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[/vc_column_text][stm_post_details][stm_post_bottom][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Because everyone Googles for answers nowadays (Alexa estimates 670 million daily visitors), pages that place high in the rankings are viewed as legitimate. In other words, being on the first page gives your site an air of authority for whatever industry you’re in. To a user, the first results of a search are clearly the “best” and the ones that can be trusted the most. Search engines cultivate this way of thinking: their formulas for search result rankings favor good content and resources. If you have good content, you’ll be able to go up the rankings easier. Companies like Google are constantly on the lookout for people trying to circumvent the system, so the top results stay useful and on-topic.
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