{"id":1935,"date":"2010-08-25T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:16:30","slug":"skewed-search-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/seo\/skewed-search-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"Skewed Search Counts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week users began reporting that Google&#8217;s search results (and the PPC ads) began changing right before their eyes. I just saw it for the first time, but then it stopped immediately and hasn&#8217;t done it again. <\/p>\n<p>As users type, Google and Binghoo both offer &#8220;suggestions&#8221; based on what others are searching for with some personalization thrown in, but now they&#8217;re changing the results on the page dynamically.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look &#8211; <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ty71OxyQKKc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;hd=1\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ty71OxyQKKc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What does this do to Search Counts?<\/h2>\n<p>My main question is what will this do to keyword research, looking for high volume searches?<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, how might it affect your PPC ad impressions? 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