Comments on: What Google Search Personalization Means to SEO http://www.firstpagefitness.com/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/ Unbiased information about health and fitness products. Separate the gimmicks from the real deal. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eric http://www.firstpagefitness.com/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2715 Eric Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:34:22 +0000 http://www.firstpagefitness.com/blog/2007/02/03/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2715 I don't doubt there are many ways the blackhat crowd will begin to take advantage of all of this. Still, it seems like a healthy first step towards search returns that have to do with what users want rather than marketers. After all, I doubt a Super Bowl ad that says, "Add us to your Google homepage!" would get as many links to it as a video that everyone seems to really want to see. Maybe I've just drank too much of the Google Kool-Aid. But to my way of thinking, this will make it harder for spammers to beat the system, not easier. I don’t doubt there are many ways the blackhat crowd will begin to take advantage of all of this. Still, it seems like a healthy first step towards search returns that have to do with what users want rather than marketers.

After all, I doubt a Super Bowl ad that says, “Add us to your Google homepage!” would get as many links to it as a video that everyone seems to really want to see.

Maybe I’ve just drank too much of the Google Kool-Aid. But to my way of thinking, this will make it harder for spammers to beat the system, not easier.

]]> By: Lori K. Barbeau http://www.firstpagefitness.com/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2317 Lori K. Barbeau Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:26:10 +0000 http://www.firstpagefitness.com/blog/2007/02/03/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2317 The interesting thing is that Google is, first and foremost, a government, and the owners are, truly, rulers of the world through this incredible government they've created. The question is, in my mind, how long before these people cross over into the bizarre realm of dictatorship? Or, is it possible that the personalized search is a first form of dictatorship? I don't want Google deciding for me what to I want to see in the organic search results! It's too much like me giving them permission to control the media. And once the government controls the media, freedom goes down the tubes. So, I believe that one tactic not previously mentioned is to go to a different search engine. Google defines the SEO world only as much as we allow Google to define it. Or, is that too idealistic? The interesting thing is that Google is, first and foremost, a government, and the owners are, truly, rulers of the world through this incredible government they’ve created.

The question is, in my mind, how long before these people cross over into the bizarre realm of dictatorship? Or, is it possible that the personalized search is a first form of dictatorship?

I don’t want Google deciding for me what to I want to see in the organic search results! It’s too much like me giving them permission to control the media. And once the government controls the media, freedom goes down the tubes.

So, I believe that one tactic not previously mentioned is to go to a different search engine. Google defines the SEO world only as much as we allow Google to define it. Or, is that too idealistic?

]]> By: Everett http://www.firstpagefitness.com/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2064 Everett Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:31:05 +0000 http://www.firstpagefitness.com/blog/2007/02/03/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2064 Ken, this has nothing to do with local search. Am I missing something? Ken, this has nothing to do with local search. Am I missing something?

]]> By: Ken Savage http://www.firstpagefitness.com/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2063 Ken Savage Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:02:20 +0000 http://www.firstpagefitness.com/blog/2007/02/03/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2063 Maybe in some of the bigger cities but not where I live. I doubt the blue hairs (old people) will know how to use or recognize local search. Maybe in some of the bigger cities but not where I live. I doubt the blue hairs (old people) will know how to use or recognize local search.

]]> By: Hawaii SEO http://www.firstpagefitness.com/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2032 Hawaii SEO Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:21:22 +0000 http://www.firstpagefitness.com/blog/2007/02/03/what-google-search-personalization-means-to-seo/#comment-2032 Sure... You can pay people to place your website in an i-frame or hidden frame of some kind on their website. You can hack into someone's computer and have a robot surf targeted websites while the victim sleeps. Sure… You can pay people to place your website in an i-frame or hidden frame of some kind on their website. You can hack into someone’s computer and have a robot surf targeted websites while the victim sleeps.

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