{"id":1497,"date":"2009-11-30T08:33:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:21:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:21:02","slug":"tabbed-search-results-at-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/google\/tabbed-search-results-at-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabbed Search Results at Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doing a search the other day I was stunned to see a new interface from Google showing me tabbed results, with other relevant search phrases lined up across the top.<\/p>\n

I had been using a brand new laptop, so I walked over to my main computer to get a screen shot, and\u00a0 I wasn’t able to re-create them.\u00a0 I went back to the laptop, did a search, and *poof*\u00a0 they were gone.<\/p>\n

A couple of days later,\u00a0 Iman from Train Signal noticed it too<\/a>, and he managed to get a a couple of screenshots up.<\/p>\n

\"tabbed-search\"<\/p>\n

Assuming that this display of SERPS becomes the norm, this is going to cause search marketers to rethink what phrases they optimize for and what phrases they bid on via PPC.<\/p>\n

For our own sites, I’ve always focused my organic efforts on phrases which had the highest frequency of search.\u00a0 Gearing content and inbound links for those highest volume phrases seemed like it offered the most bang for the buck.<\/p>\n

It was the same thing for PPC really, and by looking at the “impressions” column in Google Ad Words, we know what words are searched for the most frequently, and we could adjust our bids accordingly.<\/p>\n

Now though, in showing us these terms, Google is giving us more food for thought.<\/p>\n

But Where Are These Terms Coming From? <\/strong>
\nSavvy marketers have been poking around Google’s “Wonder Wheel” for some time now, because it really gives you good insight into the logic behind what Google believes is relevant.\u00a0 (Here’s a short Wonder Wheel video<\/a> I made a few months back)<\/p>\n

In thinking about it, I had assumed that these related tabs were coming from the same place as the Wonder Wheel terms, but I can see that’s not<\/em> the case by doing the same search that Iman did.<\/p>\n

As you can see, NONE of the phrases are the same, which leaves me to wonder what’s really driving these\u00a0 relationships of supposedly “related terms”?<\/p>\n

\"wonder-wheel-iman\"<\/p>\n

They’re not coming from the highest volume searches according to Googles keyword tool either.\u00a0 Despite playing with the match type, I couldn’t get a similar set of results to come up at all.<\/p>\n

\"tabbed-search2\"<\/p>\n

If they’re not from the keyword tool, and they’re not from the Wonder Wheel,\u00a0 I thought they might be coming from the Google Suggest feature, which has been a REALLY great way to do some keyword brainstorming, but nope, that’s not the case either.<\/p>\n

\"tabbed-search3\"<\/p>\n

What’s the Point of the Tabs?<\/strong>
\nI have to wonder, what is Google’s motivation for putting these tabbed links up there in the first place? <\/p>\n

Will they really be showing end users the most relevant results or will they just be hoping to show more niche searches to get their ad revenue up?<\/p>\n

Some on the web are speculating that Google is simply trying to monetize every aspect of search,\u00a0 that they’re trying monopolize online shopping<\/a>, and maybe that they’re becoming the worlds largest super affiliate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll leave it to people far smarter than I am to figure out the inner workings of where this information is coming from, but it won’t surprise me if it turns out they have something to do with how well advertised the phrases are, with high search volume and a higher CPC.<\/p>\n

Wherever they’re coming from, these related search term tabs are going to be right in everyone’s face, and should dramatically increase the use of these related searches by consumers and by marketers, as we look for new opportunities to target, both organically and via PPC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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