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Google tests infinite scroll for web search

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  1. To me this is Google simply trying to make up for their bad relevancy that everybody is complaining about. I’ve switched to Bing for most of my searches unless I want to compare what Bing shows for results versus Google. So far 90% of the searches were better for me on Bing. I’m not talking about just my own sites, but others as well. Google really jumped off a cliff when they released Panda. The next time Google offers a new algorithm, they need to offer it like a link that says “See the same search with the Panda Algorithm”. So when people take a look and never go back to using the Panda version, that would have been a big signal that they got it wrong.

    • I like the idea. It’s probably good for organic but not sure about paid search results. A good attempt to resolve the issues w/ local results consuming the 1st page.

    • luvitsa

      yes panda seems to have bought back all those wonderfoool link farms/search engine sites, try finding a local hotel, even by name, so its back to click click click, click again .. or just give up!

      or find completely irrelevant sites, that have just extracted info, off other sites, even to the domain name, and insert the text on their own site, then stamp it with a copyright too!

      • I think that judging by recent search results using Google, this is long over due. I did a couple of searches a few days ago and couldn’t believe that 2/3rds of the first page was taken up by YouTube videos & FaceBook pages, neither of which had the information I was searching for, which happened to be about setting up a CDN in order to speed up a website.
        There is a link in the sidebar to show videos / images etc therefore I do not see the need to fill the front page of search results with YouTube Vids.

        Personally I think we would have a far better search experience if all videos & social pages such as FaceBook, Stumble, Twitter etc were all placed with images in the sidebar and just keep the main search results page clear of this stuff !

  2. Can’t understand what Google is trying to prove by releasing every day a new update. It’s true that Google search result’s relevancy has fallen down far more than accepted after Panda.

    If Google is going to implement this infinite results thing, it would reduce the competition a bit. As you said,it would be helpful for the sites ranking at top positions on second page.

    • I can’t blame them for trying to improve. I think the infinite scroll would be a good thing personally. It wouldn’t affect rankings like Panda.

  3. Let’s call it the Koala update!

    • hahah. Koalas sleep all day and eat gum leaves.

  4. On the face of it, something which gives sites not on the 1st page some exposure would be good. Interesting to see if they do go ahead with this or not.

    • Can’t say for sure, but I expect them to.

  5. Syndk8

    This would be excellent for scraping!

  6. Pete

    It makes sense that google would add this UI enhancement. I believe it worth mentioning that DuckDuckGo has had an infinite SERP for a while. And Google’s image search has a similar approach (though it does eventually end with a button at the bottom asking if you’d like to show more search results). I suppose the major deciding factor won’t be the consumer experience but how it effects the business side of things. As more interfaces are going to a clickless experience, you’ve got to wonder how that’ll effect PPC. Maybe there’ll be a time in the future when PPH (pay per hover) is introduced :P

    • Yeah, I think I like DDG’s approach better than the Google test – where you don’t even have to click at all to show more – like the Twitter/Facebook streams.

  7. I for one sometimes like to get lost in page 11 of some odd search rabbit hole.

    On the other hand, when I’m in a rush and need to find something quick, this might just save a few mins.

    • Google is all about speeding things up (Google Instant and Instant results). This would certainly favor this mentality.

  8. While i’m not sure displaying ALL 1,000 results is the best thing, the idea of more results per page is a good one.

    • They already let you adjust the results per page, when you’re not using Google Instant.

  9. While I think Google will eventually make their results have an infinite scroll, I don’t think it will do much to increase the number of clicks for a website. A website that was on page 2 or 3 may get a couple of extra clicks with scrolling, but research shows that after the 3rd ranked site, the number of clicks drop dramatically.

    • That will likely still be the case, but in the grand scheme of things – there are a whole lot of searches being conducted each day, and even if the number of those clicking on those lower results is low, it could still amount to a lot of clicks.

  10. steve

    good idea

  11. It’s a good thing Google is always trying to improve. They still have the most relevant results in the industry. I’m waiting for the day the top ten becomes the top 30. I think they will continue to test and tweak things to see what brings more revenue. Plus, can you blame them everyone tries to sku their search results daily.

  12. The idea is good but will bring much more competition.

  13. I think it would be excellent. It would also be good if pages opened in a new tab, or some other form of preview pane.

