“Most people rely on Google.
How many times have you heard someone say: “Just Google it.”
People make more than 3.5 billion searches every day on Google!
But even more interesting is that 75% of them don’t scroll past the first page of search results:
In short: people want answers fast!
You may have heard the classic quote from Brian Clark at Copyblogger when he said:
“The best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of the Google search results.”
It’s funny, but true. You need to rank on the first page of Google to stand a chance of reaching most readers.
But, the challenges don’t stop once you hit the first page. Google’s front page is becoming much more complex (and competitive) with the evolution of new SERP features such as featured snippets, knowledge panels, local map packs and carousels.
Once your website gets on the front page you then have to contend with…”
Read more here: https://www.robbierichards.com/seo/first-page-of-google/
