Monday, February 3, 2014

Is GoDaddy bad for SEO?

While watching Super Bowl there was a TV spot that while memorable didn't seem like that big of a deal at the time.  GoDaddy having decided to change things up this year had a woman (and apparently customer) quit her job on national television.  You may have seen this spot -


What is interesting, more than the spot itself, it the noteriety that the woman who quit her job is getting. She was featured on the Today show, and her interview is featured here. While the Today Show was more concerned about the reaction of her boss, I was wondering…"What does that kind of exposure translate to for your online presence"…

Well when I did a Google search for her website Puppets by Gwen here's what I got…


If you look at the listing you'll see that though the commercial spot and her interview are ranking on page 1, her website is not. (this is important to note that a video about your business can easily rank higher in searches than your website)

I did find her listed on page 2, but only her homepage and none of her subpages.


Now this was a search for "Puppets by Gwen" not a search for "Puppets, puppetry, how to make puppets, etc."  

Now I can speculate about why her page isn't ranking as high as other posts about her story, but right now I just ask the question… How valid of a host and design team is GoDaddy if they aren't even getting their client to rank on page 1?