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(Entry was posted by Neeraj Kumar (KNKAYASTHA) on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 11/24/2015).

Importance of SERP positions of pages with google operator site:

Importance of SERP positions of pages with google operator site:

When we search the indexed pages of a site using site: Google Operator, how the pages are ranked in the SERP? Is there any criteria? Can we deduce some analytical value with this?

Just a thought: can we think that the most valuable or popular page is on top and the next is second??
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  • Neeraj Kumar (KNKAYASTHA): Importance of SERP positions of pages with google operator site:

    When we search the indexed pages of a site using site: Google Operator, how the pages are ranked in the SERP? Is there any criteria? Can we deduce some analytical value with this?

    Just a thought: can we think that the most valuable or popular page is on top and the next is second?
  • Dave Elliott: using the moz toolbar to have a look it doesn't seem to be ordered by page authority or number of inbound links, so i am not sure.

    Adding a search term however, does bring up a more logical set of results.
    
  • Federico Sasso: Google when asked has said not to try to make a sense about it.
    It might give some clue, but some minor pages often slip in in higher position. As a developer, my guess is it reflects some internals not related to page importance (when queried without a search term).
    BTW: this is a deja-vu for me, it reminded I asked the very same question here a few years ago :)
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this week's SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:01:51 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/importance_of_serp_positions_of_pages_with_google_operator_site +Neeraj Kumar

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