7 Surprising Things that are NOT SEO Ranking Factors

There are a lot of myths about what Google actually uses as a factor to rank your site. We thought it was time to do some busting and give you our take on several SURPRISING things that aren't factors!

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[johnmoore]

I been following your channel since the early days and have quietly been building my own niche sites for the past 4 years, I now work full time on my sites and wanted to thank you as youtube videos have really helped me out and kept me going, especially in the early days. I also just started my own Youtube channel after being inspired by yours and have just released a video of my journey which took me zero earning to having a six-figure publishing company. Great work and will continue to watch your channel. if anyone is struggling, just keep going as it will all come together. Keep up the good work Jim and Ricky!

[ryantfinchum]

Google: YOU WANT THE TRUTH?
Me: YES!
Google: YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

[DavePuckett]

Wow, Google is misleading and for a beginner like me, I wouldn't know the difference but thank God you guys have the experience and case studies to know the difference! It's why I subscribed to your channel. You're just as valuable as Google.

[daviddorf]

I didn't listen past the first 3 seconds... so congrats on the new arrival. 😉



Now, after listening to the entire episode are you guys serious that word count wouldn't matter on a recipe site? I've checked out a few recipe sites and have to scroll forever before I know how to make the recipe.

[rizkhanedits]

You guys are awesome, I am getting traffic to my site after watching your videos, because now I focus only on my content... Thanks 👍

[StuffedBox]

I love how you guys continue to develop this program and keep sharing your discoveries

[COLOMBIAFRANK]

Nice gig guys, thx
Cheers from Bogotá

[SavorySaver]

I'm a recipe blogger. Thanks for talking about recipe post length briefly! I just want the recipe too, but will add it more info when appropriate. Sometimes a recipe post is 400-500 words because their just isn't much to say. Thanks for all the great info guys!

[inxj]

Thanks, I appreciate how you guys are always experimenting and seeing what's working right now.

[praneethkumar]

1. Shared dedicated no worry.
2. User behavior there.
3. Url length.
4. Pogo sticking.
5. More other traffic better.
6. Eat ways not score.
7. No word count.
8.

[ExposureNinja]

11:47 — This was one of the hardest points to make when the Medic Update dropped. Not everyone was getting it. There's no score, but E-A-T is measured in some ways within the algorithm

[CompSciCentral]

Version 3.0 is awesome!

I love the layout and site progress tracker. You guys really think of everything that can add the most value to us.

[BadGuysRecaps]

When I was working with the military, I met a search engine developer from Google. He basically told me, some parts of the Google search engine algorithm are government top secrets info. I go :"is XYZ... etc true?" He goes :" cant confirm or deny"

[granthandford]

My Monday morning fix. Thanks guys. Love the intro and outro.

[hellozacphua]

Hello Jim and Ricky,

I just came across a YouTube video from you guys discussing the niche sites with high competition and likely to fail. These niches are included: Fitness, Personal Finance, and Food Recipes.

I am just curious if digital marketing is included in personal finance?

If I'm not mistaken, I heard that you guys had mentioned once in the video saying that digital marketing is somehow related to personal finance.

If it's not, do you think that digital marketing is a good niche for blogging? Because I am obsessed with digital marketing, it's my specialty, and it's the only thing I knew.

[danimordecai]

Woot Woot I've been saving for months... I'm doing a garage sale next weekend so I can save the remainder cash so I can join up on Project 24.
Being a mum my time is sooo stretched. Plus blogging is sometimes lonely. I so look fwd to your videos and your new team. GREAT vid 👍 guys. See you all on the other side soon 🙂

[earfuns]

I agree with you 99%, but from my past article that got 13k page view from facebook referral, it didn't even show up on the google search at all (it's on page 1 on duck duck go search though). on the other hand, i wrote thousands of word article, and it's at number 1 on google search. By the way, I love learning from your videos, great values.

[abhiramvartak]

Was it only me who could see videos from veritasium in the up next tab ! ( at 7 : 12 sec ) So you guys are not only SEO experts but also science passionate!

[nikolagolabovski]

Awesome content you guys provide true inspiration and motivation to learn and work on my site!
Much love from Macedonia♥️

[robertb.]

Opened up Version 3.0 last night... Very nice!! Good job guys!! 👍👍