Retailers and other big name websites are up in arms over a new Google search tool. The internet giant's new service provides a search-within-search feature for many popular sites, which are resulting in irked site owners who would rather help their customers find what they are looking for and leave Google out of the site-search equation.
When you search for Wal-Mart, Wikipedia or other sites, the traditional results pages pop up. However, Google tops those results with a link to the home page of the website in question, adds another search box, and offers users the chance to let Google search for certain things within that site. The fact that it takes away page views has the retailers and site owners angry.
Also, objections are focused on Google selling ads against the secondary search results and potential customers being led astray, by both competitors ads and because they are not immediately searching via the particular site.
For the end consumer, this highly facilitates the search process instead of having to remember the specific URL of a website or a page within a larger site. Users can simply type part of the name of the site into Google and are ready to go. According to Google, the tool grew out of observations by Google about the way web search was being used to navigate.
hahahhaha that was bound to happen... every time a fundamental change was made 80% of the world would oppose it initially. Later they simply understand it as evolution!!
personally I am not soo pissed with google's move...
by vinay
from India
on 25/03/08 04:03 PM
Ummm.... So let me get this right... Websites are upset because google is making it easier and quicker for the consumer to search. Either way were going to the website... It just saves us an extra click or 2 or 3 or sometimes even 4 clicks within the website. THANK YOU GOOGLE!!!
by Trey
from Clearwater,Fl
on 26/03/08 02:44 AM
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