How I Made Google Fall In Love With My Website

Nick Cao • July 10, 2025

The Little Experiment That Made Google Fall in Love With My Website 😍


A few months ago, I tried something that made absolutely no sense on paper.


No fancy landing page.
No persuasive long copy.
Not even a “Learn More” button.


Just a short headline, one image, and a call to action most marketers would have laughed at.


I wasn’t trying to get clicks.
I wasn’t even hoping for leads.


But then something strange happened.


I’d been watching Google Search Console for weeks, stuck in the same spot for a keyword I cared about.


Position #13.
Week after week, it refused to budge.


Then, without touching my website, I watched it move.


#13 became #8.
Then #4.


And it wasn’t just that one keyword. Branded searches were up. Click-through rates were higher. The kind of movement most SEO agencies promise in six months, I was seeing in three weeks.


It wasn’t luck.
It wasn’t a hidden backlink deal.
And it definitely wasn’t a content binge.


It was an ad.

Not the kind of ad you’re thinking of.


This one broke the rules. It didn’t sell. It didn’t explain. It didn’t even give people a link to click.


Instead, it did one thing: it made people so curious, they had to Google me.


Most people fight tooth and nail for rankings.


I used a Facebook ad and skipped the line.


And it all started with an offer that was too good to give away.

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