Comments on: Google’s Glass Ceiling

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:31:06 +0000

This is all confusing to me. I have had a number of so called SEO experts tell me two different things. Everyone has different views and how Google works.

By: rubbish clearance

rubbish clearance — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:27:51 +0000

Does Google ever stop changing their rules, Every year its somthing new. It hard to keep up.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:10:02 +0000

Sure that’s not only possible, but has been a factor in search algorithms ever since “Direct Hit” in the nineties. Google use click through rate as a major factor in the paid search rankings. Less obvious on the organic, to prevent the potential for abuse.

By: london

london — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:35:12 +0000

I have a theory. The more people that click on you, the higher you will rise because you are what people are looking for.
Is this possible?

By: herodigital

herodigital — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:11:01 +0000

I have noticed this myself, and the only reason I found this blog post was through a search “seo glass ceiling”. I have had various sites over the past few years that, for some reason, will not climb up past a certain point.

Thankfully, these points have usually been #6/#7 so page one at least, but beyond that proves to be VERY difficult indeed, if not impossible.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:18:25 +0000

I am saying it might do, in certain circumstances. BUt as you say – it was only a theory. Alcohol was also involved and the post was written in October 2008… so I would find some more research (and some more recent research) before you add it to the SEO bible!

By: seo

seo — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:56:39 +0000

Bit confused on the theory here (well it can only be a theory).
Are you saying that after a certain amount of traffic google cap you.
so in effect seo or search engine optimisation works as a negative by generating you traffic

By: ocagency

ocagency — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:21:03 +0000

I agree with this article. I started a site recently and I am pretty sure that google throttles traffic to just under 1000 visitors/day. Why? Because my position for the same keyword moves throughout the day. If anyone wants to see stats, I’m happy to show them.

As to Google capping the PR of certain niches… I have proof of that. Adult is one industry, and there are others which I won’t mention here.

By: boaz sasson

boaz sasson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:01:22 +0000

Here’s a related point which may help confirm the basic idea of Google limiting the potential of a site (or a whole niche).
As anyone with experience in p0rn can tell you, there’s definitely a glass pagerank ceiling for sites in the adult industry.
It’s close to impossible to break the PR 7 mark and a PR 5 is rare. This is true for sites with hundreds or thousands of links.
It’s like Google uses a curve when grading links for PR and adjusts it by industry type. This is all anecdotal of course, so just surf a bit and see for yourself

By: vote for me

vote for me — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:47:08 +0000

I’ve noticed several big sites that seem to have very similar amounts of traffic each month regardless of seasonal variations in that vertical. I’m not convinced that Google throttles the traffic but am open to the idea.