Comments on: Can Google Walk the Tightrope Between Corporate Earnings and Search Relevance? http://financialpizza.com/2007/09/28/can-google-walk-the-tightrope-between-corporate-earnings-and-search-relevance/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Magnus http://financialpizza.com/2007/09/28/can-google-walk-the-tightrope-between-corporate-earnings-and-search-relevance/#comment-37 Magnus Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:41:06 +0000 http://financialpizza.com/2007/09/28/can-google-walk-the-tightrope-between-corporate-earnings-and-search-relevance/#comment-37 This is an interesting question but so far I have seen no tendencies towards better results for anything affiliated to Google. Blogger didn't get a boost, even though blogger blogs still do rather good but that hasn't happened after the merge. A similar consideration is the Adwords now showing up on top of the organic search results. For long Google was free from this but I guess they decided to make more money and I've encountered people that don't make any difference between the organic results and these selected sponsored links. Everyone is more or less aware that the right column is ads but not everyone is aware that the top results are ads as well. I believe that we can feel quite safe after all. Google is a smart enough company to realize that there is a limit to what the visitors will take and when it comes to the search results they seem more or less holy for the Google staff. With good reason, it's the results that made people migrate to Google and people might do a similar migration if someone else offered better results. This is an interesting question but so far I have seen no tendencies towards better results for anything affiliated to Google. Blogger didn’t get a boost, even though blogger blogs still do rather good but that hasn’t happened after the merge.

A similar consideration is the Adwords now showing up on top of the organic search results. For long Google was free from this but I guess they decided to make more money and I’ve encountered people that don’t make any difference between the organic results and these selected sponsored links. Everyone is more or less aware that the right column is ads but not everyone is aware that the top results are ads as well.

I believe that we can feel quite safe after all. Google is a smart enough company to realize that there is a limit to what the visitors will take and when it comes to the search results they seem more or less holy for the Google staff. With good reason, it’s the results that made people migrate to Google and people might do a similar migration if someone else offered better results.

]]> By: John Hunter http://financialpizza.com/2007/09/28/can-google-walk-the-tightrope-between-corporate-earnings-and-search-relevance/#comment-35 John Hunter Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:23:18 +0000 http://financialpizza.com/2007/09/28/can-google-walk-the-tightrope-between-corporate-earnings-and-search-relevance/#comment-35 Yes. Google understand that while that conflict exists they would be foolish to do anything but try to improve the results. It is very easy for people to switch if someone else offers better results. In the long term it is in Google's interest to keep users by providing the best results they can. And they have proven they are smart enough and capable of turning that understanding into action. And they will continue to do so. Yes. Google understand that while that conflict exists they would be foolish to do anything but try to improve the results. It is very easy for people to switch if someone else offers better results. In the long term it is in Google’s interest to keep users by providing the best results they can. And they have proven they are smart enough and capable of turning that understanding into action. And they will continue to do so.

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