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Ghost Keywords

by tentimes
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I have a keyword that Google Webmaster tools says it's average position is 26, and I have multiple SERP checkers that show it in the top 3 pages but when I go to search on google for it, it's nowhere to be found.


I've check the videos and images and nothing is there.

Has anyone else ever had this occur?

It's very strange.

Thanks
#ghost #keywords
  • Profile picture of the author dminorfmajor
    I'm not sure what you're talking about, maybe it's because I don't use Google Webmaster. What do you mean by a keyword having an average "position" of 26?
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  • Profile picture of the author bigcat1967
    Check on the fourth page - those things seem like they are always off.
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  • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Rotzee
    Man..reading this title I thought someone figured out something really cool and new to do with keywords lol
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    • Profile picture of the author hammertorch
      Originally Posted by HKSEO Rotzee View Post

      Man..reading this title I thought someone figured out something really cool and new to do with keywords lol
      yeah, thats what i also thought
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      • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Rotzee
        Originally Posted by hammertorch View Post

        yeah, thats what i also thought
        lol...I was like "Ahhhhhhh yeah!"
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    • Profile picture of the author Rockrz
      Originally Posted by HKSEO Rotzee View Post

      Man..reading this title I thought someone figured out something really cool and new to do with keywords lol
      Me too...I thought someone was trying to promote one of those guys that goes around talking to ghosts and using the special equipment to detect them...and needed some "ghost keywords" er somthin...
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      • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Rotzee
        Originally Posted by Rockrz View Post

        Me too...I thought someone was trying to promote one of those guys that goes around talking to ghosts and using the special equipment to detect them...and needed some "ghost keywords" er somthin...
        HA! Thats even funnier.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by tentimes View Post

    I have a keyword that Google Webmaster tools says it's average position is 26, and I have multiple SERP checkers that show it in the top 3 pages but when I go to search on google for it, it's nowhere to be found.


    I've check the videos and images and nothing is there.

    Has anyone else ever had this occur?

    It's very strange.

    Thanks
    1) Google Webmaster Tools is the slowest SERP tool on the net. By the time GWT displays your ranking per keyword, a lot of times the SERPs have updated & GWT data is outdated.

    2) The default GWT keyword page includes everything from all Google SERPs (Text, Images, etc...), use the filter at the top of the GWT page to filter out individual SERPs (Text, Images, etc...).
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  • Profile picture of the author mikel.perez.01
    Well, if GWT says your page is in position 26 for that keyword and other rank checkers say you are in page 3, that is consistent.

    If your page is not there when you look for it in Google, maybe you are being redirected to a different Google locale.

    For instance, I live in Spain, so even though I have pages ranking #1 for several keywords in Google.com, when I google the term in the default google page, they are nowhere to be seen because it takes me to google.es, which oddly enough seems to favor pages in Spanish

    You can go to google.com/ncr (it stands for No Country Redirect) and see if your page is where it should be.

    If that doesn't work, you can install a browser extension/add-on/plugin/whatever called Google Global that allows you to search in different Google locales, and see where you lost your page. It has to be somewhere, there are really no ghosts!
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