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yes...but all those stories would have boosted GoDaddy by quite a bit in rankings in Google My guess is that this change is temporary and that someone at GoDad
by vaksel 14y ago
yes...but all those stories would have boosted GoDaddy by quite a bit in rankings in Google
My guess is that this change is temporary and that someone at GoDaddy is calling their Google rep...and we'll see a fix shortly.
GoDaddy actually uses Adwords(and they rank #1...so they spend the most)...NameCheap doesn't appear to be(at least for the domain name search term). And they have a valid claim for being the biggest domain registrar...so Google loses nothing by playing the game and getting them to rank higher
- OstiaAntica 14y agoGoogle is not permitted to allow the AdWord spend influence their search results.
- brokentone 14y agoIs not permitted, or does not? Serious question
- jaredmck 14y agoThey do not allow the AdWords spending to directly influence search results. There's likely some higher-order effects which could influence the results, though.
- OstiaAntica 14y agoI think US anti-trust law, and various promises that Google has made to the authorities in the past as part of M & A deals, prohibit them from crossing the line.
- vaksel 14y agoyes...but I'd bet they have a lot more recourse if they are a major Google customer...if a bug lowers your rankings..tough...but if you are a customer it'll get resolved.