If a Phrase Ranks on Google, But No One Searches for It...
Phil Craven was in one of those moods today, and posted a thread named If a tree falls in the forest.... He got all philosophical and it kind of made me teary eyed (just kidding). The reason I point this thread out, is not to talk about irrelevant philosophical debates but to talk about Robert Charlton's clever reply. He replied to Phil saying;
Phil - I thought you were going to ask whether, if a phrase ranks on Google, but no one searches for it, does it really rank?
I never heard it phrased like that. Of course, the point Robert is making was the same point I was making in my Big Blue Pineapple Chair entry. I can rank #1 for Big Blue Pineapple Chair, which I don't rank number 1 for in Google, but I do in Yahoo! now.
So if a phrase ranks on Google, but no one searches for it, does it really rank?
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rustybrick in Search Theory at March 18, 2005 8:25 AM
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If no-one searching for it, there's no value in it. If there's no value in it, who cares?
If you're a business you're not improving branding or generating any business. If you're providing content, no-ones reading it based on that term.
Who cares if you rank 1st or 1000th for it :)
Posted by Adrian at March 18, 2005 09:40