Comments on: Is Google Cloaking Results to Firefox Users? http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/ San Francisco Search Engine Optimization Company Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pablo Ibarrolaza http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-20366 Pablo Ibarrolaza Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:54:51 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-20366 There is more news today...http://twitter.com/cafulcura/status/11486650237 There is more news today…http://twitter.com/cafulcura/status/11486650237

]]> By: Xanthi http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19935 Xanthi Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:37:57 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19935 Hello there. To my surprise I experienced something similar to what you describe. And i googled for it, and I bumbed into your site! So the same operator site:www.mysite.com showed more pages indexed in Firefox and IE, and less in Chrome (haven't tested elsewhere so far) I got puzzled as I got the opposite from what you describe. Less results in Chrome and more in Firefox. So after reading your post and your comments, I disabled the SEOquake extension in Firefox. Same results. But I also disabled the ChromeSEo extension and THAT'S when I got the same results in all three browsers. So in mycase, my result is that the ChromeSEO extension shows less results when you use the site:www.mysite.com operator. oh, and of course I logged out from gmail etc. Hope it helps :) Cheers! Hello there. To my surprise I experienced something similar to what you describe. And i googled for it, and I bumbed into your site!

So the same operator site:www.mysite.com showed more pages indexed in Firefox and IE, and less in Chrome (haven’t tested elsewhere so far)
I got puzzled as I got the opposite from what you describe. Less results in Chrome and more in Firefox.

So after reading your post and your comments, I disabled the SEOquake extension in Firefox. Same results. But I also disabled the ChromeSEo extension and THAT’S when I got the same results in all three browsers.
So in mycase, my result is that the ChromeSEO extension shows less results when you use the site:www.mysite.com operator.

oh, and of course I logged out from gmail etc.

Hope it helps :)
Cheers!

]]> By: Camella Lobo http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19453 Camella Lobo Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:22:09 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19453 @john andrews Thanks for mentioning Google Camo. We're working out the kinks with the Firefox extension and will have a "great" one up and running soon! @john andrews Thanks for mentioning Google Camo. We’re working out the kinks with the Firefox extension and will have a “great” one up and running soon!

]]> By: Camella Lobo http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19448 Camella Lobo Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:06:13 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19448 Opting in and out of search personalization is a pain in the ass. If you're looking for a Firefox extension to always block Google's personalized search, we recently developed Google Camo, which automatically updates your account settings to opt out of personalized search. It also has a handy, color-coded icon that alerts you any time you may be opted back in without realizing it. You can download it here: www.iexposure.com/googlecamo Opting in and out of search personalization is a pain in the ass. If you’re looking for a Firefox extension to always block Google’s personalized search, we recently developed Google Camo, which automatically updates your account settings to opt out of personalized search. It also has a handy, color-coded icon that alerts you any time you may be opted back in without realizing it.

You can download it here: http://www.iexposure.com/googlecamo

]]> By: Jonah Stein http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19400 Jonah Stein Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:32:06 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19400 Are you using FireFox, IE, Safari or Chrome? Do you see the same results from each one? Are you using FireFox, IE, Safari or Chrome? Do you see the same results from each one?

]]> By: Wayne Attwell http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19399 Wayne Attwell Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:14:46 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19399 I Googled the same term from Hamilton, New Zealand and got 1 result initially and 662 with omitted results included. I have switched off personalized search as a general practice so my browsing history would not be a factor (not that I've ever done this or a similar search, so personalized search wouldn't be an issue anyway). I Googled the same term from Hamilton, New Zealand and got 1 result initially and 662 with omitted results included. I have switched off personalized search as a general practice so my browsing history would not be a factor (not that I’ve ever done this or a similar search, so personalized search wouldn’t be an issue anyway).

]]> By: Jonah Stein http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19275 Jonah Stein Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:34:50 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19275 Sam In this case, the client is super squeaky clean white hat (all of my clients are) and graciously allowed me to feature them in a case study for SMX. This side show wasn't originally intended to be about them, but I hope enough of my colleagues link to the post and my clients site to make up for the exposure. Sam

In this case, the client is super squeaky clean white hat (all of my clients are) and graciously allowed me to feature them in a case study for SMX. This side show wasn’t originally intended to be about them, but I hope enough of my colleagues link to the post and my clients site to make up for the exposure.

]]> By: Samuel Lavoie http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19253 Samuel Lavoie Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:56:04 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19253 Logged in my Google account on Safari for Mac I got the same results as you got in Chrome. Not the sames results on Firefox 3.6 still logged. I bet this is a server thing. The client definitely needs to hide a lot of stuff tho', nice find @michael Logged in my Google account on Safari for Mac I got the same results as you got in Chrome. Not the sames results on Firefox 3.6 still logged. I bet this is a server thing. The client definitely needs to hide a lot of stuff tho’, nice find @michael

]]> By: Michael VanDeMar http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19242 Michael VanDeMar Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:37:44 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19242 Jonah, try using a hosts file to see what various datacenters return. These are all active: 64.233.189.161 66.102.9.147 74.125.47.103 (<- this is the one I am hitting atm) You have to use a hosts file since Google switched to AJAX queries, or you'll just end up back at whatever Google.com ip you were hitting before. Also, you could try the query in different country extensions, such as Google.co.uk or Google.ca, and see if they give you any better results. Even if they do show, however, you won't actually see anything other than the urls. I didn't examine the robots.txt closely, but it is rather large. Since the asterisk matches anything you might want to have your client review it closely, prehaps run some pages through the Google Webmaster Tools robots.txt tool against various pages just to be safe. Jonah, try using a hosts file to see what various datacenters return. These are all active:

64.233.189.161
66.102.9.147
74.125.47.103 (<- this is the one I am hitting atm)

You have to use a hosts file since Google switched to AJAX queries, or you'll just end up back at whatever Google.com ip you were hitting before.

Also, you could try the query in different country extensions, such as Google.co.uk or Google.ca, and see if they give you any better results. Even if they do show, however, you won't actually see anything other than the urls. I didn't examine the robots.txt closely, but it is rather large. Since the asterisk matches anything you might want to have your client review it closely, prehaps run some pages through the Google Webmaster Tools robots.txt tool against various pages just to be safe.

]]> By: Jonah Stein http://www.itstheroi.com/google/google-is-cloaking-results-to-firefox-users/#comment-19241 Jonah Stein Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:12:04 +0000 http://www.itstheroi.com/?p=494#comment-19241 John Camo doesn't make any difference. I suppose I could try to bounce my PPOE to grab a new IP address, but I almost don't care how Google is doing this, only the fact that they are clearly showing very different results. Sadly, as Michael VanDeMar pointed out, it looks like my client added in a disallow to robots.txt in an attempt to knock out something else, so the actual pagination pages I was interested in are deliberately not in the index.... ;( John

Camo doesn’t make any difference. I suppose I could try to bounce my PPOE to grab a new IP address, but I almost don’t care how Google is doing this, only the fact that they are clearly showing very different results. Sadly, as Michael VanDeMar pointed out, it looks like my client added in a disallow to robots.txt in an attempt to knock out something else, so the actual pagination pages I was interested in are deliberately not in the index…. ;(

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