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muesli - 6:46 am on Apr 30, 2004 (gmt 0)


Just because a link isn't clicked on that often doesn't mean that the information accessed via this link isn't useful or that it wouldn't be useful to those who aren't clicking on it.

i agree very much!

i used to click on directory links only occasionally and still i think google SERPs have become a much poorer and sader place since they are gone. they were an indicator of (editorically reviewed!) quality, topical belonging, etc.

en cuanto a screen real estate i'd even go a step further and say the following SERP features are a lot less important (and i wouldn't miss them):

  • the file-size-indicator. i've been using google almost every day in the past 5 years, yet i have NEVER looked at the filesize and drawn conclusions from it. could also go into a title attribute: <a href=# title="64k">
  • the fresh stamp. probably more a marketing feature to show off how up2date google is. for me as the searcher there's no value to it as the "fresh" page can be without updates for months, despite its date stamp. (would have been useful back when SERPs used to serve stone-old data. not the case anymore at G.)
  • similar pages. the feature itself would be nice but the results are more than useless. i've never seen a related:widget result that deserved the name. i'm sure CTR will reflect this.
    as for the rest i can't complain.

    Anyone else still missing them
    very much so.

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