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It's probably because of the good SEO the articles written there get: I published a project on GitHub, then an article on my personal blog about it (with a back
by tudorconstantin 6y ago
It's probably because of the good SEO the articles written there get: I published a project on GitHub, then an article on my personal blog about it (with a back link from the repo itself), then an intro article on medium with a link to repo and a "read more" toward my blog post. Then I submitted the GH repo and/or my blog post to some reddit threads.
Now, guess what: when googling for _the knests stack_ in the first few weeks, the top result was the preview article from medium. Even now, it's the second result, showing up above reddit or my blog post.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoIf you hadn't posted the preview on Medium it wouldn't get any SEO. Your problem is of your own making.
- giantrobot 6y agoA link's position in a Google search is basically a worthless measure anymore. Every Google user ends up microtargeted such that the ordering of results or even which results are displayed is rarely consistent.
- quickthrower2 6y agoUse Google Search Console and the data there is far from worthless. Average position, impressions and clicks for all the keywords visiting your site.
- giantrobot 6y agoThe GP didn't reference Google Search Console. They mentioned their site's position on their microtargeted search results. Which is a worthless metric since it won't be the same depending on a user's preferences, history, or location. It may be that their site averages as the top hit for a term but that's not the same as saying it's the top or second hit. They're making claims about Medium's SEO chops with a metric that doesn't back up the claim.