Site Links are Ephemeral
Posted on November 5th, 2007by Michael Gray in Google
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When I see things like this I have to admit I’m fascinated about the inner workings of the Google Borg
Anybody think they aren’t using user/toolbar data? Want to do a nice experiment repeat this search every 15 days and watch for changes …
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November 5th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
IMO - The previous format was better and as the Google WM guide says- these links are generated organically based on what G thinks are useful for users -(that goes perfectly with what you say i.e.which pages are most popular)- so its only natural that they will change from time to time.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
These links are being given only to high traffic sites, but I bet there must be somebody’s hand put into this.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Google maintain Site Links are automated. From Webmaster Central:
“Sitelinks are completely automated, and we show them only if we think they’ll be useful to the user. If your site’s structure doesn’t allow our algorithms to find good sitelinks, or we don’t think that the sitelinks are relevant to the user’s query, we won’t show them. However, we are always working to improve how we find and display sitelinks. “
November 7th, 2007 at 2:41 am
I only came here to find a definition of ephemeral… maybe this is some new form of trafficbait?
November 7th, 2007 at 4:12 am
MIne shows this/;Change Your Location
At World’s End
Dreamgirls
Spider-Man
The 300
Casino Royale
Borat
Hey how did you get that “try this search on” yahoo,ask,etc? I am missing out.
November 7th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Solved the issue with the plugin? Send you a mail.. No thnx at all..
November 7th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
@rxbbx going thru 4 days of email didn’t see one from you
@john it’s the customize google plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743
November 7th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Nice too see you solved.. with the email.. we are no stupid guys. Respect for you, learned some things.
November 7th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Thanks!
November 7th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
I wonder what our site links will be? Wish you could suggest them.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Good point Steve, why our site’s don’t have that option ? It simply favouring.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
I liked the previous format much better, I’m going to watch that search and couple of my own to monitor changes. I’m very sure Google will find a use for toolbar data but how far beyond webmasters does the toolbar penetrate?