Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate

Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate by zwkrt on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:29PM (#17718196)

For me the "killer app" of Google search is location based searches. DDG is great but when I want to find a Petco nearby I don't want to use Yelp.

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Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate by codazoda on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @04:34PM (#17719229)

I always open Google Maps in this case; not the browser. Just my habit, I suppose.

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Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate by Twirrim on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:41PM (#17718303)

If you put "!g" at the start of your search, DDG automatically redirects you to the search result in google.

I've been using DDG as my search engine for about 2 1/2 years now, and I find absolutely no reason to go back to Google other than location search, and DDG proxies that easily.

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Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate by binomialxenon on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:14PM (#17718586)

I don't have any problem with just searching strings such as "coffee shop [city name]", etc.

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Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate by bhhaskin on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @04:20PM (#17719106)

Right. If I want to add that location based context it is up to me as a user, and not automatically assumed.

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Re:Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate by fudoo on Thursday August 09, 2018 @08:04PM (#17729629)

Then why does Google constantly think I'm a city over? If their killer app is location search they suck at it.

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