Google Ranks Us As The World's 2nd Best Webdesigner
Google Ranks Us As The World's 2nd Best WebdesignerHello. Hope you are well.
A few weeks back (20 days to be precise) I wrote this article about me being the world's best web designer.
I wrote it after seeing a web site say they are Ranked No.1 by Top search engines for the term "Internet Marketing Coach". Whilst that sounds very impressive, all it means is the site comes up # 1 for the term "internet marketing coach" - of course Google (and others) doesn't and can't make judgements about who is the best in their particular field. That's ridiculous.
But some companies attempt to play with words and make it sound like they are the best in the world. When in fact they aren't.
- So, am I really the world's # 2 ranked webdesigner? Nope, of course not. That's a very subjective thing.
- Does my article get the # 2 (actually # 3 but I'm counting the top 2 results - the same site - as 1) spot when someone searches for the term "worlds best webdesigner" on Google? Yep. So that means I seem to know what I'm doing when it comes to search engine rankings.
- By the way, I'm # 4 ranked in Google for the term "worlds best web designer" (notice that the term web designer is now 2 words rather than 1).
The Best Part Of All That
The best part of all that is it demonstrated that I know a bit about how to get high search engine rankings.
The other thing is that I said: "If I had lots and lots of links to this world's best web designer page my ranking would be higher for that term. But I'll just stop here and see if this does the job (I'm guessing a top 6 spot for the term "world's best web designer" - on Google)."
I made # 4 after 20 days.
What Will Happen Now
A couple of things will happen now.
- Because I've written about it and linked over to the article from this blog my rankings might improve 1 or 2 spots for those search terms ("world's best web designer/webdesigner") over the next week or 4.
- But after that there will probably be a slow and steady decline in the rankings as I ignore the page, nobody links to it and I don't add any relevant content to it.
Because all search engines want for their customers/visitors are web pages that are relevant, informative and up to date. That way everybody wins.
Hope that has been of interest.
Edited: 11.42 am June 2, 2005:
I've had some people notice that I'm # 1 on Google for "worlds best web designer", yet for others I'm # 4 and for other still I'm nowhere in the top 10.
The reason is simple: On Google.com.au if you type in "worlds best web designer" and search Australian pages only, I'm # 1 for the term. And if you search the entire web from Google.com.au I'm still # 1.
Click here for the screenshot.
On Google.com I'm # 4 when you search the web.
That's just a little issue with where you are searching from and what Google sees as the most relevant results for you.
Cheers.
Brendon
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Michael
MJS Web Solutions
Hope you are well.
Yes, no-one searches for the phrase - it was more an exercise in Search Engine ranking (not that getting ranked that high was hard) and also for PR purposes.
(We get an average of 1 visitor a day from the term.)
One of my frustrations is seeing seo operators say they can get you high rankings in Google - but it's an onscure, never searched for term they'll do it with.
Cheers
Brendon