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    Tactics to Influence Keywords in Google's "Search Suggest" / Autocomplete in Instant?

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    • DanDeceuster
      DanDeceuster last edited by

      When leaving blog comments, isntead of trying to get a link out of them in any way, simply be a normal person, give your opinion of the blog post, then encourage readers to search something. If you have coupon sites this works great because you can comment on a blog in your industry, then tell anyone if they are going to buy the product to be sure to Google for some coupons first, because they can save money that way. No link, no brand mention, but you get more search traffic for a phrase.

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      • seo_ploom
        seo_ploom @Blargh123 last edited by

        Thank you, that makes sense.

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        • saibose
          saibose last edited by

          I got an interesting post from one of the bloggers: SEJ shared this on facebook.

          http://explicitly.me/manipulating-google-suggest-results-–-an-alternative-theory. Worth a read

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          • Netmasons
            Netmasons @saibose last edited by

            Pretty interesting article, guess I must have missed it despite having liked them on FB.

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            • andresgmontero
              andresgmontero @saibose last edited by

              Very interesting indeed, will be nice to make a few experiments

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              • PUnitt
                PUnitt last edited by

                Rishi Lakhani wrote this earlier today on the subject, great blog post- http://explicitly.me/manipulating-google-suggest-results-%E2%80%93-an-alternative-theory

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                • ericwagner
                  ericwagner last edited by

                  First, you have to decide what type of content you're trying to simulate. A breaking news story may get 1,000,000 searches in a day while the previous day that search might have gotten 1000. A major product will get fewer but more evenly distributed searches. Decide which you want before you do anything, or you'll be found manipulating google - and they don't like that, for some reason.

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                  • HiveDigitalInc
                    HiveDigitalInc last edited by

                    Search Suggest is also dependent upon the volume of content related to those keywords. Remember, the original search suggest provided you with data on the number of search results available for the phrase. We have seen marginal improvement with just massive content syndication and no click manipulation.

                    Finally, whatever you do, it will have to be sustained. Suggest is updated alongside whatever keyword metrics Google is using. You can't simply hope to run a single mechanical turk campaign and then permanently influence the results.

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                    • ChrisMacNaughton
                      ChrisMacNaughton @CharlesMontgomery last edited by

                      I just went to that link and it looks like it's broken, holding page for GoDaddy loads.

                      This page describes it and seems to be working... http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/01/is-kevjumba-a-heterosexual-bear-wrestler-he-wants-the-internet-to-think-so.html

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                      • Goetzman
                        Goetzman @Syed1 last edited by

                        Isn't Google smart enough to have a list of common proxies and not count them for any changes?

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                          • Syed1
                            Syed1 @Goetzman last edited by

                            There will always be some people who can get around that. Fresh proxies, Private proxies - by the time Google has those proxies (if at all) it in their "list", they come with a fresher list of new proxies. Cat and mouse chase.. except there is one cat and too many mice. Anyways, its not something I would recommend.

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                            • tomcraig86
                              tomcraig86 last edited by

                              Perhaps some form of viral campaign will push up the searches for 'your keyword'... It's definitely an interesting topic!

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                              • RobertChapman
                                RobertChapman last edited by

                                Are mechanical turks easy to use?

                                Any comments?

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                                • Goetzman
                                  Goetzman @Dr-Pete last edited by

                                  If I may be so blunt: What do you ask people on the mechanical turk to do? 🙂 estimated costs?

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                                  • SallyO
                                    SallyO @Goetzman last edited by

                                    That's what I'm also interested in. What do you ask exactly to do?

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                                    • rishil
                                      rishil last edited by

                                      I came in to add link to my post http://explicitly.me/manipulating-google-suggest-results-–-an-alternative-theory but seems coule of people have already done that 🙂 Thanks guys!

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                                      • PrivateNameAM
                                        PrivateNameAM last edited by

                                        Long tail anchor tags and (maybe) tags in clouds.

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                                        • SEOTeam35
                                          SEOTeam35 last edited by

                                          Press Releases and Google News- 5-6 releases a month in order to influence the suggest for a particular phrase and also mentioned in Google News for a particular article or content can help to include the keywords in the suggest.

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                                          • philipjterry
                                            philipjterry last edited by

                                            I like to find root causes and reasons why events happen:

                                            causes of....

                                            effects of....

                                            Or if it is complicated and needs simplifying:

                                            whats the reasoning.....

                                            in a nutshell <then the="" first="" two="" letters="" of="" what="" you="" want="">(this method seems to work well back to front</then>

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