Misunderstanding Google SEO: An Analysis of Flaws and Anomalies
Publication date:21.12.2025
Blog category:
SEO and Promotion
People constantly complain that something is wrong with Google search results. However, what happens to the search results for queries with the abbreviation "SEO" raises particular doubts.
An anomaly is something that deviates from the norm or the expected. Often, when there is a problem with search results, the anomaly can be explained. For example, queries that combine a geographic element with a relatively long phrase often produce strange results.
🚀 Deviations from typical search results can be due to various reasons. However, what happened to a certain group of keywords related to the word "SEO" does not fall into any of these categories of anomalies. This is a real anomaly.
- 📌 Keywords that are misinterpreted by Google include: SEO Program, What is SEO Program?, SEO New York, SEO Conference, SEO Events, SEO Education, SEO Awards, SEO-USA.Org.
Why is SEO-USA.org ranking for all these SEO searches?
SEO-USA.org is a site that ranks for all of the above SEO searches. The acronym SEO on this website stands for Sponsors for Educational Opportunity. This is not a spam site, this is a legitimate non-commercial site that has been around since 1963.
Could links be the cause?
Perhaps the reason SEO-USA.org ranks for all these phrases is because of the links. A search of the domain name, but limited to .edu sites, shows nearly seventy .edu sites that link to the SEO-USA.org domain name.
Why are the links most likely not explaining the rankings?
If links were the reason for SEO-USA.org ranking, then it would be logical to expect that almost every SEO-related keyword phrase would be full of .edu and .org sites, but this is not the case.
🧩 Summary: The relevance factor appears to be malfunctioning, allowing SEO-USA.org to rank for keywords it most likely shouldn't be ranking for. This may indicate problems with Google's algorithms that do not take context into account when ranking sites for certain keywords.
🧠 Own considerations: This question requires further research, but for SEO professionals, it can be a reminder that despite our best efforts at optimization, factors beyond our control can sometimes have a significant impact on the results of our SEO strategies.
✍️ Автор: Володимир Катюшин, експерт у сфері вебтехнологій.
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