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Now google only shows ONE result above the fold

by pauloadaoag Administrator
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Take note this is on a desktop SERP.


This is new and interesting...
#google #result #shows
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  • Profile picture of the author DIABL0
    I see basically the same thing and below it are many more results.
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    • Profile picture of the author pauloadaoag
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      but all the other results are now below the fold.
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    • Profile picture of the author FreedomBlogger
      Originally Posted by DIABL0 View Post

      I see basically the same thing and below it are many more results.
      I see the same thing.

      Google has been doing this for quite a while. It's nothing really new!

      It's just that result has a big box, that's all.
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  • Profile picture of the author writeaway
    Before this change, ranking up top gets you 40 to 60% of clicks

    I suspect this change is going to EXPLODE that % rate to 80% or higher

    Expect a massive surge in NEGATIVE SEO, flaggings by competitors, as well as consolidation
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

      Before this change, ranking up top gets you 40 to 60% of clicks

      I suspect this change is going to EXPLODE that % rate to 80% or higher
      Writeaway you are NOT going to outrank that site or sites like it. Thos pages are not set merely by normal algo ranking factors
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    It is a pretty unique SERP. You are not going to see that on the vast majority of keywords.

    This sort of thing probably comes up on less than 1% of searches, and I would venture to guess it is drastically less than 1%.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    Also another bit of good news is that layout is less likely to occur on buying intent keywords (but some product related pages get nearly as overcrowded)
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Time to rely on plain old paid advertising. Or, you could try to rank high on Bing or Yahoo. Or use Bing Ad and Yahoo Gemini. Search only though. Their partner networks are sites that you dont want your offer on. I've viewed them all.
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  • Profile picture of the author shmeeko69
    It may be the way forward unfortunately and after all, it's their platform
    and they can do what they want.
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  • Profile picture of the author pheonix44
    I have to believe that certain companies are able to work directly with Google in order to get their business listed so high. I can't imagine they rely on some of the same organic methods as other people do.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by pheonix44 View Post

      I have to believe that certain companies are able to work directly with Google in order to get their business listed so high. I can't imagine they rely on some of the same organic methods as other people do.

      Of course big companies are not relying on the "same organic methods as other people do". They aren't because most of those methods are junk that will never rank a page, but also because they don't have.

      These companies are not making special arrangements with Google. They just have something that most companies and especially most internet marketers do not have: a well recognized brand name.

      When some unknown company puts out a press release, it hardly ever gets picked up by any news organization of value. When Amazon puts out a press release, it is picked up by all of them.

      When Joe Schmo blogger does his 3 posts a week of "high quality content", nobody cares. When he approaches other sites about guest posting on their site, his inquiries are mostly ignored.

      When Apple posts something on their blog, it gets noticed. They don't need to go begging for guest posts. They post something to their site and instantly hundreds of other sites are talking about it and linking to it.

      Hell, if anything Google is probably harder on some of the big companies because if they get away with something people are more likely to notice.
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      • Profile picture of the author pauloadaoag
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        When you Joe Schmo blogger does his 3 posts a week of "high quality content", nobody cares. When he approaches other sites about guest posting on their site, his inquiries are mostly ignored.
        Ouch. What can Joe Schmo blogger do then?
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        • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
          Originally Posted by pauloadaoag View Post

          Ouch. What can Joe Schmo blogger do then?
          He can keep begging and pleading for links.

          My point was the difference between having a well-recognized brand versus being a virtual unknown is why these big companies seem to be dominating in Google. It's not because of some special arrangement Google made with them like a previous poster tried to say.
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  • Profile picture of the author extrememan
    I've seen this too. I wonder what this is about?
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  • Profile picture of the author necproi
    hi,

    there were some reports that Google was testing a fourth pay-per-click ad at the top of search result pages, when there are typically only three.
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  • Profile picture of the author TenaciousGrease
    This is only one keyword though.....most are still as they were a month ago..
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  • Profile picture of the author proud4member
    Yes! google updating them-self day by day.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeffrey Joson
    not for every keyword, but yeah google try to customize it
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  • Profile picture of the author steemseo
    This is nothing. Search engine has been doing this for a while. This is taken from paragraph answer boxes.
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  • Profile picture of the author NetSensei
    There are so many other ways to drive traffic than just the S.E. results page. I think it is now mandatory to take full advantage of those ways along with the traffic that can be gained by ranking on the first couple of pages of the S.E. results pages.
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