Comments on: Google Understands User Behavior

By: OSYM

OSYM — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:08:09 +0000

I agree with Graham on the above completely. OSYM's last blog post..KPSS Atamalarında Torpil Var mıdır ?

By: PS3

PS3 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:58:55 +0000

You mention intelligence Jordan but it does seem that people get confused as soon as their turn on the internet. You only have to try and sell something on eBay and the people you come accross will demonstrate that.

By: Ultimate Blackhat

Ultimate Blackhat — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:40:43 +0000

For such a huge company the slightest change could lead to a massive improvement. Google FTW!

By: Internet Entrepreneur

Internet Entrepreneur — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:12:44 +0000

Google will soon hire telepaths to monitor SE users behavior

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By: daiLyFeed

daiLyFeed — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:14:03 +0000

Google is definitely the best in the internet. Compared to Yahoo, Google will be the online users' choice for its supreme quality! daiLyFeed's last blog post..Watch True Blood Episode 10 Online | I Don’t Wanna Know

By: savings

savings — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:04:15 +0000

I guess part of their business model is to understand how users interact online, so users behaviour is one of their KPI’s. Google continues to develop all appilcations based around users- that says it all.

By: SEO Tips South Africa

SEO Tips South Africa — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:42:27 +0000

Understanding and emulating user behaviour is what Google’s AI algorithm is all about. They are trying to predict human responses and behaviour to given inputs, and the depth of their information is actually mind-boggling.

By: cat

cat — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:20:42 +0000

Google has to understand it’s users behavour otherwise thy won’t succeed

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:56:53 +0000

Hence the reason Google remains at the top of the search engine heap, and will continue to do so..

By: Zurpit

Zurpit — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:35:06 +0000

Wow that is pretty cool that Google is using eye tracking to make their searches better and to learn what people see when they search on search engines

By: Abdulrehman

Abdulrehman — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:42:15 +0000

The data is limitless, how far can they go? Abdulrehman's last blog post..Save Bandwidth by Optimizing your Blog's Pictures

By: Utah SEO Pro

Utah SEO Pro — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:34:59 +0000

User behavior metrics are the next big thing for search engine rankings. Microsoft has already filed a patent, BrowseRank, to incorporate user-behavior data as a quality metric. Utah SEO Pro's last blog post..The Future of SEO

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:02:10 +0000

@Nicole—it’s frightening that Google studies its users’ behavior in lab and field settings? Is it scary that they want to make sure users understand their products?

By: Busby SEO

Busby SEO — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:58:48 +0000

Is this mean Google going more reliable and understand people ? Busby SEO's last blog post..By: Dhyarga

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:26:38 +0000

This is frightening information. Where will all this end? Nicole Price's last blog post..Ideas for a Mother-to-be

By: brandon alan scofield

brandon alan scofield — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:27:44 +0000

No wonder people abandon yahoo, Google are much more reliable, as if it understand human ... actually the programmer create user friendly algorithm ... brandon alan scofield's last blog post..Social security fund

By: Saad Kamal

Saad Kamal — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:33:28 +0000

I agree with Graham on the above completely. A user can be in different modes while they perform the search - A buying mode will mean that he has the intention to make a purchases, so the query that he will run or the way he will interact will the search results will be completely different compared to another user who is just searching for 'brown shoes' to write a thesis on "Personality & Shoe Colours". Saad Kamal's last blog post..The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards is Live

By: Graham Jones - Internet Psychologist

Graham Jones - Internet Psychologist — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:05:41 +0000

Google is right to test things out of the lab – and yes, people will always say what they expect the researchers want them to say. What they are doing is to improve what is known as the “ecological validity” of the research. (In other words how much does it replicate the “real world”.) However, eye tracking is only part of the story – few studies actually test user motivation. And that is fundamental to actually what people do with their searches. Testing for shoe buying behaviour online is all very well – but if you’re not motivated to buy shoes you will behave very differently to when you are motivated to buy them. Knowing the motivation of your users is essential – but is rarely, tested or allowed for.