Google Search: Comment Box, Promote & Cancel Icons

[LJVF]

Just stumbled across something interesting in Google. My results are showing an 3 new icons I've never seen before. Two of them allow you to promote or cancel results using "Search Wiki". The other one allows you to make a comment. Below are screen shots:

 

[bloomz]

D - I clicked yours, and mine - it moved my listing to the top and shows on both "promoted by Jonathon"

See if you see that on your end, or is it just part of personalized search results?


I also just tried Firefox where I am not signed in and don't see those links.

You then they appear when I signed in...have to be to do with their personalized search.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/17/seo-about-to-get-turned-on-its-ear

 

[LJVF]

JB, which keyword to you search?

 

[LJVF]

Here's a screen shot when I type in "Corvallis Florist". I clicked on the up arrow and Inbloom was pushed to the top with my name "Darrel" and the comment I made.

 

[LJVF]

D - I clicked yours, and mine - it moved my listing to the top and shows on both "promoted by Jonathon"

See if you see that on your end, or is it just part of personalized search results?


I also just tried Firefox where I am not signed in and don't see those links.

You then they appear when I signed in...have to be to do with their personalized search.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/17/seo-about-to-get-turned-on-its-ear

That was interesting reading JB, here's an excerpt from it:

Where Does this Leave the SEO Crowd?

"Ranking is dead," says Bruce, recalling his words from his presentation. Going forward, he says you're going to have to look at analytics, measure traffic, bounce rates, action, etc. SEOs will have to ask themselves questions like:

- Did I get the conversion I was after?

- Did I really deliver on the promise of SEO?

Bruce thinks that in the first six months of 2009, we're going to see a lot more implementation of behavior and intent-based search leading to a mindset of "ranking is dead, and traffic is all that matters."

I wonder why the button reads "Make a public comment" if it's just personalized?

 

[CHR]

It's called SearchWiki.

I wonder why the button reads "Make a public comment" if it's just personalized?

From the SEL article:

There’s an “Add a result” link at the bottom of the search results page that let’s you add web pages to the search results. There are also links at the bottom of the page to show and restore listings you’ve removed, and to see all other SearchWiki changes (in aggregate) and comments made by other users.

and

Google emphasizes that changes made in the SearchWiki interface will have no impact on the traditional ranking of web pages. If you put your own site in the 1st position for your primary keywords, you’re the only Google user who’ll see your site at the top of the rankings. Your site will, however, be included when users click the “See all notes for this SearchWiki” link at the bottom of the page; that link leads to another page that shows what results other users have re-ordered, removed, or added.

It will surely be interesting to see what re-orders & comments are left on the big money flower terms.