Search engine rankings

I searched for myself in Google to find a brand new website already on page 3.

I searched for myself in Google to find a brand new website already on page 3.

I threw together a very basic website in a few hours yesterday.  I made sure it looked ok on a mobile and desktop and that it had semi decent code (mostly validated HTML and CSS apart from a few issues with a prebuilt fancybox script and associated CSS).

I decided to search for myself on Google this afternoon to see if I showed up.

The previous post on this site is on page 2, just beneath my Youtube account but the website I made only about 24 hours ago is already on page 3!

Yes, very few people will dig as far as page 3 (on Google) but 24 HOURS!

I have high hopes for front page action within a month or so.  Funny, given there is basically nothing on the site.

I am james.berridge.me.uk at the bottom of the screenshot not .co.uk – that’s a different guy with the same great name.

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