Human reaction
Some
of the top search engines now keep track of how long someone visits your web
site.
If
a human clicks on your link from the search engine and then a few seconds later
comes back and tries another link, then the search engine will count that
against your web site.
On
the other hand, if someone clicks on the link to your website and spends
several minutes reading before coming back, then the search engine will count
that in your favor.
A
handful of disappointed or thrilled visitors won’t make much of a difference on
anything other than the most obscure keywords. The search engines track
hundreds, thousands, or sometimes even millions of humans and watches for large
scale trends.
This
is one reason that actual content is so powerful. If large numbers of humans
end up being happy with your website, then the search engines will slowly raise
you up in the listings, possibly all the way to the number one listing.
What really works
Content
So,
what does work?
Almost
all of the successful websites get their high search engine placement and high
web traffic by providing high quality fact-based text content.
My
web sites are successful for exactly this reason. Wikipedia is near the top of
the vast majority of searches for the same reason.
It
is very boring and time consuming, but the time-proven method for generating
lots of web traffic is to hire a skilled professional writer for a period of
years.
Content
does not have to be written, although that is the most reliable path to
success. If you believe that you have something new and unique to present using
an unusual method, you may well be right. Chances are you are deluding yourself,
but high quality unique content can and does reach the top of the search
engines.