Google on AOL uk?

strange results in my log files

[olias]

I've started to get referals from aol.co.uk across all of my sites today that I wasn't getting yesterday.

All of the search queries look rather Google like to me, however when I go and check them at aol.co.uk the same old Inktomi results are showing with my sites nowhere to be seen.

Has anyone else noticed this happening?

Dave

[4eyes]

Can't see anything in my logs.

Anyone else?

[olias]

Yay, I've now actually seen a 'Powered By Google' logo in place of Inktomi having performed a UK specific search at aol.co.uk

[4eyes]

Google now live on aol.co.uk for me too.

hmmm - gonna watch my stats over night see what happens

[tigger]

Yep, looks like google is supplying AOL.co.uk, I'm surprised .com is still showing ink, looks like it's showing google.co.uk results to :)

[IanTurner]

I'm seeing Google.com on worldwide and a .uk filter on the UK Only - it doesn't look like Google.co.uk UK Only sites.

[gsx]

Yes, no .coms or .nets - that's bad considering Google have one of the best at working out your location.

No Google AdWords - still remains to be Overture, now that's an unusual twist, Overture + Google. Never seen that combination before.

[NFFC]

>Overture + Google. Never seen that combination before.

It's a growing trend, started I think by Freeserve.

[Rugles]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now for the USA and Canada

[Net_Wizard]

Similar to Cometsystem?

[Chef_Brian]

Looks great, just wonder who much traffic this will result in combaried to say another engine like yahoo or google.com

Chef Brian

[olias]

Traffic is looking promising, my main site so far today:-
Google 3853
Yahoogle 400
Altavista 227
Aol.co.uk 222

[IanTurner]

olias, I am not seeing anywhere near that level of traffic from aol.co.uk so far today

Google 190
Yahoogle 90
Aol UK 6

[john316]

Yep...looks nice

[brotherhood of LAN]

Anyone have any figures about the volume of UK searches on aol.co.uk in comparison to AOL as a net entity?

Also, how many % of searches are done on AOL as a fraction of 100% for all SE's?

[olias]

Ian, the majority of my visitors are evening/home user types, so I suspect I am likely to have a fair old bias towards AOL traffic, that is compounded by the fact that the results only became stable at about 6pm!

Guess we will just have to wait to see what tomorrow brings :)

[jtoddv]

Ian, Olias is only getting 2.5% more vistors than you. You get 2% of your trafic from AOL.co.uk and he is getting 4.5%

Vav

[IanTurner]

It was the aol - yahoogle difference that sparked me to make a comment.

But you are right overall he is oly getting 4.5% aol.

[Frank_Rizzo]

It looks as if they are giving preference to aol members sites.

A certain phrase puts me #2 out of 12,900 on google.co.uk. But on aol.co.uk I'm 4th. Above me is two extra sites, both members.aol.

Is it a good idea to signup to aol and use the members homepage as a gateway?

[chris_f]

Well this has made my day, week, month, year, decade, ........ etc.

[big]GO GOOGLE![/big]

My job has just gotten alot easier. Now #1 on AOL.co.uk for 5 heavily competitive keyword phrases.

[Josk]

Does anyone have a url showing google on aol.com? (I can see it on aol.uk)

[tigger]

I'm all behind Google with this one as well; I’m just starting to feel a bit uneasy how google is starting to take over the Internet

Josk

it's not showing yet still poor old Ink

[Birney]

I realise the danger of relying too heavily on one main Index - but in practice Google is really the best Index out there for webmasters AND users: relevant, consistent, reliable results without hidden advertising in the actual search results :)

Most of the others search engines produce unreliable results and incorporate multiple forms of paid advertising (sometimes appearing as part of the results) - hence users click on sites which are probably paying to be there (and will charge the customer accordingly) - Looksmart being the worst for this.

Besides - the highest percentage of traffic already comes from Google (and sites using its index - yahoo, bbc, aol and lots of the 'looksmart' syndicated portals). So I say its great aol is using the best all round search engine.

[Jill]

Any speculation on when it will jump to AOL.com?

[seth_wilde]

"Any speculation on when it will jump to AOL.com"

In the latest inteview with the ceo of Inktomi, He said there relationship with AOL doesn't end until September..

[nell]

It may be Inktomi's obligation to maintain a relationship until September but I doubt if it's reciprocal. I would expect that AOL could switch "taxicabs" whenever they want. The sooner AOL can ditch that "ride" the better.

[seth_wilde]

"I would expect that AOL could switch "taxicabs" whenever they want"

Yeah you would think so, but I'm not sure who's paying who.. If inktomi's paying AOL they might have to wait for the contract to expire..

[conor]

I have said it before but I will say it again !

That Google train keeps on runnin !!!!

[Dusted]

Doing a search on some target keywords for my site on google uk i get result #2, on aol uk it's somewhere on page 3.

Wondering why, I twigged that all the aol uk site results seem to be .co.uk domains. Because my .co.uk is ranked far lower than the .com it doesn't show up so well.

Why would aol uk be doing this when google uk doesn't?

[nickc001]

Olias,

I noticed you included yahoogle as one of your referrers, is this the google results that appear on yahoo, how do you identify them in your logs, do you use something like:

"SELECT * FROM tbl_ref WHERE strReferrer LIKE '%yah%google%'

where % is a wildcard character.

When counting google entries how do you exclude the yahgoogle entries from your google count?

hope this is understandable,

Nick