Initial capital letter may be a keyword difference

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16 commentsThursday, May 8, 2008

Capital Idea: Google Looking At Letters

Initial capital letter may be a keyword difference

15 Comments

By Dubai flights (WPN reader) - Thu, 01/01/2009 - 13:42

The Point...

...I really don't understand why they would do this. I don't see how it affects the 'searcher'. Capitalization is personal preference I believe.

By downloadable games (WPN reader) - Wed, 02/25/2009 - 09:30

You right! Plenty of search

You right! Plenty of search industry professionals will be delving into that in short order, should this change prove universal across Google's infrastructure.

By fornecedores equipamentos (WPN reader) - Sun, 12/28/2008 - 17:47

More relevance.

I´ve already noticed that.
It´s really a new experience to Google´s users and also improve the relevance of the searches.

By gömlek (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/28/2008 - 10:50

I have never worked so hard as since I went freelance. ..as you say I do get up later but only because I finished my 18 hour day at 5.30am.

personally I don't think I could ever go back to the corporate, unless they'd let me carry on working remotely in exactly the same way as I do now, but a LOT more money. toplist

By SEO Agency Albany (WPN reader) - Fri, 05/16/2008 - 08:47

Good

I this is just the next evolution of Google to make searches more focused and relevant to the searchers intent.

By search engine advertising (WPN reader) - Wed, 05/14/2008 - 17:03

Yes it is noticable

For the first page it is the same with a little difference but for other pages you can see some differences in rankings, i think google is up to some new changes ...

By search engine optimization company chicago (WPN reader) - Wed, 05/14/2008 - 10:56

good stuff

I think this could open up a whole new world of customization for websites and really give a better search experience.

By Will (WPN reader) - Tue, 05/13/2008 - 09:08

Going on for 2 months?

I've talked to some people now who have said they've noticed this off and on for 2 months. That's a pretty long time for a glitch to still be in existence if it is a glitch. I think an official word from Google is in order because they say that the search engine is not case sensitive, but many people now have evidence to the contrary. Could they be testing to eventually make it case sensitive?

By NetAudioAds (WPN reader) - Mon, 05/12/2008 - 12:57

I'm not impressed, but not bothered yet

The name I have chosen for this post is capitalized as it sounds and it returns just under 200k results, now try the first letter just capitalized, that returns just under 500k results and no capitalization returns just under 80k returns.

As my title I'm not that bothered as I'm within the top 10, but will that change, kind messy if we have to start using all kinds of keyword variations.

By Simply Clicks (WPN reader) - Mon, 05/12/2008 - 03:03

Capitalisation

I have noticed some apparent shifts. Take the term "beds". On Google.co.uk I spot different results for "Beds" and "beds" and "BEDS". However there are so many other variables from IP address, browser, operating system etc.

Beds could mean somewhere to sleep. Somewhere to grow flowers. Or even an abbreviation for the county of "Bedfordshire".

By Janet Forte (WPN reader) - Wed, 12/10/2008 - 15:28

Google has caught on to

Google has caught on to anyone trying to manipulate the serps by this technique, but it did use to work. However there are so many other variables from IP address, browser, operating system etc.
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By seo ibiza (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/11/2008 - 10:49

hopefully..

am hoping this is a glitch. or its a lot more work as you say.

not seeing differences at the moment but they could be testing ready for rollout or something

By Jan Chilton (WPN reader) - Sun, 05/11/2008 - 06:00

Capital Letters

I just checked by looking at the term Myrtle Beach Condos for sale as versus myrtle beach condos for sale. The first 4-5 results are the same, and after that there is a big difference in the order.

One more thing to worry about...:-(

By Neeraj Srivastava (WPN reader) - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 02:32

Same Results for both

I have checked both keywords and in both cases results are same and there's not any change in rankings......

By SEO Forums (WPN reader) - Fri, 05/09/2008 - 02:15

Its Invalid

Well.......I have gonw thorough both keywords- with capitalisation and also without capitalisation and in both cases results appear are th same from Google.....there's not even a little difference in ranking or result pages also I have mentiond it in SEO Forums

Have any other found any difference in search results?