Google new appearance

I see that Google is changing its appearance, giving more space to the
commercial listings. The Orwellian double speak from the Googleplex towers
about the need to reduce the amount of commerce going through their engine
is revealing. Rather they wish to capitalize upon it. Not much anyone can do
I suppose. Soon every single word in the English language will have
"SPONSERED LISTINGS".

OBSERVER wrote:

I see that Google is changing its appearance ...

where? how? I see the seasonal logo but nothing else.

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William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

the ad box is resizable and appears larger on some screens

also before the organic listings froogle, news, or DMOZ category may appear

they also are running froogle ads at the bottom of the serp

aaron wall
http://www.searchmarketing.info
http://www.seobook.com



"William Tasso" <news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote

OBSERVER wrote:
I see that Google is changing its appearance ...

where? how? I see the seasonal logo but nothing else.

aaron wall wrote:

"William Tasso" <news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:<bs7l2k$7qr8b$1 (AT) ID-139074 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de>...
OBSERVER wrote:
I see that Google is changing its appearance ...

where? how? I see the seasonal logo but nothing else.

the ad box is resizable and appears larger on some screens

what is the 'ad box'? can't see any resizable thingies here.

I do see the mouse cursor change to the 'hand' when it rolls over the paid
ads - wonder why they do that when click does nothing except when over a
link.

also before the organic listings froogle, news, or DMOZ category may
appear

ok, get them on some serps

they also are running froogle ads at the bottom of the serp

could be the 'road to ruin' for them. was it alta-vista that put the mostly
useless 'shop for...' links on their results pages?

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William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:18:58 -0000, "William Tasso"
<news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote:

aaron wall wrote:
"William Tasso" <news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:<bs7l2k$7qr8b$1 (AT) ID-139074 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de>...
OBSERVER wrote:
I see that Google is changing its appearance ...

where? how? I see the seasonal logo but nothing else.

the ad box is resizable and appears larger on some screens

what is the 'ad box'? can't see any resizable thingies here.

I do see the mouse cursor change to the 'hand' when it rolls over the paid
ads - wonder why they do that when click does nothing except when over a
link.

also before the organic listings froogle, news, or DMOZ category may
appear

ok, get them on some serps

they also are running froogle ads at the bottom of the serp

could be the 'road to ruin' for them. was it alta-vista that put the mostly
useless 'shop for...' links on their results pages?

So if google's going to lose out, who's it going to be too?

Mogga wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:18:58 -0000, "William Tasso"
news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote:
aaron wall wrote:
...
they also are running froogle ads at the bottom of the serp

could be the 'road to ruin' for them. was it alta-vista that put
the mostly useless 'shop for...' links on their results pages?

So if google's going to lose out, who's it going to be too?

good question. have you noticed any strange/unfamiliar/new robot activity
in your logs of late? big money at stake now.

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William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:18:58 -0000, "William Tasso"
<news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote:

aaron wall wrote:
"William Tasso" <news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:<bs7l2k$7qr8b$1 (AT) ID-139074 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de>...
OBSERVER wrote:
I see that Google is changing its appearance ...

where? how? I see the seasonal logo but nothing else.

the ad box is resizable and appears larger on some screens

what is the 'ad box'? can't see any resizable thingies here.

I do see the mouse cursor change to the 'hand' when it rolls over the paid
ads - wonder why they do that when click does nothing except when over a
link.

Works when I click. There's an onclick event defined. Do you have
Javascript enabled?

John A. wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:18:58 -0000, "William Tasso"
news27 (AT) tbdata (DOT) com> wrote:
...
I do see the mouse cursor change to the 'hand' when it rolls over
the paid ads - wonder why they do that when click does nothing
except when over a link.

Works when I click. There's an onclick event defined.

Ahh - that would do it. In which case one would assume the cursor would be
managed by a roro script.

Do you have Javascript enabled?

Certainly not.

Compliments of the season to one and all.
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William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com