Site ranking and "click throughs" from search results 1

[NigeW]

Hi there

Firstly I apologise if this has been asked before - I have searched this forum but nothing jumped out at me !

Does a sites ranking improve based on user click through rates from search results ?

This refers to sites with no pay per click / ad word payments.

I trust the above makes sense !

Thanks in anticipation.



Nigel Wilson
"kiwi-kid"

http://www.potentialunlimited.co.nz

 

[ChrisHirst]

simple answer, not in the slightest!



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[ChrisHirst]

added;

unless you count the fairly useless and very biased ratings at Alexa of course.


Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[NigeW]

Hi Chris

Thanks for the prompt feedback.

It was my gut reaction too , however thought it best to 'put it out there' for comment.

Regards

Nigel Wilson
"kiwi-kid"

http://www.potentialunlimited.co.nz

 

[Foamcow]

Google's PageRank is affected by clicks on their results.. or so I thought.

Though this may well be changing/changed due to "fraudulant clicks".

 

[ChrisHirst]

PageRank is simply about backlinks. Click throughs affect nothing at Google for ranking purposes, unless you are running Adwords campaigns. Then it is used for
A. Charging you on each click
and
B. Checking if the CTR is too low.


and again "Fraudulent clicks" only applies to Adwords or PPC campaigns.



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[foxdev]

At one time the Yahoo Directory counted clicks on its links, and ultimately the most popular sites in a given category would appear in a special "Most Popular" section at the top.

I don't know if this is still the case. The Yahoo Directory has been given reduced weight and prominence of late.

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