Google Search memory

[-Al-]

Hi we have had the following statement from a member of our Japan office with regards google displaying search results, would anyone be able to give us a definitive answer on this.

Google remembers previous non-mobile related searches

For example, we already know that we come up on the first page if you select “kaigai keitai” (mobile phone for use abroad) and “UK” where as we don’t for searches where you replace the UK with the US or other countries.

This means that if a customer, for example, does a search just on the UK e.g. using words like UK travel, London, millennium dome, etc. and then does a separate search just using the words “kaigai keitai” that google could show us as a link on the first page.  However, if an individual did a search on Paris, France, Eiffel Tower, and then did a search for “kaigai keitai”, our link might not appear on the page.

I don’t know if we have tested this already, but Google seems to have a very long “memory” and I could see this kind of aspect of Google resulting in us missing significant business from people going to the US, France, Italy, etc.

Any thoughts?

[William.Lau]

Have you tested this with cleared web history/cache/cookies and what not?

Is this due to the user being logged in and showing previous visits?

You should thoroughly test this before coming to a conclusion that Google is outranking you for previous search terms.