Elon Musk, the co-founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX and the list goes on and on, said on Twitter that it is hard to go to Google and find Tesla's solar roof panels. He said "Unfortunately, it’s hard to google Tesla solar links due to tons of ads & SEO."
Here is his Tweet:
Unfortunately, it’s hard to google Tesla solar links due to tons of ads & SEO. Go to https://t.co/UvQa8JOE7v to add solar to an existing roof & https://t.co/D9yUuL7NVE for a new roof with integrated solar.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2019
When I search for [tesla solar panels] on Google, I get a pretty good first result - before ads and SEO. :)
Lots of SEOs jumped in to respond to Elon, maybe hoping for a discounted new roof?
So, it's not *just* SEO alone. You need to iron out how much informational VS transactional you want your site to be, and how you map that out through the landing pages on your website
— Pedro Dias: ~/pedro$ (@pedrodias) October 28, 2019
SEO is not only about technical details, or search engines ranking sites based on words on a page. Google tries to work out some qualitative signals too, in order to match user intent. Just because I Google [solar panels] doesn't necessarily mean I want to buy solar panels
— Pedro Dias: ~/pedro$ (@pedrodias) October 28, 2019
hey @elonmusk you actually need better links to parts of your website - and a couple other things...
— Christoph C. Cemper (@cemper) October 29, 2019
come to Vienna May 2020 to learn at @lrtcon
our charity conference on All Things Links.
We're also still looking for sponsors,
heard the last quarter treated Tesla well.
@elonmusk DM me and I'll give you some free SEO tips to help with that.
— Matt Lacuesta (@MattLacuesta) October 29, 2019
Hey, @elonmusk, I have 20 years of SEO experience. Speak at the major conferences around the world. Own a P3D+ FSD, on the PowerWall waitlist and have a best friend that invested at $7 in TSLA. #Fanboy #SEOGod
— Brent D. Payne (@BrentDPayne) October 28, 2019
whatever you think SEO is, this isn’t it
— Patrick Altoft (@patrickaltoft) October 29, 2019
That’s not SEO. That’s Google’s structure of search results. pic.twitter.com/EqSLYbvQrD
— Kevin_Indig (@Kevin_Indig) October 29, 2019
The list goes on - so I guess Elon got a bunch of free SEO advice?
Forum discussion at Twitter.
