Google 2.0
In a nod to Web 2.0 and in an effort to make the Google experience more user-centric, Google will end the system of assigning each web page a Page Rank based on an algorithm of links, quality and popularity. Instead, each page will have a Page Rate assigned by the readers.
Page Rate will be established by the installation of an attractive voting widget on each page allowing readers to click either an up or down arrow to show approval or disapproval of the page's content. After clicking the arrow of choice, the reader will be prompted to leave a comment about the page they just voted for. While all users are allowed to vote, only those logged into their Google account will actually have their votes counted or be allowed to comment.
Float It
Google users will also be able to go to the new "Float It" site where they may rate sites already rated by other Googlers. Once on Float It, readers are encouraged to examine pages other Floaters have submitted and vote to either "Float It" or "Sink It", thereby helping to bring exposure to the truly deserving web pages.
Trip Over It
Another method of finding pages to rate will be by using the new Google Toolbar With TripOverIt. The new toolbar will have a TripOverIt button integrated into it as well as a window showing the current page's Votes and Floats. With the toolbar installed, the user may click the "TripOverIt" button and be taken to a random web page to vote on. The user need not worry about selecting categories or preferences because the toolbar will also track their surfing habits and only serve up the kind of pages they like.
Goo.glicio.us
For those Googlers who want to be able to return to the pages they really liked, Google has developed Googlicious. Googlicious is a social bookmarking community that allows users to connect and share their favorite pages.
Limitations and Restrictions
While it is required that each page have the Page Rate Widget installed to qualify for a Page Rate, the site owner is not allowed to have any other voting or submission widgets on the page. Neither may the site owner ask for votes or refer to the widget in any way. The site owner also may not, under any circumstances, click their own widget. If a site owner clicks their own widget or in any way attempts to commit widget fraud, all pages owned by that owner will be removed from the Page Rate Program, will be disallowed from Organic Search Results and the Googlebot will be instructed to break all of the links on the page and screw up the CSS code on its way out.
Rankings
Rankings will still be scored on a 10 point system based on a proprietary algorithm of Up Votes, Down Votes, Float Its, Sink Its, Bookmarks and the quality of comments received.
From The Founders
In an interview posted on the Google blog, the founders of Google were asked if they were trying to take over the entire internet. Sergey Brin adamantly stated, "We absolutely are not trying to take over the internet!" Co-founder Larry Page interjected, "We don't like to use the word 'trying'."
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80 comments:
Wow! I really do not like this new system. I think I'll do a post on it and why I don't like it.
Admin - You should do that!
Remember, you heard it here 1st ;)
Where did you find this at? I'd like to read more.
....Yes, I did notice it was labeled as "humor"
@admin - Yeah, I noticed that too
Well, my heart just about stopped when I read your headline, but luckily I got a sideache from laughing and forgot about the whole heart-stopping thing while I read. Very clever, as always, Tracker. No wonder you're the number 3 female blogger.
lol when i first read this i was like NO WAY ! funny though ;)
Admin & Nick - Come on guys!
"The Googlebot will break all your links and screw up your CSS code..."
You had to know ;)
Chris & Shaun - Glad you guys got a chuckle :)
Actually, the "Trip Over It" part was my first clue, it just got funnier and funnier after that. I mean c'mon Trip Over It/Stumble Upon....I do want to know where you came up with this though. Did you find it somewhere? Are there more articles like this? If you wrote this from scratch, how did you come up with this?
I'd patent it. It's not april already?
You had me - I was like oh yeah! I hate Page Rank! lol ;)
Great stuff, AdTracker!!
And stumbled - this really woke me up from my mid-afternoon slumber! ;)
@ Nick - I tried to leave several clues but I knew people would scan it and freak at first. That's why I tagged it humor even though I hardly ever tag articles.
This 100% unique. Sometimes I get a little ceative :)
@ - Rhys - I wrote this on Saturday. It was all I could do to wait until Sunday to post it ;}
@ YC - HEHEHE!! Thanks and Thanks for the Stumble :)
Now we have to start all over. Google goes the way of Digg.
Michael - Yeah, it's going to be tough for us little blogs.
Be sure to spread the word ;)
Where did you get this information? Can you please provide the source?
I think this qualifies as more than just a little creative!
Hope it brings you a lot of traffic.
@ Blogging Secret - I'm sorry but if I answered that I might lose my job.
@ NIck - Thank You. We'll see.
HA!! You had me going for a second there...this is great!
BlogGrrl - hehehe!! I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for clicking over to comment :)
Adtracker,
You are hilarious! I just loved this article so much I am going to have to digg it, tripover I mean stumble it and reddit. Great article!
Ok all you adtracker readers, this is an unsolicited comment and I think Adtracker deserves some traffic on this one. She need some diggs so go digg it!
http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Announces_End_of_Page_Rank
Joe - Thanks Joe! You're very kind.
OK adtracker on more "you so kind" from you I'm gonna show you kind!!!!
BTW, You know I was joking right?
LOL!! Joe I know you're kdding!
Are you going to be on the radio this week?
I saw this when it was first posted, but today I saw on Sphinn that it had been bookmarked, but a few people were actually annoyed that it was a humor article! LOL
People are So funny.
Jayne - Yeah, it kind of irritated them.
I think it made them mad because it scared them so much ;)
That's OK, I got a fair amount of traffic from them before they modified my headline. hehehe!
I don't think it actually made too many people angry. It just caught them off guard because they read a headline that said what they were thinking or worrying about.
