Comments on: Is Google hijacking newspaper website traffic with new search? http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search Picking out patterns in the chaos Mon, 21 May 2012 13:29:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: deepak http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search#comment-2843 deepak Thu, 15 May 2008 06:51:56 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search#comment-2843 i think you r not right to point out that the situation is not getting batter i think you r not right to point out that the situation is not getting batter

]]> By: Kevin Anderson http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search#comment-2842 Kevin Anderson Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:54:06 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search#comment-2842 Lloyd, I didn't mention my employer, and this being my personal opinion as opposed to an official Guardian blog, I was speaking about my observations about the industry and my experience both as a user and as a journalist. I think you're right to point out that the situation is getting better and that the news industry is finally waking up to the fact that search has to be part of their service. However, as for promoting relevant content to users, we've got to get the users to the site first. Internal search and information architecture is important, but facilitating discovery is part of a growth strategy. Lloyd, I didn’t mention my employer, and this being my personal opinion as opposed to an official Guardian blog, I was speaking about my observations about the industry and my experience both as a user and as a journalist.

I think you’re right to point out that the situation is getting better and that the news industry is finally waking up to the fact that search has to be part of their service.

However, as for promoting relevant content to users, we’ve got to get the users to the site first. Internal search and information architecture is important, but facilitating discovery is part of a growth strategy.

]]> By: Lloyd http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search#comment-2841 Lloyd Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:38:32 +0000 http://strange.corante.com/2008/03/31/is-google-hijacking-newspaper-website-traffic-with-new-search#comment-2841 But Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, what about the sites that *have* implemented good site search, at large expense both in terms of time and effort. Like, for instance, your employer's? Who can offer search by date, by subject, or by relevance? Who can promote relevant content to their users? Aren't they offering a better experience than Google's? But Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, what about the sites that *have* implemented good site search, at large expense both in terms of time and effort. Like, for instance, your employer’s? Who can offer search by date, by subject, or by relevance? Who can promote relevant content to their users? Aren’t they offering a better experience than Google’s?

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