I fear that Google's Plus will slowly change the face of not only universal search but of all Google's vertical searches.Īnd that is your search engine pest report from your local pest control guy. But, I can only guess that with time it will. As of today, Google's Search Plus Your World does not change the map vertical either. Perhaps, they have no need since Youtube already stands supreme in online video. I have not yet seen Google Plus creep into the video search results. Google Plus now dominates their vertical image search.
Here is what Kate Morris looks like with my Search Plus filter on in image search: Search Plus in Google's Image SearchĪll of the images on the first page of this image search are Google Plus your world results. In the image search this translates to entity identification and then giving results based on those ties. In search plus your world, google looks at your friends and their associations. All of these results are without being logged into google. Oddly if you do an search by image for Angela Morabito's profile image then you end up with Chad Northrup's google plus page on top of the search. And Steve's actual image gets beat out by other authorities since it links over to Kate Morris, and Angela Morabito. But Steve's page isn't very active and not a lot of meat to his content.
And Steve Bitter's page has content relative to Steve Bitter. The website authority of must be fairly high in google's search algorithm. Steve Bitter is consider an entity, which will change results. Other SEO factors? Links do count, but they are all links from other profiles. But even still, the images actually named "steve bitter" are ranking below the photo.jpg. The only linking SEO are that these images can be found on Steve's profile. All of the profile images from that comprise 70% of the top 10 image results here are named photo.jpg. The images ranking highest in Google's image search for Steve Bitter are titled "photo.jpg". Links to that image throughout the web are also beneficial. The image name is an important part of image SEO. A good solid page about scorpions control will boost images in that page in relation to scorpion control. The content surrounding the image is the primary SEO element that plays into image optimization. The authority of the site the image is hosted on plays into the image SEO. Many people may not attempt to optimize for image search, but there are some ground rules to image optimization. Either way, Google Plus now dominates this search within the image vertical. Most likely, Steve is lacking some authority on Google Plus. But some how, poor Steve's actual image falls below all of the other images. All of these google plus accounts link to Steve Bitter's account. Yes, 70% of the top 10 results are google plus. In the top 10 there are 7 google plus images. What is striking is how Google Plus seems to dominate this page. Now Steve is a common fellow with no real online optimization.
What you have above is a google image search for "Steve Bitter". But have you considered how Google Plus may affect some of Google's vertical searches? 70% of top 10 are Google Plus Results The Case of Steve Bitter Google announces "Search Plus Your World" informing the masses of their intent to include Google Plus in their universal search results.