Difference in Google Search Results with and without logged in
To stay myself updated with latest technological upgrades in Ecommerce, I was looking for top ecommerce blogs to get it subscribed via email or other way. To do this, I go for search into the Google.com using Firefox web browser. Search box of Google was waiting for me to put a query. Therefore, I entered “top ten ecommerce blogs” and click to search for a result; I was surprised with the results I found. Can someone guess why I was surprised?
No? Not?
Surprisingly, my blog on ecommerce was on 4th place. I did same process again to find list of top ten ecommerce blogs; there was no change in the search results. When I tried Google.com using Google Chrome for a same search query, I did not found my blog in the first 10 results whereas it was found on 4th when I used Firefox. This difference confused me a lot. It might be an issue with web browsers. So, I cleared cookies for a while in both of the web browsers and I did same process again in Firefox and chrome. This time, I could not find my blog in first ten results and both browsers had same results on “top ten ecommerce blogs”.
Do you know why? I find, logged into Google account was the main reason of this difference, which I had never noticed before and automatically logged out after clearing the Firefox cookies.
Now, the question is why this difference was there. Why a logged in user can’t see a normal Google search results?
The answer is the effect of personalized search / social search / search plus your world (SPYW)! These results are based on what you and the people in your circles have shared, commented and +1’d in Google+ stream.
Here, I can see my blog on 4th place, which was originally posted in Google+ stream of Ecommerce Blog and I shared it on Ydeveloper’s Google+ stream. Please take a note; I was logged in with Ydeveloper’s Google+ account while searching for a “top ten ecommerce blogs”.
With and Without logged in Search Result comparison:
Google search results on “top ten ecommerce blogs” with logged in:
No? Not?
Surprisingly, my blog on ecommerce was on 4th place. I did same process again to find list of top ten ecommerce blogs; there was no change in the search results. When I tried Google.com using Google Chrome for a same search query, I did not found my blog in the first 10 results whereas it was found on 4th when I used Firefox. This difference confused me a lot. It might be an issue with web browsers. So, I cleared cookies for a while in both of the web browsers and I did same process again in Firefox and chrome. This time, I could not find my blog in first ten results and both browsers had same results on “top ten ecommerce blogs”.
Do you know why? I find, logged into Google account was the main reason of this difference, which I had never noticed before and automatically logged out after clearing the Firefox cookies.
Now, the question is why this difference was there. Why a logged in user can’t see a normal Google search results?
The answer is the effect of personalized search / social search / search plus your world (SPYW)! These results are based on what you and the people in your circles have shared, commented and +1’d in Google+ stream.
Here, I can see my blog on 4th place, which was originally posted in Google+ stream of Ecommerce Blog and I shared it on Ydeveloper’s Google+ stream. Please take a note; I was logged in with Ydeveloper’s Google+ account while searching for a “top ten ecommerce blogs”.
Google search results on “top ten ecommerce blogs” with logged in:
Google search results on “top ten ecommerce blogs” without logged in:
Are you in favor of these personalized search results or still, you loving the normal search results.
Please share your views on this topic via comment.
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Many times I have seen this kind of different in my searched result.
ReplyDeleteVery, very interesting post. I have heard a lot of internet talk about it and people have been going back and forth about the pros and cons of the social media aspects in searches. I think it is a great progression that can work in our favor.
ReplyDeleteNot only on blogs I have also experienced huge difference on page rank with and without logged in my mail account.
ReplyDeleteGreat post information Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteStrong article with great screenshots. I would agree these points are certainly up to compare google search with logged in and without login.
ReplyDeleteWill have to check this as never sure whether logged into my google account or not when checking keyword positions but could account for discrepancies when sometimes page 1 and then disappear or could be google dance????
ReplyDeleteE-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used.
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For any search result we should always check that whether we are logged in or not in relative account to avoid wrong result. Right? Thanks!
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