Google now surfaces forum posts and threads in results

Discussion in 'SEO, Traffic and Revenue' started by Nick, Oct 1, 2009.

  1. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2008
    Messages:
    7,444
    Likes Received:
    219
    I find this to be interesting and wonderful! Forum posts and threads are now listed in results, when they are similar to the query. I think it's great because now users can get multiple results from the same site on their query.

    I find that it even lists some forum sections (categories or sub-forums) in the indented results.

    This is definitely a plus! :thumbup:
     
  2. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jan 18, 2004
    Messages:
    166
    Likes Received:
    35
    I am sure theyve always had the post count from threads for indexed threads unless I have gotten used to it so fast. Its good to see Google bettering searches when it comes to our forums :D
     
  3. ArnyVee

    ArnyVee Regular Member

    Joined:
    May 25, 2009
    Messages:
    1,264
    Likes Received:
    39
    This is great and should really help our communities! :D

    Maybe that's why my WDBoards.com broke our visitor record (had ~26k visitors this month) and our search engine results were up about 5% overall. :shrug:
     
  4. BabyDesigner

    BabyDesigner Adept

    Joined:
    Aug 24, 2009
    Messages:
    246
    Likes Received:
    6
    First Name:
    Meg
    I thought i had noticed this happening recently!
     
  5. Brandon

    Brandon Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jun 1, 2009
    Messages:
    6,602
    Likes Received:
    1,706
    Location:
    Topeka, Kansas
    First Name:
    Brandon
    I see it's working for "adminaddict" :)
    [ame=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=adminaddict&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B5_____enUS342&ie=UTF-8]adminaddict - Google Search[/ame]
     
  6. Michael

    Michael Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jan 18, 2004
    Messages:
    166
    Likes Received:
    35
  7. Chris

    Chris Regular Member

    Joined:
    Dec 27, 2007
    Messages:
    5,422
    Likes Received:
    86
    Groovy! This is wonderful. ;)
     
  8. OneUpDave

    OneUpDave Guest

    I noticed it too! I never stopped to see what it was about, but it is definitely one of my favorite useful features already. Just another way that Google is redefining search results expectations. :D
     
  9. Mikey

    Mikey Mikeylicio.us

    Joined:
    Sep 12, 2009
    Messages:
    484
    Likes Received:
    92
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    I've noticed that, it's brilliant. it brings up the relevant posts form that site. WONDERFUL!
     
  10. kylelmoon

    kylelmoon Newcomer

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2009
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    It is really good for all of us... This could help both the forum site and the members. :)
    It's also beneficial for internet marketing.
     
  11. tryfuhl

    tryfuhl Champion

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2009
    Messages:
    391
    Likes Received:
    14
    First Name:
    Shawn
    noticed this a bit ago... pretty awesome
     

Share This Page