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Google Has Changed What Being Number 1 Means

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Ben Luttrull

“I want to be #1 on Google!” A noble goal. There is no better place to be seen that at the top of the most important list on the Internet. Anytime a user searches or asks a question to Google, the closer you are to being the first (and, therefore, best) answer, the better. It used to be simple – there was

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Google Has Changed What Being Number 1 Means

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