The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has ongoing chatter about Google ranking shuffles but there is now a new uptick in complaints about Pinterest ranking very well in Google. Some people are saying that Pinterest is pulling a Wikipedia and taking over a lot of the top search results in Google.
SamWest, a senior member at the WebmasterWorld community wrote:
More negative moves. Over the past 3 to 4 weeks my main keyword, that was at #1 for 17+ years has suddenly dropped to position 5.Replaced by Pinterest, Pinterest and now a huge "Top Stories" block that display news stories totally unrelated to the search query. Isn't that what the "News" tab is for?
He added a day or so later that Pinterest was totally dominating some of the queries in Google:
Today I saw a search query in my niche return a staggering FIVE consecutive Pinterest results.I had to double check my URL to make sure I wasn't stuck on the Pinterest site. Incredible.
That is one major bug on Google right now.
There are several others complaining about this as well in the forum thread.
I checked tools like SearchMetrics, Sistrix and SEMRush and they don't all agree with the growth of Pinterest in the Google rankings:
SearchMetrics:
Sistrix:
SEMRush:
Have you noticed Pinterest more often in the Google search results? Are spammers taking advantage of the network?
Here is a tweet from Glenn Gabe:
I have no idea what you're talking about. :) How about 8 of the top 9 listings, plus 7 out of 8 image results. Wow. pic.twitter.com/Qssw6VX9tS
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) July 31, 2017
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
