Google Plus and Ranking Effect

by QWE

Posted: 14 years ago 7 replies

I've bought 500 Google pluses and applied it to a site as an experiment. The site's ranking dropped to page 10 from page 2. It got stuck there for 6 months. It is gradually recovering now. What's interesting is Google has removed all the Google pluses. Any similar experience?

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sovereignn 14 years ago

This actually happened to me as well.

I was testing different social signals and how they effected rankings.

I had a pretty tough keyword around 40K searches a month

I was at position 5 for months and was comfortable with that. I was getting around 500 visitors today and the site was making anywhere from $50-$150 a day

This was actually just a test site to me so I figured I'd try social Signals

First I did facebook likes on the actual page (500) nothing happened

I then ordered 300 retweets on my website this actually bumped me up to #2 (I really recommend trying retweets they're EXCELLENT)

Then a few weeks later I went against my better judgement and got Google +1s boy was this a mistake

My website dropped into the Abyss and I haven't seen it since... This was about 1 month ago and it's still nowhere to be seen
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Gelo30 Banned 14 years ago

didn't tried that one, I don't think getting number of Google pluses won't help in ranking.
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- QWE 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Gelo30
  
  didn't tried that one, I don't think getting number of Google pluses won't help in ranking.
  
  I know it helps if you do it using real Google plus accounts. It seems Google knows which accounts are creating Google pluses. I would stay away from paid Google pluses. Have your friends, clients, and family members click on Google plus button.
  
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sadeeshbala 14 years ago

I haven't tried this google + plugin on my website. I will use it and lets see how it will help with rankings
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pwhrita Banned 14 years ago

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- sovereignn 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by pwhrita
  
  Hmm.. I was going to try it out as well. But one more question i have, is that does facebook fan number increases traffic to the website? or improves ranking?
  
  The theory is that social signals should be a factor in how well your website ranks
  
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philliplpaz

14 years ago

I think what they did there was dumping all those Tweets and Google Pluses in one day. The triggers Google's spam detection and it doesn't look natural. Probably all those accounts got banned, that is why they are all gone. I would suggest to set it to a low key. That way it looks natural.