Sunday, May 9, 2010

Look what Google did...

So let's just just talk about this for a minute because it took me completely by surprise. I know Google has been doing lots of little things with personalized search and it's definitely had an effect on my SERPs so I try not be logged in when I google but sometimes I forget and now, look what Google did -
















Results from my social circle??
I was looking for this freelance site that I can never remember to bookmark and Google gave me an ORGANIC listing from Propeller Media Works looking for a freelance flash designer.

Now would I have gotten this result if I weren't signed in? If I had remember to log out of my gmail acct before I searched for the site would I have seen the same listing on the SERP? Let's see....

Nope. The listing is gone. As soon as I logged out of my Google account the PMW listing disappeared.

So is it no longer relevant? Or can Google just not access my Gmail addresses and recognize similar names? That's a little creepy Google. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I do, however, want to Google lots of other terms and see who else shows up on the page.

Wow Google Wow.

Oh, and apparently Propeller is looking for a Freelance PHP Designer if anyone is interested.

1 comments:

Joe said...

Good call on the social circle.

One thing that drives me a little crazy is Google Personalized Search, which is active whether you're signed in or not.

It's all good for me, but I know (ahem) certain people who drop Google searches related to specific industries all the time, and wonder why they don't rank at a certain position (Hint: Your results are corrupted by personal search, since Google stores up to 180 days of 'relevant' info).