Comments on: What Google SearchWiki Means for Your Rankings

By: Google: Our choice for search right or wrong? | SEO Buzz for Your Business

Google: Our choice for search right or wrong? | SEO Buzz for Your Business — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:51:48 +0000

[...] Andy Beal over at Marketing Pilgrim has had lots to say on the subject in the past (but probably before Google came right out and admitted that they tweak results). Here he’s talking about What Google SearchWiki Means for Your Ranking [...]

By: Wii

Wii — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:25:44 +0000

I think this will not be used too often because people use bookmarks to store their sites and actually putting the searches to the top of the results will not benefit anyone.

By: AIDS Drugs

AIDS Drugs — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:14:42 +0000

Google currently does not use the results of votes in their SERP algorithm. Its talked about more on Matt Cutts google.com blog http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/. I think that if they did decide to use it that it would talk thousands of votes to trigger a review, and then a human would look at the site determining if their was a obvious reason it was “bad or “good”. Depending on the review the site could receive a bonus or a penalty.

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:31 +0000

It seems crazy that Google would rely on individual users to help affect the overall ranking of sites, yet wasn’t that the core concept behind back-links?

While they may only use the data after “thousands” of people down-vote a site, that still means it’s possible for spammers to hire legions of off-shore people to artificially manipulate the competitive landscape.

oh well. I’m glad that 90% of my clients are small business owners because I just don’t think this new path will be anything for me to worry about regarding small business sites.

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By: Search Engine Optimization Services :: Christopher Ross

Search Engine Optimization Services :: Christopher Ross — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:52:20 +0000

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By: Wii Fit

Wii Fit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:52:26 +0000

For me it is hard to give replay.

By: George Nobles

George Nobles — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:37:02 +0000

Disscussion on very important issue and great reviews also.

By: Anaokulu

Anaokulu — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:05:07 +0000

If it does happen then rankings will stand to lose some of its importance. Actually it already is. Relevance is the key and conversion is what everyone should be aiming for, ranking as a KPI would cease to exist in the future (My personal opinion).

By: mike

mike — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:45:50 +0000

You left out the part where Google uses the votes up/down to influence your ranking for everyone. Those who don't believe this will happen are naive at best... we really can't know what Google SearchWiki means for rankings because it is completely out of our control... however, i'm sure the spammers out there have a few ideas as to what it means! mike's last blog post..Free Test: How Motivated Are You?

By: Saurav

Saurav — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:15:59 +0000

Russ – Marissa Mayers did gave an indication to whether or not Google will be using SearchWiki user data to modify SERPs. I believe I have read a post here which quoted her from the interview she gave at Le Web conference in Paris. She however said that it will have be a sizable number of votes (up or down) to trigger the change though.

By: Chris Berry

Chris Berry — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:42:03 +0000

I'm one of those people who believe that quality content matters more than questionable SEO tactics, so I see this as the best possible development. If the whole idea behind a search engine is to deliver relevant search results, there is no better feedback mechanism than allowing users to determine which items they rate highest. I hope Google will incorporate this user feedback into their rankings. Chris Berry's last blog post..Government Intervention Will Only Make Things Worse For Big Three

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:39:47 +0000

The question is whether the user experience of voting down will start to change the overall SERPs. Russ's last blog post..College Bowl Game Schedule 2009

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:33:05 +0000

I think the important thing is that a single person’s preference for your site won’t affect the site’s overall ranking. If this was the case then all hell would break loose!