Lies About Being Number 1 in Google

September 28, 2006 | By Gobala Krishnan |

This especially goes out to anyone new in Internet marketing.

(thanks James)

You will find some people out there that take advantage of the fact that you know nothing about Internet marketing, and they will generally feed you these lies:

Lie: I can guarantee you the number one ranking in Google.
Fact: No one can guarantee a top 10 in Google or any other search engine, unless it’s for a unique term that no one is searching for (read more below)

Lie: World’s number one in blah blah blah “as ranked” by Google
Fact: Google does not rank or recommend anyone. They are a search engine. Even if you are number 1 in Google for a search term, it doesn’t mean that they rank you or your company as the best. It just means you have the number 1 position in the search engine.

Here’s one such claim of being number 1 in Google:

Ranking Scam

So how do you find out the truth?

First, go to inventory.overture.com and see how many people search for that term. If there is no search result, then this claim means nothing at all.

I can say that I am “ranked” number one in Google for the term “gobala krishnan”. Of course I am, because I am probably the only person with that exact spelling. Even if I am not the only person, it still doesn’t mean anything if no one is searching for “gobala krishnan”.

Now how difficult is it to get to number one in Google? Just go to Google, and type in the search term you want, surrounded by “” like the example below:

If there are less than 10,000 search results, trust me it’s very easy to get the top position for that search term. You can do it too.

Just create a new page and put the term, lets say “ohmygodiamnumberone”, into your page title, a few times in your page content, and once at the bottom of the page. Name the page ohmygodiamnumberone.html or ohmygodiamnumberone.php and link it from your main page.

Check back in 2 weeks, and I’m sure you’ll be number one. Click here to see if this page is already number one for that term.

So don’t be fooled by these claims, made by the most low life scammer to even some well-known personalities. Do your own research first!

-gk-