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Oops! My Site is on Page 1 Before It's Done!

by Bon508
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I'm trying a "results in advance" process. (Create a site, get it ranked, then sell/lease it to a client.)

I picked a promising local keyword phrase, created a WP site around that phrase, set up blank pages (Services, About Us, Contact Us, etc.), used an SEO plug-in -- but there's no content.

And yet it's already showing up on page 1 of Google -- weird, huh? -- at least when I search on the phrase it's showing up on page 1... maybe that's just due to my search history from when I was researching it?

I read somewhere that Google SERP results may vary depending on the search history of the person doing the searching. Anyone know if that's true?

If it IS true, is there a way for us to see "non-biased" search results -- so we won't tell our client it's on page 1 of Google and then THEY go look and don't find it there?

Back to my "Oops!" -- Can getting good Google results with basically a "blank" site make Google mad at me? I don't want to do anything that would penalize the site before it's ready to sell or lease to a client. :confused:
#oops #page #site
  • Profile picture of the author Voasi
    If the keyword is the exact match of the domain, that's not likely at all. I've done it 100's of times for clients when we do an Exact Match campaign.

    But if you're worried you're getting skewed results because of search history, just use another computer that hasn't been searching or viewing that web page. Jump on Skype/Gtalk and ask friends. That's what I do at least if I'm a little worried.
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  • Profile picture of the author chika138
    Congrats Bon on the ranking

    And thanks for the Scroogle Scraper tip, Seatbelt99!

    Do let me know the progress of the site, that can be something I can do in the coming weeks
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  • Profile picture of the author Your Brand Ebooks
    Originally Posted by Bon508 View Post

    And yet it's already showing up on page 1 of Google
    oh man, I hate when that happens
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  • Profile picture of the author zbw777
    Also, if you are logged in to google and do a search, if you add &pws=0 at the end of the google url it will show without personalization.

    That's a quick and dirty way to remove your history from your searches
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  • Profile picture of the author Trapped
    How about adding a &pws=0 at the end of the URL string in the url bar once you perform the search, will it still show it in the first page? If yes, then thats the true rank (pws=0 eliminates private search data, i.e. the history).

    Hope it helps!

    p.s. this is why you need to use your robots.txt to block un-completed sites, however, too late now..just populate it with content as soon as possible )

    Best luck.

    Update, upss looks like I missed zbw777's response, he beat me
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  • Profile picture of the author KristofVanoverbeek
    Hey that's a good thing all the hard work is done! Now make money from it.



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  • Profile picture of the author AutoBulkTraffic
    Yes, clear your cache and you will get the proper results.

    Happened to me several times, i nearly had a heart attach when i though i was rank one for the keyword "internet marketing"
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