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by ryanb 6y ago
This answer is super spot on, and this will be the story of our lives for a while.
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by ryanb 6y ago
Post author here. Answer: Yes
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by ryanb 6y ago
At the end of the day, Google is a private company. They get to set the rules and police search results how they see fit. I don't think Pinterest is doing anything unethical. I do think it is spammy, though.
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by ryanb 6y ago
I think it crosses the line and I'm surprised Google hasn't issue them a warning, or maybe they have and we just haven't heard about it. Organic search is still where 80% of the clicks are in search. (only 20% go to paid - th
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by ryanb 6y ago
Engagement on links clicked in Gmail is likely a ranking factor in Google search. We've done studies with popular e-mail newsletters that showed URLs performing better in search on days when they've been sent out to hundreds of th
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by ryanb 6y ago
Yep, this is called a "manual action" by Google, and they'll often tell you exactly what you're doing that they find offensive. Usually this involves buying spammy backlinks. You can resolve the issue and ask them to re-
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by ryanb 6y ago
Super interesting. A lot of people feel the same way. Why do you think you weren't able to get any traction for this?
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by ryanb 6y ago
Hey folks, I'm the author here and CEO of RankScience (YC W17). AMA about this growth hack or SEO in general!
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RankScience (YC W17) Is Hiring SEO/SEM Sales Account Executives (Remote)(weworkremotely.com)
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Ask patio11 anything(capiche.com)
129 points by ryanb 7y ago|44 comments
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You're paying too much for business software(capiche.com)
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How is SEO A/B Testing different from running traditional A/B tests?(rankscience.com)
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by ryanb 7y ago
RankScience (YC W17) is hiring full-stack web developers. This is a remote position. Experience with JavaScript, PHP, and Python preferred. Looking for talented folks with high EQ and an interest in user experience and building products end
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by ryanb 8y ago
This seems like it could be incredibly valuable.
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by ryanb 8y ago
+1 their products and UX were top notch.
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by ryanb 8y ago
Crazy that Soundforge was built with such a small team. Playing around with Soundforge as a teenager in 1998 and looping samples together was super inspiring for me. Anyone could make professional sounding music from their computer, and usi
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RankScience (YC W17) Is Hiring SEO Managers
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RankScience (YC W17) Is Hiring SEO Managers (Remote)
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SSH with Kubernetes: Making permissions follow dynamic workloads(gravitational.com)
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by ryanb 10y ago
>> Most SEOs I've met at serious companies are almost always very technical people. Companies of a certain scale can afford to have engineering teams focused on SEO, and they should! Most companies can't afford this, though,
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by ryanb 10y ago
Pagespeed is a ranking factor, but it's far from the most important one. I would think deeply about what might make humans engage with your competitor's site for longer than yours.
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by ryanb 10y ago
Just replied :)
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by ryanb 10y ago
We charge a monthly service fee based on web traffic. No free tier at the moment. Send me a note at ryan@rankscience.com if you'd like to learn more!
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by ryanb 10y ago
Here's a case study with a simple example of a test: https://www.rankscience.com/coderwall-seo-split-test * CTR on titles/meta descriptions * Any HTML changes * Design changes * Time on site
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by ryanb 10y ago
No real minimum - it's all case by case.
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by ryanb 10y ago
We don't run experiments on a single page, but instead run them across groups of similar pages. The easiest way to think about this is running a test across a "product" template on an e-commerce site. A site could have thousa
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by ryanb 10y ago
We use Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and third party services to supplement keyword rankings data -- we don't crawl Google SERPs. :) Plenty of other companies do, though. Moz has great keyword ranking data.
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by ryanb 10y ago
Good question -- all of the things you mention are factors. It's harder to run statistically significant experiments with really small sites that have few pages. The factors involved are: # of total pages, search traffic, and Google cr
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by ryanb 10y ago
That's part of our secret sauce. :)
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by ryanb 10y ago
I think this is a super compelling idea. : ) Thanks!

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