Click-Through Rate Ranking Factor Seo Test

rhapso

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Hello

Let's experiment together if CTR still influence in google ranking, and if yes, in how much time.

To take part, its easy :

1. Open a new tab in you browser

2. Go to Google.com

3. type the keyword "ctr test" (dont copy and paste please)

4. click on the wikipedia page

5. close the browser tab

this page is now in position 8, lets see if it will move.
 
experiments done with bot just don't work. And it's not just the IP: The giveaways that separate man and machine can be as subtle as how he or she (or it) moves a mouse in the moments before that single click.


CTR is not an important ranking factor. Read:
http://searchengineland.com/ctr-ranking-factor-227162
 
This would be a good case study but not like this.

Someone should buy one of the software that does this and post the results.
 
This would be a good case study but not like this.

Someone should buy one of the software that does this and post the results.

Built one recently. I've one isolated test making it look incredibly obvious to see if Google spots the spam and slaps the site.

Another to test if lowering the CTR of the entire first page shakes anything up.

Another is a little more advanced trying to look much more legit for a normal CTR test.

When I get the time I'll scale things up and try to remember to do a case study.
 
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