(Entry was posted by Mike Magolnick on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 05/10/2014).

Does searching someone`s name give popularity to any search results?

Does simply searching someone`s name give popularity to any search results? I was under the impression that searching alone does nothing but clicking on a result gives it popularity.?

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Mike Magolnick: Does simply searching someone's name give popularity to any search results? I was under the impression that searching alone does nothing but clicking on a result gives it popularity.
Harry Dance: You are correct, just searching a result will not give popularity to the search results. ;
Aamir Siddiqui: Its actually depends upon the CTR- Click through rate to that specific term and how many clicks on your website when people search that term.