“These are supposed to be aids to help you to find “the right answer” or at least the best web sites on that topic but in the UK, for certain terms they have exactly the opposite effect. They take people down blind alleys and waste their time.”

Phil Holden, that was one of the big reasons why we didn’t do query refinements for a long time — it can actually slow users down as they get off on a tangent. Regarding the sites you mentioned, I would use the mechanism that I’ve mentioned before to report those. We do actively still prowl through that feedback. Tell ‘em Matt sent you in the report.

AHA, he could not respond to all …….
?dementia is the elide word every one reads on comments like yours

I hope that’s the same strategy, as while my ?dementia suggestions towards WebmasterConsole
first: ignore, than make and afterwards delete

than I have a wish: delete it as fast you can

every who can search on Internet
could know that I have a disease named fibromyalgia.

I said and say it once more:

I new (by 50%) the reasons of this illness.
I am a man, and its mostly a women’s problem,
I can only experiment with my body.

Which doctor can come this illness nearer than me, having it for decades?

Doctors say only: we don’t know anything about this illness than the words we find 4
but your thoughts must be wrong or better them ignored me 99%
because the truth maid be too destructive to there fame.

Before analysing saying: this bacteria is normal on humans skin if
There are no impetigo or acne and that some effects of this bacteria
causes pains like cramps or dysentery (also often effects by fibromyalgia)
are no indication only coincidences

I could show them more indications which point in the same direction
but no chance to be heard on places which could analysing them.

I have had the chance to save mankind for its worst moments this decades
and I failed (not alone). I think, the thanks 4 it is, that my name is on another of this special lists,
only because the truth maid be too destructive to there fame.

All this destiny collides with my ambitions
This winter the wrists and fingers become problems
while lifting a couple of pounds
And soon I will be unable to work with fine motor skills

With nearly all what I wrote here (despite this comment)
I wanted to help us all
I need no THANKS 4 it.

Only equitable action.

Greetings Karl

Udi said “at the bottom of many pages, you’ll see query refinements. These are suggestions from us about what your next query should be”

These are supposed to be aids to help you to find “the right answer” or at least the best web sites on that topic but in the UK, for certain terms they have exactly the opposite effect. They take people down blind alleys and waste their time. I wonder if this is to do with the US orientation of Google and the fact that UK English semantics are different to US English semantics. I would be happy to send you a case study if you are interested.

On the main SERPS in our market I’ve noticed a number of sites rise to the top by breaking a number of your guidelines. You say “we are going to seek out paid links and penalise sites that contrive their way to the top” or words to that effect but in our market the top 3 have recently risen to the top by doing exactly the thing you are saying you are campaigning against. I wonder if this is because it is difficult to have different thresholds in your algorithms for the US and UK market. Perhaps a side effect of your actions on the US market is having an opposite effect on the UK. Again I would be very happy to send you the example.

On a general point, some things regarding Google are simply brilliant but it seems to me that Google is so huge and the amount of noise that you get thrown at you every day must make it virtually impossible to identify which feedback is worth considering. If I ever write to Google if I get a reply at all it is very bland and generic which makes me think that the person replying has not read my message and couldn’t care less if they have. It’s so frustrating. It kind of makes the Christmas card and gift you send me a worthless PR exercise because it just makes me think, if you really cared you would listen to me through the year, not just send me a card at Christmas.

Cheers

Phil

What were Emmy´s and OZ presents to you today

All in the Mind, presented by Natasha Mitchell, is Radio National’s weekly foray into all things mental – a new program about the mind, brain and behaviour.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/default.htm

“Given that Udi was giving a brief answer to a general audience, I thought his answer was spot on.”

Udi is an algo freak. He is 100% academic when he talk. Problem has always been: once an academic simplify explaining academic matters to general audience, he/she gets in trouble with the prof in that field.

I guess thats exactly what happening.

Solution..keep academic matters at academic level, regardless of the audience