Comments on: Is Google Moving In The Wrong Direction?

By: Jeff Vojtko

Jeff Vojtko — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:56:31 +0000

I think with Google’s latest push (Panda) they are definitely going in the wrong direction. Why can they just be happy enough making billions of dollars. No, Google wants to control the whole Internet. A lot of people lost out because of Google.

By: Cilt Maskeleri

Cilt Maskeleri — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:16:19 +0000

I don’t really know how I feel about it, but I know that I spend a lot less time on search and a lot more time asking people on Twitter or Facebook.

By: Moda 2011

Moda 2011 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:15:42 +0000

google tends to make things super complicated. twitter is not needed in search results

By: cheamo

cheamo — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:42:15 +0000

I absolutely agree. The reason most people I know started using Google over any other search engine back in the early 90′s was mostly because of it’s very simple interface. It’s also why it became so many people’s home page back then. Now Google keeps forcing these extra “features” down our throats when all I want is still just a simple design where I type in a search key and an excellent algorithm returns a simple lists of results.

I really think if Google keeps going in this direction someone will build a free search engine that is just as good, but is completely simple, and people will slowly start switching to it.

By: Sarah Patrick

Sarah Patrick — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:55:59 +0000

I curious to see how Blekko does. All of the articles I have read seem to point to a failure due to not being able to overcome the Google brand. But, at some point Google will just go too far in what they are trying to do.

By: Helen Silverwood

Helen Silverwood — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:03:48 +0000

I’m surprised to see my comment from above copied here word for word, even including the typing error! Thanks for the compliment but what’s going on here? Panic-stricken black hat link-building in the face of Google Personalized Search?!

By: konteyner

konteyner — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:06:35 +0000

The personalized search can be switched off, as informed by this article. I’ve been wondering why google results are still different on different computers even when both computers have had their web history deleted, so thanks for that, it’s v useful! Google will continue to evolve for sure, so any disadvantage the present state of affairs has for some people will keep changing anatway no doubt.

By: [Anchor Text Removed]

[Anchor Text Removed] — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:45:49 +0000

They’re managing all our data.

You do understand that most SERP are catered to the searcher.MyGoogle actually tracks your searches to help give you more relevant results.

So not only do they have your search data, they also have your email, your photos (picasa), your social networking (me), your content (reader)…infact they may know more about you than your closest friends…ISNT THAT SCARY!?

By: danielson

danielson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:29:21 +0000

google tends to make things super complicated. twitter is not needed in search results

By: Helen Silverwood

Helen Silverwood — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:26:34 +0000

I don’t know really, there could be advantages to the twitter feed if people are looking for up to date info, and it’s quite sensible google including twitter rather than trying to lead people away from it. The personalized search can be switched off, as informed by this article. I’ve been wondering why google results are still different on different computers even when both computers have had their web history deleted, so thanks for that, it’s v useful! Google will continue to evolve for sure, so any disadvantage the present state of affairs has for some people will keep changing anatway no doubt.