Squeeze Pages and Search Engine Rankings - Myth and Reality

I've heard that if you have a link and they end up at a squeeze page, Google has been penalizing you and you can lose your ranking. Are you familiar with that?

I've heard that before a lot; however, that's how I run my sites. 95% of all my pages are squeeze pages. I get plenty of traffic from Google. I've got a Page Rank of 4 in Google. I've got probably 20 different squeeze pages that are in the top 10 search results in Google.

So I can't tell you that that's not true, but what I can tell you is that on my own website that it doesn't hurt me. That's the only way I can answer that question and really be fair.

Do you change the content of your squeeze page to provide freshness?

No. I mean each squeeze page has a little bit different content on it, but no, I don't change my first page. But remember, I'm not in the business of courting the search engines. I don't focus on search engine optimization. I focus on driving direct traffic with articles, so that's the difference.

If you're focusing on search engine optimization and organic search and that's how you want to drive traffic, then maybe using a squeeze page isn't the right thing to do.

Plenty of people, though, have nice search rankings but don't make any money. The difference is I've got a squeeze page and I don't have the greatest search rankings, although I've got some good 20 pages I'm sure in the top 10 results, but I'm making money. The key for me is conversion, and I drive around 18,000 visitors a month.

If I didn't have a squeeze page there, if I had something else, would I get more traffic? Yeah, maybe I would have more traffic from Google, but something tells me I wouldn't have the income that I do right now, and to me that's more important.

To learn more, download my free guide, "How to Generate $15,000 Per Month Online" here: "How to Generate $15,000 Per Month Online"

Sean Mize is an internet marketing mentor who teaches people to generate over $15,000 per month online via automated systems and product funnels.