Comments on: An easy way to add new features to Google http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/ neat fun stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Market Vertical Partners http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-231038 Market Vertical Partners Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:01:48 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-231038 Great tips here on Google's subsribed links program. Thanks for sharing it, and providing great step by step examples. Great tips here on Google’s subsribed links program. Thanks for sharing it, and providing great step by step examples.

]]> By: Bill Brown http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-130014 Bill Brown Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:20:43 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-130014 My company built a fairly nice subscribed link based on your writeup here and it was working nice during development and testing. Then we put it into production and publicized it within the company before opening it up to the public. Our experience was *very* hit or miss in people being able to successfully add the subscribed link to their account. Of the misses, a good portion of them showed they were subscribed but no results ever appeared. Those who hit never had any problems. Suffice it to say, we've never publicized this product. One of my co-workers has a contact within Google and made some inquiries as to what's going on. She was told that this is an "unsupported" feature and so no one's going to fix this broken subscription process. If this is, in fact, true, could you update this entry so that future searchers don't start down this path and end up wasting development time on a half-baked feature? If it's not unsupported, could you let whoever does support this that there's some big problems: http://groups.google.com/group/google-subscribed-link/browse_thread/thread/b6bf11dab08fe796 http://groups.google.com/group/google-subscribed-link/browse_thread/thread/00b13bdc8f750dd6 http://groups.google.com/group/google-subscribed-link/browse_thread/thread/edf9450db6873ec0 The last one is the most galling because someone ostensibly from Google said that they were working on fixing it ASAP on May 20th. Thanks! My company built a fairly nice subscribed link based on your writeup here and it was working nice during development and testing. Then we put it into production and publicized it within the company before opening it up to the public.

Our experience was *very* hit or miss in people being able to successfully add the subscribed link to their account. Of the misses, a good portion of them showed they were subscribed but no results ever appeared. Those who hit never had any problems. Suffice it to say, we’ve never publicized this product.

One of my co-workers has a contact within Google and made some inquiries as to what’s going on. She was told that this is an “unsupported” feature and so no one’s going to fix this broken subscription process.

If this is, in fact, true, could you update this entry so that future searchers don’t start down this path and end up wasting development time on a half-baked feature? If it’s not unsupported, could you let whoever does support this that there’s some big problems:

http://groups.google.com/group/google-subscribed-link/browse_thread/thread/b6bf11dab08fe796

http://groups.google.com/group/google-subscribed-link/browse_thread/thread/00b13bdc8f750dd6

http://groups.google.com/group/google-subscribed-link/browse_thread/thread/edf9450db6873ec0

The last one is the most galling because someone ostensibly from Google said that they were working on fixing it ASAP on May 20th.

Thanks!

]]> By: dating http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123745 dating Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123745 Very very helpful information.. Very very helpful information..

]]> By: Seb http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123720 Seb Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:27:26 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123720 I was playing with Google calendar the other day. I tried unsuccessfully to import gig dates from our website by getting the website to export the dates as ical file. The problem I found as a band, that their are far too may websites were we can manually enter all our gig dates in to, and not offering any kind of import tool. It would be really cool for Google calendar to be the generic source of every type of event. Google could retrieve the latest dates from our website via RSS and allow other websites to read the calendar. Any possibilities? I was playing with Google calendar the other day. I tried unsuccessfully to import gig dates from our website by getting the website to export the dates as ical file.

The problem I found as a band, that their are far too may websites were we can manually enter all our gig dates in to, and not offering any kind of import tool. It would be really cool for Google calendar to be the generic source of every type of event.

Google could retrieve the latest dates from our website via RSS and allow other websites to read the calendar.

Any possibilities?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123713 Anonymous Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:19:54 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123713 I'm checking me IP to make sure i'm not surfing "naked". Not going to do searches logged in any time soon. If I search for 10 eur in usd, time in ny, and such, Google does the math. Why not for the IP? Presumably the user that searches for "my ip" wants to know his ip and user-agent. I’m checking me IP to make sure i’m not surfing “naked”. Not going to do searches logged in any time soon.

If I search for 10 eur in usd, time in ny, and such, Google does the math. Why not for the IP? Presumably the user that searches for “my ip” wants to know his ip and user-agent.

]]> By: ecseo http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123684 ecseo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:43:51 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123684 Seems like this is a great idea for community and client based projects, like Abhishek I'm not sure if subscribed links would improve the SERPs though. Seems like this is a great idea for community and client based projects, like Abhishek I’m not sure if subscribed links would improve the SERPs though.

]]> By: Himanshu http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123674 Himanshu Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:48:44 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123674 Thats the awesome feature you have specified. I wish this can happen on Google SERP without people subscribing to my link. Thats the awesome feature you have specified. I wish this can happen on Google SERP without people subscribing to my link.

]]> By: Abhishek Rungta http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123392 Abhishek Rungta Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:52:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123392 Hello Matt, I appreciate the way Google has opened up search for users to contribute. But to be frank, I do not see these contributions reaching the search results. Most of these search results will only make an impact in improving the overall experience of a web user when they are classified in themes and these themes are offered to clarify the intent of the search and deliver the results the visitor has been looking for. Abhishek Hello Matt,

I appreciate the way Google has opened up search for users to contribute. But to be frank, I do not see these contributions reaching the search results. Most of these search results will only make an impact in improving the overall experience of a web user when they are classified in themes and these themes are offered to clarify the intent of the search and deliver the results the visitor has been looking for.

Abhishek

]]> By: Dave (original) http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123356 Dave (original) Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:42:06 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123356 <blockquote>Hmm, it’s funyy, but I don’t need that service. I use Google for searching only</blockquote>Like, most Google features, that is who the new feature is for.

Hmm, it’s funyy, but I don’t need that service. I use Google for searching only

Like, most Google features, that is who the new feature is for.

]]> By: velix http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123350 velix Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:54:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/adding-new-features-to-google/#comment-123350 This in unbelievable, I never bookmark any sites but in most cases when I look for some new features to test it I came to your blog by google search... What to say, it seems that you are really follow all new stuff. Just great stuff for lazy people like me. :) This in unbelievable, I never bookmark any sites but in most cases when I look for some new features to test it I came to your blog by google search… What to say, it seems that you are really follow all new stuff. Just great stuff for lazy people like me. :)

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