Was that you that defended me at Spginn? If so, thank you :)
ad tracker,
No radio for a couple more weeks. But I am definitely taking advantage of it. Thanks for asking.
Joe - Cool. Keep us informed so we can plug it :)
Is it really true? I'm expecting to get a PR 5, and I hope they don't shut it down.
Haris - I guess time will tell ;)
This is the 1st I've heard of this! Wow:)
You're a funny lady. People are spreading this news as if it's true. Hahaha.
I doubt PR would be eliminated so quickly. This would cause big problems with all the sites that use PR to rank sites submitted to them.
BeachBum Michael
You almost go me worrying there, I was just explaining yesterday on my blog that page rank will be updating 1 november. When i read this I thought it was real and I just wrote something completely wrong.
Good joke though.
Too funny!! I just love creative humor (which I don't have).
Like the post, I bet it got some of the so called top bloggers worried. The idea itself is good if not tried before. very funny keep you the good work.
@ Bobby - Yeah, weird huh?! ;)
@ Angel - Funny isn't it? LOL!
@ BeachBum Michael - I don't know. You never know what Google is going to do.
@ Esvl - Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
@ Lori - Thank You! It was fun to write :)
@ Colin - We can only hope, Thanks :)
Thanks for all the comments guys!
Wow i never knew this all has happenned . I was waiting for the update . Anyways i dont think i am going to like the new system
dang too bad pr is stopping..
care to trade links with my humor blog? check it out at http://jaysmoney.blogspot.com
if you want to trade, post my link and contact me back!
thanks!
@ Madhur - Give it time, you may end up liking it ;)
@ Jays Cam - Yeah, it's a crying shame ;)
Thanks for the offer but I think I'm gonna pass on the exchange.
Awesome - you had me for well over a minute! I'm linking to this article now :)
Karthic - HeHe! Glad you liked it ;)
Check this out: http://www.anthonyjudelawrence.com/breaking-news-goodbye-google-pagerank-hello-google-pagerate/
Whoever let 'em lose into the blogosphere?!
Its worth a heartier laugh ;) lol
Anonymous - Thanks, glad you liked it :)
when I'm in the middle of reading this article I was thinking of new seo techniques and almost send ti to my friends . . . but after I read the labels I smiled and wanted to mail the writer of this article to say something! its four letter word and another 3 letter word.
Ad tracker,
This is hilarious, I just hope google gon't read it and get any ideas!! They got enough bad ones as it is :)
Have a great weekend
@ Annon - I'm glad you liked it but I haven't had enough coffee yet to figure out what those two words are supposed to be. Might be better that way, huh? ;)
@ Colin - The funny thing is, this is sarting to get passed around at Google. Someone from there hits this post 3-4 times a day. Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thanks for the comments guys, stop iin any time!
You had me going. LOL I had to link back to this and make sure I didn't give it away.
This is very cute, well done! You had me going there for a moment... you never know with Google!
@ Ginene - Glad you like it. Thanks for lniking in and thanks for the comment as well :)
@ Linda Bustos - Thank you! You never know what Google is going to be up to next ;)
Someone made a post about this in the digitalpoint forum.
Ginene - I know, ain't it cool?!?!
Yes this is definitely making your blog popular. :)
Ginene - Popular for a little while is kinda cool :)
Lies all lies? am i rite?
lol don't play with my heart atacks
i can breath now
To be honest you should have stopped and used your head a moment.
You now have other foolish people posting this in webmaster forums that it is true and I am getting a ton of emails from clients about it.
You want to post lies post them about your silly life....
We need someone else lying to us like we need another Bush Cheney Ahmadinejad
Terrible & Irresponsible.
Next time stop & think!
This can't be real!
@ Gamer - You accuse me of lying and then ask if you're right?
@ Home - LOL! Easy there big guy. No heart attacks allowed around here ;)
@ Nano man - I have absolutely no sympathy for someone who can't take the time to read an entire post before they go all aflutter with the vapors.
Doesn't nano mean "extremely small"? I don't know if I would advertise that ;)
@ Gobly2100 - Can't it?
Wel.. Proved now that Google still with it's page rank, enjoy :)
Page Rank Checker - These unfounded rumors about Google staying with PageRank are all over the internet. You just can't believe all that garbage until it's verified.
Stop spreading all of these unsubstantiated rumors ;)
Even if the Page Rank will eventually disappear from the toolbar, I am sure that it will still matter in the rankings. Just not officially.
SEO Blog - I guess time will tell ;)
Ha.. Almost had me.... This google PR stuff is giving me a headache.
Talina - Yeah, all the grief is pretty silly.
Thanks for stopping in :)
I got fooled the second time by this post.
Gamer - You know, I almost feel sorry about that ;)
Unfortunately this will not happen in the very near future. Your post was 2007 and even today PR is still alive..
Oh how much I wish that where true. My pages all have low PR that would be simpler than waiting for links lol
Would be kind of unfair to those that have high PR. I also wonder how else a page can be rated if not by a parameter like the PR ?
This is VERY funny! It would be crazy if it were true.
There is no way this is going to happen. If you want real entertainment go pick up some Fine Wines!
Now that I have put such a lot of effort into my websites and have increased PR I am not sure I want that ;-)
Oh, give me a break! This is just silly.
this is great!
Well, with the advantage of 2009 hindsight, I believe they are bringing this user rating factor in to some small degree. Obviously it would be infeasible to implement it the same as in your humorous ways.
This really is funny. What's crazy is that looking back it seems to be coming true a little bit with the voting in the search results thing.
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