Google page 1 rankings check-up

Earlier this week I ran an experiment to validate a theory about Google giving preferential treatment to blog posting which contained video, essentially allowing those blog posts to rank for keywords and key phrases rapidly.  The test which I published was for a new iPhone application called Dynolicious.

You can read the entire experiment parameters and results in the original post, but I wanted to check-in and confirm that the rankings have maintained over time.  Here are two Google screenshots taken this morning for one and two-word Google searches:

• +3 days - Google Page 1, result 5 (Search phrase: “iPhone dynolicous”) - a decline of 1 position
• +3 days - Google Page 1, results 2 and 3 (Search phrase: “dynolicous”) - an improvement of 7 positions

Evidence, but this test isn’t that compelling

While the test did validate that the method has some merit, the terms which I selected are deep into niche territory and don’t receive substantial traffic.  To further demonstrate the ability to achieve Google rankings in this manner I’ve run another test with an increased difficulty level. I’ll be publishing those results soon.  Stay tuned.