tedster
msg:3753509 | 8:50 pm on Sep 27, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Sounds like an experiment - at least I'm not seeing it here. Google is always testing ideas on the SERPs, but a lot of them are not so easy to notice. This sounds like quite a remarkable idea, something cooked up by their snippet team.
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iridiax
msg:3753595 | 2:30 am on Sep 28, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I've been using it all day today on the L detail setting, and I really like it. It shows a meta description and on-page content, so it's much easier to distinguish between good pages with real info as opposed to keyword list spam or stub pages with just a deceptively nice meta description.
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tedster
msg:3754757 | 6:58 pm on Sep 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Techcrunch has some coverage on the SML test now [techcrunch.com], including a screenshot. [edited by: tedster at 1:32 am (utc) on Oct. 1, 2008]
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SEOMike
msg:3754993 | 8:51 pm on Sep 29, 2008 (gmt 0) |
What DC? I've checked a dozen or so DCs and can't find it. Maybe it's a user-based thing?
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dudibob
msg:3755350 | 7:59 am on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Couldn't this also be a bad thing as visitors may not need to come to the site as they already have the info they require?... Sounds great for a user, but a bit scary to the info based sites
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piatkow
msg:3755380 | 9:22 am on Sep 30, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Shades of SearchMe here? Looking at the screen shot, it actually looks pretty good. There is no milage for Google to screw adsense publishers by scraping their pages.
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renelemerle
msg:3756202 | 1:19 am on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
noticed this S,M,L test on www.google.com.au a couple of days back. But it wasn't visible on google.com at the time. seems the test has been stopped or shifted to a different DC(as of 10/1/2008), as not visible anymore.
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potentialgeek
msg:3756309 | 4:35 am on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Google has had a SS (Super Small) version for a long time where you get just the Title with no meta or on-page text, but most people don't know about it. Customization is something I've asked for and expected for a long time, so I'm glad Google is finally listening. They should have started this years ago. p/g
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driller41
msg:3756615 | 2:04 pm on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0) |
...Couldn't this also be a bad thing as visitors may not need to come to the site as they already have the info they require?... Exactly - when does a snippet become content scraping ? Yes yes I know google is a scraper but when they deliver enough information to answer a query without visiting a site then we loose - and of course in the long run so does google as we will no longer create free content for them.
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iridiax
msg:3760183 | 2:34 am on Oct 7, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Update: I'm still seeing this. I also have noticed that the ranking order changes when I switch from M (default) to L (large) or S (small). For the keywords I tested, my home page ranks the best with the L option.
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renelemerle
msg:3760213 | 3:52 am on Oct 7, 2008 (gmt 0) |
iridiax, i can't see how Google can explain changing rankings based on a user's SERP display settings. It just doesn't make sense. anyone else seeing the rankings change with this test?
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