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    • sfmatthews
      sfmatthews last edited by

      I am working through the SEO Moz tools and came across something strange. I was hoping someone more familiar could help me understand. Turn off Google's personal search and use the term "Lake Keowee Real Estate". Compare the first two results that come back. Rank 2 has 5o times more inbound links and significantly more domain authority etc. Any quick explanation for things like this?

      I'm still on page 3, so I've got a way to go my self, just wondered as I came across it while researching competitors.

      Thanks, Steven

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by

        Any quick explanation for things like this?

        If you watch Q&A very long you will see this same question asked over and over and over again.

        My personal conclusion after seeing this is.... Google uses something else to determine SERPs.

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        • sfmatthews
          sfmatthews @EGOL last edited by

          Works for me, perhaps the one is being penalized slightly for irrelevant links or something.

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