Are The “Rank 1 In Google For Any Keyword” Services A Scam?

Yes.

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Oh, were you looking for more of an explanation? Fine…

So, let’s say you got some contact form message (because they love their contact form spam) from some guy offering to rank your website #1 in Google for any keyword. Let’s pick apart everything wrong with that sentence, because there’s a lot.

What’s Wrong With Ranking “Your Website #1 in Google”

Nobody can guarantee a #1 ranking. Well, unless they’re targeting a phrase like “shimbitty franklin banjo slam doggity dog”.

shimbitty franklin banjo slam doggity dog
Man, of course Reddit was ranking for this…

What’s Wrong With Being Able To Do This “For Any Keyword”?

Think about it, if they could rank a website for any keyword, they would be completely dominating Google’s search results pages with their own websites and making even more money. It just doesn’t make much sense for them to go around cold messaging others to offer this service.

On the off chance that you reached out to them and they made such a claim, you should still be wary as those who legitimately offer SEO services will know better than to guarantee number 1 rankings. This is especially the case when it comes Google’s frequent algorithm updates, which often shake up the search engine results pages for many webmasters.

Today’s article was just a short one as many of you are aware that we’ve quite busy building up our new forum, which you can read about here.

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