Wowter
12-23-2005, 05:33 PM
That Google is experimenting with the layout of their search results pages is widely known. The latest version I hadn't come across yet. I posted a screenshot on http://www.wowter.nl/blog/2005/12/google-zoekresultaten-veranderd.html (with illustration). Since then it disappeared, but it returned today http://www.wowter.nl/blog/2005/12/google-experimenteert-wel-vaker.html (in Dutch). I wonder whether it is only dependend on a "local" test version of Google, or whether it is also apperent in the rest of the world. The other question is, are there other keywords than [Antwerpen] that produce similar results?
davelms
12-24-2005, 07:00 PM
Yes, I experienced a screen split into 3 sets of search results this week using google.co.uk, very much as the screen shot shows. Totally different kind of results, and a separator line between three sites in each split with a "See results for" type hint at the top of each. It was almost as if my terms were vague and took on several meanings that Google could not determine so just hedged its bets and served me the three varying options and let me choose which one I wanted to opt for. Haven't seen it again though...
eg
See results for abc
site 1
site 2
site 3
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See results for def
site 4
site 5
site 6
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See results for xyz
site 7
site 8
site 9
(sorry, didn't screenshot, please excuse my "memory" for any mistakes)