  14. This is just another visual change that will not affect user experience. Users still have problems in finding relevant results. Such problems can be solved by decorating User Interface.

  15. Great idea! A person will surely be more likely to scroll the first 2 or 3 pages than they currently are to click. If you are stuck on page 3 and having trouble getting past spammy sites or sites that just don’t work anyway this will come as a bit of a relief I think.

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  19. The best thing Google could do is go out of business. Perhaps the purchase of motorola mobility will be the wrench in the works that does them in.

  20. I have not seen the infininte scroll feature live on Google as yet but, if this feature goes live then I think it is going to be a quality improvement on the search results page.

    It will be win-win situation for all, the user, the website owner, the search engines and SEOs.

    The User Perspective:

    If the scrolling is fast and easy then then user will surely scroll for more for a wider range of search results before taking a decision.

    Website Owner Perspective:

    The website owner will be less obsessed for getting his website ranked on Page 1 and focus more on quality aspects of the website.

    The SEO Perspective:

    The statement “SEO Is Beyond SERPs” will get its true meaning and SEO discussions will be beyond Page 1 rankings finally. Making the site stand out with a perfect title and description will be the main focus for getting a high CTR for the site.

    The Search Engine Perspective:

    The search results page will get a quality and meaningful update and will add more speed to the search activity. The user will be able to search more in less time. The search results page will become truly mobile friendly.

    Overall it is going to be a smart move by Google if this gets finalized as I do not think there can be any reason why the user will reject such a development on the search page. After Google Instant this infinite scrolling feature will add the instant factor to the whole search process when searched from the desktop, tablet or mobile.

    Hope Google makes the Infinite Sroll Web Results feature go live instantly.

  21. It certainly gives new meaning to the guaranteed page 1 results that many local SEO companies like to throw at potential clients. I like the idea in the local results because it will allow searchers to scroll past the Places listings and find more websites.

    Google places dominates page one of most local results and has pushed many websites to page 2 because of a lack of room on page 1. No matter how good your organic SEO is, if Google is showing a full page of local business listings you are screwed.

  22. tm

    We hate what they have done to image search it does not work on dialup. Or slow broadband. If they pull the same on search they will turn a lot of people away just like they lost all the google news viewers.

    Those of you on fast broadband have no clue what your visitors are seeing. You need to test it on dialup before you come on here and claim how great it would be.

  23. I am not surprised at this development at all and it will have some effect on SEO especially for those that are besotted with 1st page rankings.

  24. I would prefer that Google not go the infinite scrolling route. When searching many people are looking for obscure content. I guess one could hold down the down arrow.

  25. The advantage would be to potentially more easily scroll past the Google Place listings which I often see and don’t want to see. However, I just usually click on the second when there are Google Place listings on the first page. Scrolling down or clicking on the next page won’t make a difference to me. That’s one of those things that some people will like, some people will not like and some people just won’t care. However, it might make the 11th-16th listings more visible to people who may scroll down lower because something caught their attention while they would not have clicked on the next page and therefore redistribute some click throughs to websites which would have been on the top of the second page.

  26. Regardless of whether Google introduces infinite scrolling or not the impetus will still be on being seen as high on page 1 (above the fold) as possible.

    Lionel made the point that although it might increase the incidence of clicks to lower listed results it will not significantly impact on the level of clickthroughs higher ranked results get although it might marginally benefit those results that would have been in the first few results on page 2.

    There is a limit to the amount of scrolling a searcher will do particularly if higher ranked results answer the search query asked!

  27. Creative ideas should be introduced but net users should comfortable while being on net business should also not suffer in terms of ranking. Let’s wait and watch.

  28. While people will still do the vast majority of click throughs on the top listings, I think this would be beneficial especially if your websites results are currently on the 2nd page. I think people are more apt to scroll down than click the next page link.

  29. This might be a good idea, it should deliver a better user experience. I don’t really like clicking all that much. And it should help push adwords. If all the results were available, wouldn’t that be more attractive to advertisers as well? The downside is ad cost might go up.

    In regards to SEO, it will still play a key part for search. Who wants to scroll all the way down the page and search through the results? The website that come out on top will still win.

    • I think this will be good for Android sales

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