Comments on: Do Search Results Vary By Browser?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:50:52 +0000

My website shows different results between firefox and IE for the same keywords ” computer repair
London” and the results also vary between computers, I have not even done a test on other browers.
My concern is that even if the web experts know how to tweek the browers to get the same results this will have no effect on our target audience.

It is a real mess for website designers and promotors. Personal settings should never inlfuence search results. this is the root cause but it is still a level playing field.

By: Saturnine02

Saturnine02 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:57:00 +0000

I did searches in IE, firefox and chrome, and on the same search in IE and firefox results were the same, but in Chrome, it put the site i was after first . At one point i not only uninstalled Chrome, but erased data it saves on my computer, and after reinstalling it, the search results were the same as in IE and Firefox .I think that because i did the same search for my site, after i had done optimization for it, and occasionally clicked on the site’s link in the result page, that Chrome OPTIMIZED the search result to match my desires, and put the site i clicked on in the search first, for easy access . Because i’m speaking of a few pages leap . So not a few positions difference, but a few pages . I don’t think it’s very ok that Chrome is set by default to do that, because then i cannot trust Chrome to accurately show me the position of my site in the query.

By: James - Traffic Travis

James - Traffic Travis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:23:47 +0000

Good test!.. Havent' heard this before where different browsers vary G search results. By theory, you could say its probably due to cookies enabled. Great to see the test results disapproving.

Well, another addition to this test would be, querying a number dummy keywords first with related niche of the test keyword having cookies enabled and disabled on different set of browsers. Then try to click some consistent theme search results, i.e, query words like apple, then click in search results considering apple as a fruit, not a gadget.

This results may or may not contribute to some varying search search results with different browsers.

James

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:28 +0000

Our site, being slightly over a year old, is dramatically effected by what appears to be data center variances.
On one browser from a computer I use commonly, we show high in several keywords. On the same computer with a different browser, used less commonly, we don’t show at all.

The variances from a mobile device and from less commonly used computers seem to side with the lesser used browser where we appear infrequently if at all. It’s strange behavior and for my sake, I hope it normalizes .

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:00 +0000