Comments on: Even Google says Google UK sucks http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks SEO, Perl, etc Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-779 Robert Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:42:14 +0000 http://rob-hammond.co.uk/?p=150#comment-779 Nothing new really... but then again I'm in South Africa. Our results are mostly American. I guess Google reckons if it doesn't quite get it, just return a US result. Pity really as they were the best local search provider - now they all suck. Or wait... bing.co.za here I come! Nothing new really… but then again I’m in South Africa. Our results are mostly American. I guess Google reckons if it doesn’t quite get it, just return a US result. Pity really as they were the best local search provider – now they all suck. Or wait… bing.co.za here I come!

]]> By: rob http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-778 rob Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:08:40 +0000 http://rob-hammond.co.uk/?p=150#comment-778 Yeah it's totally crazy - we've had to put up with some pretty terrible results for around 6 months now. I seem to be getting bad results for at least 1 in 10 searches in Google UK now. Funnily enough seems to mostly happen on non-commercial search terms in my experience... Yeah it’s totally crazy – we’ve had to put up with some pretty terrible results for around 6 months now. I seem to be getting bad results for at least 1 in 10 searches in Google UK now.

Funnily enough seems to mostly happen on non-commercial search terms in my experience…

]]> By: Robert Nicholson http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-777 Robert Nicholson Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:03:48 +0000 http://rob-hammond.co.uk/?p=150#comment-777 Really good research. I wonder if Google is aware of this? I presume their internal search quality & research teams would. If not... is google getting so big & corporate that the teams are unaware of effects they're having and are teams not researching user behaviour enough? Really good research. I wonder if Google is aware of this? I presume their internal search quality & research teams would. If not… is google getting so big & corporate that the teams are unaware of effects they’re having and are teams not researching user behaviour enough?

]]> By: Richard Vaughan http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-776 Richard Vaughan Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:59:20 +0000 http://rob-hammond.co.uk/?p=150#comment-776 Lateral thinking man nice spot. The UK serps are officially broken, users are telling us so! Lateral thinking man nice spot. The UK serps are officially broken, users are telling us so!

]]> By: Rishil http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-775 Rishil Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:16:16 +0000 http://rob-hammond.co.uk/?p=150#comment-775 #ukserps Get your twibbons, seriously :P #ukserps Get your twibbons, seriously :P

]]> By: Dave http://rob-hammond.co.uk/google-uk-sucks/comment-page-1#comment-774 Dave Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:13:05 +0000 http://rob-hammond.co.uk/?p=150#comment-774 Really clever spot, it's interesting to see evidence that it's happening on a much larger scale than I think a lot of us expected. Really clever spot, it’s interesting to see evidence that it’s happening on a much larger scale than I think a lot of us expected.

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