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What Are the Signs Your Site’s Rankings Are Artificially Inflated?

June 1, 2025 / by Dave Burnett

Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of companies—some dominating page one and driving conversions like crazy, others wondering why their “great rankings” weren’t moving the needle. One of the most overlooked issues I’ve seen is artificially inflated SEO rankings—vanity metrics that look good but fall apart...

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