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@Samrat, haha… thanks for pointing out that… Many people who make short quick comments actually do not read the posts completely. This is the second or third time you have corrected me in the past and it shows that you are thoroughly and completely going through my posts. Thanks buddy

@Kurt, if you have Google Toolbar installed, try using search from there… It is a lot easier and useful in terms of suggestions etc. Well, we all need a change in attitude, don’t we?

@Article Spinning, Yes and No… SEO or optimization may be still there in some form. That’s the point I was trying to drive home

@Alan, thanks and come back soon

@Forsaken, thanks for your long comment. I agree with you on the fact that PR and SEO cannot be immediately taken out by Google as the whole ecosystem around it (a few billions of internet business such as SEO, Ads, services…) cannot die that fast. Personalized searches at the moment will remain in client side cookie settings only and as you said obvisously nobody can provide you completely customized search. This is because of the fact that search engines mean fast retrieval of data for anybody and not for those who have signed up and customized. They can only make best judgement based on past search pattern (via client cookie), geographics etc

@ZK, thanks buddy. LeapFish looks cool and the advantage is that you can search on Yahoo, Google and MSN in a flash from the same page. The only problem I see is that the connection speed assumptions Probably 60-70% of the internet users are still below 64K lines or dial up?

@Yan, thanks buddy… I am trying to learn new topics from my readers and commenters. I am not an expert in geo-targetting issues yet

@Niche Titans, you bring in a good point… Striving to achieve search visibility, ranks etc are good but one should not overdo it as things are bound to change… Yes, working for long term benefits makes sense.

Thanks everyone for your views…

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Unless you work for Google, stating these points are mere guesses. And even if you work for Google, revealing such things are breech of your non-disclosure agreement.

So what is personalized search?
Some say that Google is going to take into account everyone’s search history and preferences, based on their geographic locations and their ISP histories and the search results will be different for everyone.

Some naysayer, profit-of-doom types are announcing that this is the end of Search Engine Optimization. However, nothing could be farther from the truth. All “personalized search” means is simply that you can choose, when signing up for a Google (blogger, gmail, etc) account, to enable ‘search history’ to your own account. Once you log out, the search results will once again be what everyone else sees. You can see how Google explains it here. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/personally-speaking.html

Obviously, no Search Engine (even Google) could create “personalized search results” for the entire world. For one thing, high schools and colleges all have computers that hundreds or even thousands of students use. Many families have a computer that everybody uses. Third world countries, if they have computers at all, have just one that the entire village might use.

That means that Search Engine Optimization is as vitally important today as it ever was. And although great content is super important, the biggest factor in determining which site will be at the top is still going to be High Page Rank, High Quality backlinks. If you’ve got a great system for getting High Page Rank, High Quality backlinks on a regular basis, then you’re set. And of course, back links equate to PR… Simple!!!

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This post just made me think of something. I have a big google search functionality on my firefox browser.. but its now after reading the part where you said:

….it has been complemented well by the new channels such as:

* Web browser Toolbars (e.g. Google Toolbar)

I realise that …hey why do i open the google.mu page each time I use google :S There is this shortcut there. Maybe its a habit i got to always open a page of google to search. I wonder how many people do like me.

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A small correction… in the last line of the post – “Happy SEO and please do not bookmark this post if found useful.” should be “Happy SEO and please do bookmark this post if found useful.” ??

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Your post on Shift in Paradigm and New SEO Requirements was very intersting. I am the Director of Marketing at LeapFish and I love the name of your blog and writing style.

I just bookmarked your page too. I wanted write to let you know that we are launching a earth shaking and ground breaking functionality tomorrow at LeapFish. It goes right along with your comment – “Search users of today want results within four or five seconds” Well we now provide instantanteous results tomorrow without using a search button. Each character typed will produce search results instantaneously.

I wanted you to know prior to the launch at 10:00 am PST in California on January 15th. So if you would like more information or a demo please let me know.

Thanks and GREAT Blog!!

However, if you have mixed traffic figures (I see from Alexa that you have 25% traffic from the US as well) you may not geo tag it if the traffic quality is good and it’s majorly from search (and not direct traffic from global pinoy friends of yours). I suggest that you take a call based on your Google Analytics statistics to see if the traffic from US and other countries is really helping your blog in terms of subscription, low bounce rate, more reach.

Another impact of geo targeting… If you avoid US traffic it may affect your ad income – Private ad sales as well as AdSense CPM rates

Probably I shall write a post about this later..

i have a question, is it advisable to use the geo tagging of google webmasters tool?