Unsolicited SEO tip: While Google may measure "consensus", this does not mean that your page must conform with the consensus to rank. ⤵️

There are many search terms which don't have an objectively "correct" answer, and Google therefore may seek to get a mix of views. 🚦

This can however answer why you are not ranking. if you've produced "agree with consensus" content and your client is saying "why don't we rank, our content is better by every measure of what is in #2 and #4" - that may be true, but Google specifically wants neutral or disagreeing documents for that place. ☝️

It's not that your content is bad, it just doesn't fit the recipe of what they're trying to cook! 👨‍🍳

Steve Toth
made a neat tool using ChatGPT (which is a great use for an LLM) to consensus check which you can find here: https://lnkd.in/e3v8NbbF


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