I smell a rat

ratboy · 11-07-2011, 08:59:38 PM

Anyone else noticed, and I've seen this a few times now, you start an adwords campaign, and suddenly the page you have the ad directing to goes up the organic rankings...

Happened a few times now, coincidence?

ProDomains · 11-07-2011, 09:57:35 PM

I have never heard of this, I have heard people saying the opposite in the past but never really noticed any changes in my own rankings, with or without Adwords.

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Blossom · 11-07-2011, 10:09:27 PM

Have you tested it with a proxy?

ratboy · 11-07-2011, 10:11:05 PM

No. I might be dillusional.

mat · 11-07-2011, 10:42:19 PM

Could this be something to do with customized search results being enabled?

philiporchard · 12-07-2011, 06:16:56 AM

Maybe this is the rat you can smell...

In today's news.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14109561

Skinner · 12-07-2011, 12:47:56 PM

I noticed the customised results lead me up the garden path a few times.

However incognito mode shows quite the opposite effect more often than nothing at all.

DF3000 · 12-07-2011, 02:49:41 PM

I would definetely log out of Google and then search again

The customised results often make me look like an SEO Genius... until I log out and see what everyone does

Frog · 16-07-2011, 10:05:09 AM

You don't need to log out to see what everyone else sees btw... just add &pws=0 onto the end of the Google url once you've entered your search.

diy-day · 02-08-2011, 01:35:21 AM

You could also try your query in a browser in which you don't routinely sign into Google (one of the reasons I have multiple browsers installed).

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Skinner Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,507 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	I noticed the customised results lead me up the garden path a few times. However incognito mode shows quite the opposite effect more often than nothing at all. __________________ Browse:

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diy-day Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The South Posts: 25 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	You could also try your query in a browser in which you don't routinely sign into Google (one of the reasons I have multiple browsers installed). __________________ Teen Craft Images \| Political Collectibles

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ProDomains Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 916 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 8)	I have never heard of this, I have heard people saying the opposite in the past but never really noticed any changes in my own rankings, with or without Adwords. Sent from my BlackBerry 9700 using Tapatalk

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Blossom Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Posts: 899 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	Have you tested it with a proxy?

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ratboy Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,205 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 51)	No. I might be dillusional.

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DF3000 Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 28 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	I would definetely log out of Google and then search again The customised results often make me look like an SEO Genius... until I log out and see what everyone does

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Frog Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: I have retired from Acorn, rampagejackson321 at gmail if u need me. Posts: 621 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	You don't need to log out to see what everyone else sees btw... just add &pws=0 onto the end of the Google url once you've entered your search.

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