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John Jack 2021-01-22
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But have you ever wondered if incognito searches impact your SEO rankings?This is an excellent topic with so much to unpack.

What is CTR, and whether or not it impacts search rankings in any way?In order to answer this, first, we need to discuss what incognito mode does and what actions really impact our site rankings.We are all aware that there are hundreds of ranking factors that Google takes into account.

Now, among these factors, there is some crucial information that Google can obtain from your web browser.When you perform a search, the search engine knows what country or language you have set your browser to, your location, and your search history, too, if you have a Google cookie set.All these factors actually help the search engines present more relevant search results for your query, and this explains why you may get a different search result set than some other user performing the same search.If you repeatedly perform a particular search and keep clicking on the same result every time, Google (and other search engines) will recognize this action and start displaying that specific result higher for that particular search.

For example, they will enter Facebook in Google instead of typing facebook.com directly into their web browser.If you are searching for something (such as a restaurant in Toronto) that has a local sense, search engines can use your location to present relevant results along with a map pack.

Likewise, if you search for a business, whether or not the map pack pops up (and where it pops up for you) can rely on how far you are from it.WHAT INCOGNITO MODE ACTUALLY DOES?While Google has a whole textbook about how private browsing works, we will give you a rundown on the pivotal points here.The primary goal of incognito mode is to conceal your browsing history from other persons using the same device.

For that purpose, you will need a VPN or TOR software, unsecured wifi, etc., all of which exceed the scope of this blog post.Getting back to the point, when you are browsing the web in incognito mode, there is still plenty of information that search engines can know about you, including your location, IP address, and anything you sign in to throughout that session.As discussed above, this implies that search engines can still display custom results for you depending on your location, IP address, etc.This is also the reason why the same result shows up higher when many users perform a particular search.

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John Jack 2021-01-22
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But have you ever wondered if incognito searches impact your SEO rankings?This is an excellent topic with so much to unpack.

What is CTR, and whether or not it impacts search rankings in any way?In order to answer this, first, we need to discuss what incognito mode does and what actions really impact our site rankings.We are all aware that there are hundreds of ranking factors that Google takes into account.

Now, among these factors, there is some crucial information that Google can obtain from your web browser.When you perform a search, the search engine knows what country or language you have set your browser to, your location, and your search history, too, if you have a Google cookie set.All these factors actually help the search engines present more relevant search results for your query, and this explains why you may get a different search result set than some other user performing the same search.If you repeatedly perform a particular search and keep clicking on the same result every time, Google (and other search engines) will recognize this action and start displaying that specific result higher for that particular search.

For example, they will enter Facebook in Google instead of typing facebook.com directly into their web browser.If you are searching for something (such as a restaurant in Toronto) that has a local sense, search engines can use your location to present relevant results along with a map pack.

Likewise, if you search for a business, whether or not the map pack pops up (and where it pops up for you) can rely on how far you are from it.WHAT INCOGNITO MODE ACTUALLY DOES?While Google has a whole textbook about how private browsing works, we will give you a rundown on the pivotal points here.The primary goal of incognito mode is to conceal your browsing history from other persons using the same device.

For that purpose, you will need a VPN or TOR software, unsecured wifi, etc., all of which exceed the scope of this blog post.Getting back to the point, when you are browsing the web in incognito mode, there is still plenty of information that search engines can know about you, including your location, IP address, and anything you sign in to throughout that session.As discussed above, this implies that search engines can still display custom results for you depending on your location, IP address, etc.This is also the reason why the same result shows up higher when many users perform a particular search.