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@Cheryl By its nature one must sign in to use gmail Or most of their other "tools". One does not have to sign-in in order to use google organic. @G Dewald It has always been about relevance. Conversions will not happen unless there is relevance.Just because someone shows up in search does not mean they will convert once landed upon a page. For example he mentions bounce rate which should be very interesting. But is it really new in importance? IT has been talked about if not directly then indirectly since the start. @Cheryl if anything this is what should be of concern, but how is the rank checker obsolete? Your rank will change perhaps if you get lots of bounces. But then again how easy is something like that to game? Knock a competitor out with bounce, bounce, bounce?And the answer is not ip detection since that is easily masked. There is a PPC Fraud detection industry for a reason. So in the end the game I think gets harder more from a real integration of universal search (the serps will get more crowded) than anything posited above in your original post. Tim O'Keefe http://www.spiderworkz.com http://www.houseblogger.com
Google will try to do this and already is doing it. Sign into your G account and stay signed in for a few days. Do a search you always do. Notice the results. Now sign out and notice the results. Very different. That is because they know it is you. Do not sign in and how can they match it to your individual needs? They cannot with any certainty. However, this is not really new. It all meshes with universal search and their attempt to datamine the web thru what some call spyware. Analytics, Webmaster, adsense, widgets, etc, is all tracking mechanisms to extend G's reach beyond their own site. Today they are closer than ever to really understanding behavior. But tying exactly to an individual is very hard without compliance by the individual. And many would argue intrusive. Tim O'Keefe http://www.housegrabber.com http://www.spiderworkz.com
http://twitter.com/timokeefe Social, Organic, SEO... what does it mean for your bottom line? Although it seems like twitter is down...Again.
