Victoria. Which are exactly the same areas nearly all the Australian locations are from.

It’s hard for me to comment as I’m now in Australia and can’t actually see the UK results, but it feels like the related searches could be being influenced by significant peaks from global search data. The same way timed news results are increased in rankings due to trends in search volume.

]]> By: Dave Freeman http://sharkseo.com/google/google-glitch/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Dave Freeman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:31:13 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=564#comment-977 Great theory! Tennis Warehouse is a pretty popular site in the tennis community in the U.S and the U.K (quite possible in rest of Europe too) - a lot of tennis gear gets releases in the U.S way before the U.K. If it helps pwp and prodirect are the main U.K tennis specialists. So with that in mind it does begin to add up. Great theory!

Tennis Warehouse is a pretty popular site in the tennis community in the U.S and the U.K (quite possible in rest of Europe too) – a lot of tennis gear gets releases in the U.S way before the U.K. If it helps pwp and prodirect are the main U.K tennis specialists. So with that in mind it does begin to add up.

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