Comments on: Google’s New “Search Within A Site” Could Hurt Publisher Revenues http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ciaran http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9919 Ciaran Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:51:10 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9919 Santi - I'm sure that your English is slipping - I was trying to say that, despite what us search geeks might think, the number if searches on internal engines is waaaay more than all the engines combined. Anyway, you know I'm right! :) Santi - I’m sure that your English is slipping - I was trying to say that, despite what us search geeks might think, the number if searches on internal engines is waaaay more than all the engines combined.

Anyway, you know I’m right!

:)

]]> By: Santi http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9918 Santi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:31:36 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9918 what I meant is that they have just put an easy non-geeky interface that enables the average Joe to do the same "advanced" queries that you and I use. Bad for the publishers, good for the user (funnily enough you do get good results using it). Now, that the sum of the searches in all the trillions of websites with internal search engines adds up to the number of searches in the 4 main search engines tells you how bad those internal search engines are... :) what I meant is that they have just put an easy non-geeky interface that enables the average Joe to do the same “advanced” queries that you and I use. Bad for the publishers, good for the user (funnily enough you do get good results using it).
Now, that the sum of the searches in all the trillions of websites with internal search engines adds up to the number of searches in the 4 main search engines tells you how bad those internal search engines are… :)

]]> By: Ciaran http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9911 Ciaran Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:08:40 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9911 But of course Santi, you're not a normal user! I know from experience that thousands of people do use internal search engines (I used to dig through the queries for keyword data). In fact I have seen a stat (which I now can not find for the life of me) which suggested that the number of searches on internal engines every day, was approximate to the number of searches on engines every week or month! But of course Santi, you’re not a normal user!

I know from experience that thousands of people do use internal search engines (I used to dig through the queries for keyword data).

In fact I have seen a stat (which I now can not find for the life of me) which suggested that the number of searches on internal engines every day, was approximate to the number of searches on engines every week or month!

]]> By: Santi http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9910 Santi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:45:18 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9910 I see where you are coming from and I agree that it may hurt publishers. However, I also think that if the publishers had decent search engines built in their websites, then users would not need to go to google and search for stuff. Personally, it has been a long time since last time I used a website search engine unless it is for product search (and more ofthen than not, no even those t work too well). I use the site: command all the time and it works. I see where you are coming from and I agree that it may hurt publishers. However, I also think that if the publishers had decent search engines built in their websites, then users would not need to go to google and search for stuff. Personally, it has been a long time since last time I used a website search engine unless it is for product search (and more ofthen than not, no even those t work too well). I use the site: command all the time and it works.

]]> By: rishil http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9908 rishil Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:15:08 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20080306/googles-new-search-within-a-site-could-hurt-publisher-revenues/#comment-9908 <p>Hey Ciaran - not too different a bent from yours, but I looked at it as <a href="http://www.seosmarty.com/search-within-search" rel="nofollow">harm to brand search owners</a>.</p> Hey Ciaran - not too different a bent from yours, but I looked at it as harm to brand search owners.

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