Comments on: Are You Biased? Research Says Blog Comments & Search Engines Alter Perception https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/ Technical SEO is Wild Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rujacksalad https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/#comment-291 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:48:01 +0000 http://searchwilderness.com/?p=1374#comment-291 Great article about blog commenting.

]]> By: Eris https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/#comment-290 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:07:41 +0000 http://searchwilderness.com/?p=1374#comment-290 I like this, it is quite interesting.

]]> By: Paul Shapiro https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/#comment-289 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:56:29 +0000 http://searchwilderness.com/?p=1374#comment-289 In reply to Kenneth Ford.

Hi Kenneth, thanks for dropping by and leaving such a substantive comment. We are going to agree to disagree on this one (absolutely nothing wrong with this). Psychological priming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_%28psychology%29) in my opinion would likely be a factor when it comes to instant results. This is not to say that the suggestions aren’t good and predict your search intention. Its that the presence of other suggestions may subconsciously effect you in ways that you may not be aware.

]]> By: Kenneth Ford https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/#comment-288 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:54:06 +0000 http://searchwilderness.com/?p=1374#comment-288 I think that the hypothesis on which this theory is based is inherently flawed. If someone goes to a search engine with a specific search in mind, they will ignore the autofill suggestions that Google poses, if the suggestions are not on point. Unless the autofill correctly identifies the search query, the user will continue with their train of thought. However, not surprisingly, the search engine will nail the query quite frequently. The autofill search suggestions are borne of statistical data over thousands of searches. The search engines actually provide a source of data far superior to that developed by anyone who does not enjoy a similar base data set. So sometimes Google anticipates correctly.

Where the bias occurs, is in the results pages. Since the Penguin and Panda updates, social media has become more of a factor than other SEO strategies, and if you don’t have a presence on the platforms the search engines prefer, you will never be ranked, even if your work is far superior to what is posted at the top of the results.

]]> By: Brendan https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/#comment-287 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:17:09 +0000 http://searchwilderness.com/?p=1374#comment-287 I agree that there are inbuilt mechanisms that skew the results, even thought we might not be aware of it – like the observation fallacy

]]> By: Dorothy https://searchwilderness.com/bias-blogs-search/#comment-286 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:44:55 +0000 http://searchwilderness.com/?p=1374#comment-286 Thank you for sharing this post. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you for the tips and information.

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