Google: Sites Rank Well For A Short Period Of Time

Aug 20, 2019 - 9:06 am 7 by

Now You See Me Now You Dont

Google's John Mueller said it is normal for a site to rank well for a short period of time for a specific query. He said on Twitter "It can happen that a site ranks or a short period of time for a query." It can happen a lot.

Here is the tweet:

Yes, Google can rank a new or old page well for a specific period of time and that can change and not rank well shortly after. This happens all the time and is not uncommon.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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