{"id":5173,"date":"2016-01-05T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T08:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/?p=5173"},"modified":"2023-11-22T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T15:58:25","slug":"what-websites-were-the-biggest-winners-in-2015-amazon-facebook-yelp-and-tripadvisor-all-gain-top-google-search-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/what-websites-were-the-biggest-winners-in-2015-amazon-facebook-yelp-and-tripadvisor-all-gain-top-google-search-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"What Websites Were The Biggest Winners in 2015? Amazon, Facebook, Yelp, and TripAdvisor All Gain Top Google Search Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"normal\">More often than not, Google is on the beating side of accusations by companies, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Yelp<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">TripAdvisor<\/span><\/a>. They often accuse that Google favours itself in search engine listings, instead of showing results from Yelp and TripAdvisor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">We recently covered another similar story in which <a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/local-traffic-diversion-starts-ugly-fight-with-google\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Google was accused of search results manipulation<\/span><\/a>. Google claimed that it was just a \u201cbug\u201d but companies such as Yelp wasn\u2019t ready to buy it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">However, having said that, a recent search engine study surprised pretty much everyone when it showed that Google\u2019s competitors gained the top search visibility in 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/blog\/brands-that-won-and-lost-google-2015\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">The research report is published<\/span><\/a> by Dr. Peter Meyers by Moz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">As per the report, Moz tracks approximately 10,000 keywords on a daily basis. Based on those 10,000 keywords, it compiled a list of the top 10 domains that got the most exposure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Here is the list.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Top-10-Websites-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5174\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Top-10-Websites-2015.png\" alt=\"Top 10 Websites 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Amazon<\/span><\/a> is the clear winner here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">However, when the report studied the websites who improved the most in terms of percentage, it got a different winner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Top-10-Most-Improved-Websites-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5175\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Top-10-Most-Improved-Websites-2015.png\" alt=\"Top 10 Most Improved Websites 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Etsy<\/span><\/a> improved its search engine visibility by 156%, which was the most by any domain tracked. It was closely followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a> that improved by 123%. Furthermore, you can also see that Google\u2019s own Google Play Store also improved its search engine visibility by 41%. But, Apple\u2019s App Store outperformed Google\u2019s Play Store by improving at a 48% rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Apart from the top-performing websites, the report also took a look on the websites that lost the most. The results are here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Top-10-Loser-Websites-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5176\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Top-10-Loser-Websites-2015.png\" alt=\"Top 10 Loser Websites 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">It came as a big surprise that it is Twitter that lost the most traffic from Google. And it is <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-twitter-deal-live-221148\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">despite a deal that is supposed to improve its search engine exposure in Google<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\">That rounds up our summary of Dr. Pete&#8217;s work. What are your takings on it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More often than not, Google is on the beating side of accusations by companies, such as Yelp and TripAdvisor. They often accuse that Google favours itself in search engine listings, instead of showing results from Yelp and TripAdvisor. We recently covered another similar story in which Google was accused of search results manipulation. 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