{"id":223849,"date":"2020-03-13T12:58:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T07:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qcsglobal.com\/marketing\/how-to-check-if-google-manually-reviewed-your-site\/"},"modified":"2020-04-18T17:10:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:40:40","slug":"how-to-check-if-google-manually-reviewed-your-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qcsglobal.com\/blogs\/how-to-check-if-google-manually-reviewed-your-site\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check if Google Manually Reviewed Your Site"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Do you know how Google decides what website should be ranked number 1, 2, 3 and so on for any given keyword?<\/p>\n

Well, they have an algorithm for that.<\/p>\n

But as you know, algorithms aren\u2019t perfect. That’s why Google continually tries to improve it.<\/p>\n

One way that they try to improve their algorithm is through Search Quality Raters.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s a Search Quality Rater?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Google knows that they can always make their search results
\nbetter. And one way is to have humans review their listings for any given
\nkeyword.<\/p>\n

So, all around the world, Google has
\npeople who manually review websites<\/a>. And they review each website based on these
\nguidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of long and extensive, but it is important that the Quality Raters don\u2019t directly impact rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead, they give feedback to the engineers who code up the algorithm so they can make it more relevant to searchers.<\/p>\n

Now, the real question is, how do you know your site is
\nbeing reviewed? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

First, I want you to log into your Google Analytics<\/a> account and go to the audience overview report.<\/p>\n

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Then click on \u201cAdd Segment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your screen should look something like this:<\/p>\n

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Then click on \u201c+ New Segment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Your screen should look like the image above. <\/p>\n

I want you to click \u201cConditions,\u201d which is under the \u201cAdvanced\u201d navigation label. Once you do that, fill out everything to match the screenshot below and click \u201csave\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Just make sure that when you are filling out the table you are clicking the \u201cor\u201d button and not the \u201cand\u201d button. And make sure you select “Source” for the first column.<\/p>\n

Now that you\u2019ve created the new segment, it\u2019s time to see if
\nany Quality Raters have viewed your site.<\/p>\n

How to spot Quality Raters<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you are in Google Analytics, you\u2019ll want to make sure
\nyou select the segment you just created.<\/p>\n

If you copied my screenshot, you would have labeled it \u201cSearch Engine Evaluators.\u201d And when you select it, you\u2019ll probably see a graph that looks something like the image below.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll notice that no Quality Raters have been to my site
\nduring the selected date period, which is common as they don\u2019t visit your site
\ndaily and, in many cases, they don\u2019t come often at all.<\/p>\n

The other thing you\u2019ll notice is that next to the \u201cAudience Overview\u201d heading, there is a yellow shield symbol. If your symbol is green, then that\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

Yellow means your data is being sampled.<\/p>\n

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If you see the yellow symbol, reduce your date range and you\u2019ll eventually see a green shield next to \u201cAudience Overview\u201d like the image below.<\/p>\n

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In general, it is rare that Quality Raters view your site each month. But as you expand your time window, you\u2019ll be able to spot them.<\/p>\n

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And once you spot them, you can shorten the date range so the data isn\u2019t sampled and then drill down to what they were looking at on your website.<\/p>\n

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The key to analyzing what Quality Raters are doing on your site is to look at the \u201cSite Content\u201d report in Google Analytics and that will help you produce results that look like the screenshot above.<\/p>\n

To get to that report, click on \u201cBehavior,\u201d then \u201cSite Content,\u201d and then \u201cAll Pages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What do I do with this information?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The goal of a Quality Rater is to help improve Google\u2019s
\nalgorithm<\/a>. And whether they have visited your site or not, your goal should
\nbe to make your site the best site in the industry.<\/p>\n

You can do so by doing the following 3 things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Follow the quality guidelines<\/a> that Google has released. It\u2019s 168 pages long but, by skimming it, you can get a good understanding of what they are looking for.<\/li>\n
  2. Always put the user first. Yes, you want higher rankings, but don\u2019t focus on Google, focus on the user. In the long run, this should help you rank higher as Google\u2019s goal is to make their algorithm optimized for user preferences over things like on-page SEO or link building.<\/li>\n
  3. Check out Google\u2019s advice for beating algorithm changes<\/a>. In that article, you\u2019ll find a breakdown of what Google is really looking for.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    If you have Quality Raters browsing your site from time to time,
    \ndon\u2019t freak out. It doesn\u2019t mean your rankings are going to go down or up.<\/p>\n

    And if you can\u2019t find any Quality Raters visiting your site,
    \ndon\u2019t freak out either. Because that doesn\u2019t mean that you won\u2019t ever rank well
    \nin Google.<\/p>\n

    As your site gets more popular, you\u2019ll notice a higher chance of Quality Raters visiting your site over time. This just means that you need to focus more on delighting your website visitors. Create the best experience for them and you\u2019ll win in the long run.<\/p>\n

    So, have you spotted any Quality Raters in your Google Analytics?<\/em><\/p>\n

    PS:<\/em><\/strong> Special shoutout to <\/em>Matthew Woodward<\/em><\/a> who originally brought the Google Quality Raters segmentation to light.<\/em><\/p>\n

    The post How to Check if Google Manually Reviewed Your Site<\/a> appeared first on Neil Patel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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