--- title: "I made my website rank by accident" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-my-website-rank-by-accident-ccg8fofn2 source_url: https://h.daily-dev-tips.com/i-made-my-website-rank-by-accident type: article source: "Hashnode" author: "Chris Bongers" published: 2021-11-22T06:44:17.640Z updated: 2021-11-22T06:44:17.641Z tags: ["google", "seo"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 18 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I made my website rank by accident **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@dailydevtips](https://daily.dev/dailydevtips) · 2 min read · 18 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary On 27 June 2021, I wrote an article about moving from GIF to video format. This article was purely written to make my website faster. These pages I changed became so much faster, so I was happy. But then, I was checking my Google Search Console and noticed the following. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#seo](https://daily.dev/tags/seo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-made-my-website-rank-by-accident-ccg8fofn2)