Google provides several free services – ranging from Gmail, Google AdWords, Google Webmaster, Google Analytics, Google Maps, etc. If you have any of these services and are logged-in to your Google account, you will find your website listed very high for your site’s keywords when you do a search on Google. You would be glad that your website made it to the top overnight.

The fact is, these are not your real rankings, and you are the only person who whould is seeing these results. This is because; Google has gathered your search behaviour, your click patterns and your stay longevity on a given site, and returns those sites much higher the next time you do a similar search. As a site owner you have obviously done lot of searches for your keywords while being logged-in to Gamil or any of Google services.

You will not see any improvements in your search traffic as, except you, your prospective customers can’t find your website for those keywords. To find your real rankings, just sign out of your Google account and do a search again. This time, your website won’t show up unless you are truly ranked higher for those key terms.

This will give you some idea of Google’s prowess, and motivate you to work on your SEO for natural higher rankings to generate good organic traffic for your business.