Google Changes Search Result Pages
Lots of people seem to love posting about updates such as, “OMFG!!1 Google has changed their favicon!” and some such.. I rarely see the point of posting about this, but today, I proudly annouce my own scoop.
(drumroll)
Google has changed search result titles from h2s to h3s.
Yea, doesn’t sound that amazing does it? Well…. At least nobody else has blogged about it.
I guess this is a heads up for anyone who has programs/scripts that scrape results from Google - they probably won’t work anymore… That’s why.
Just thought I’d let you know.. I’m sure I’ll do another real post soon.
Like this article? Then subscribe to the feed!
Related Posts:
Making Money With Google Navigational Queries...
DoFollow Search Engine...
Who wants a hand job? A Google one, that is....
I never checked before if it was h2 or h3, but just checked (using FireBug) and its showing h3.
Thanks for the info.
Comment by Navin Poeran
August 21st, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
Is this important for our rankings in SERPs or it only influences those scripts that scrape results?
Comment by Nosfer
August 21st, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
It took them long enough to figure out H3 was the correct tag to use.
Comment by Duane
August 21st, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
Oh yeah, nice find BTW.
Comment by Duane
August 21st, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
@Nosfer
No, it has no influence on how you rank.
Comment by Mark
August 21st, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
Actually - it killed Webposition. So for us morons having clients, we have to go to WebCEO.
Comment by David - About Results Marketing
August 26th, 2008 @ 1:47 am
@David..
It’s about a 60 second fix for WebPosition when they can be bothered.
Comment by Mark
August 26th, 2008 @ 9:19 am
omfg. OMFG! h3s?!?! New favicon!?!?! O.M.F.G.
Comment by Anon
September 14th, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
Thanks for this, I noticed that I read this and it saved one of my scrapers - but I never thanked ya.
Gracias my friend.
Comment by Contempt
September 15th, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
What about if you never use H1, H2, H….?
Comment by tabs
October 27th, 2008 @ 10:39 am