Where Do You See Google in 5 Years? Matt Cutts Tell Us
August 2, 2010 by Pablo Palatnik
Matt Cutts answers a users question of where he sees Google in the next 5 years? While this is in the Google Webmaster video section, doesn’t talk much about the search aspect of Google except I guess that’s what he means by Google still being advocate for its users.
Where do I see Google in 5 years? In the past 2 years or less we’ve seen Google do some change in design in search. A few examples are:
-You can now redesign Googles main search homepage with your own background.
-Googles search queries now include a left side navigation bar to personalize your search.
-Sponsored search results now offer ratings taken from comparison sites.
-Google will implement reviews in organic search results very shortly.
-Google implemented phone numbers in paid search to click and call.
While these may not be the biggest of changes, anytime Google does change something in its results, it is big. They are being more aggressive on trying to add more elements to search results. Is this the smartest move? If you ask anyone why they don’t like Bing too much, most people say it’s a little too crowded. Googles clean search page and search results have proven to be VERY successful. Do they really want to keep heading in this direction of search add-ons?
It’s hard to dictate where Google will go in the next 5 years in search.
