Hi Aditya,
Freelancers in search results are showed on a rotating basis so that everyone gets a fair chance to be discovered. I was able to locate your account by searching your name.
Aditya A wrote:Thanks - I can also find my profile by searching for my name. But the question I had in mind was related to the appearance based on skills, profile title, projects, portfolio, etc.
Considering how many thousands and thousands and thousands of freelancers do Wordpress and Shopify, you expect to consistently appear in the first 100 results..... why exactly?
Aditya A wrote:Moreover, this is co-related with the drop off in invitations to interview for jobs as well. Has anyone else noticed this?
There is a global pandemic going on, which has driven a huge flood of people to try and find work online. Competition has never been this fierce...
That said, your profile can be found-
Aditya A wrote:Especially those who are not premium members?
Being on the Premium plan (or not) has no effect on your search placing.
Petra R wrote:
Aditya A wrote:Thanks - I can also find my profile by searching for my name. But the question I had in mind was related to the appearance based on skills, profile title, projects, portfolio, etc.
Considering how many thousands and thousands and thousands of freelancers do Wordpress and Shopify, you expect to consistently appear in the first 100 results..... why exactly?
Precisely because of the criteria I listed in my original question. With these narrow search criteria (specifically including high number of hours, high level of earnings, job success ratio, etc) I used to find my profile in the top 30-40 consistently earlier. I don't see that now. Which is why I posed the question to try and understand the factors and logic used to present the order of results - much like we do for SEO. I am also not underestimating the increased level of competition and the increase in the number of people who may be meeting this criteria. That is why I extended my search from top 20-30 to top 100. But the results IMHO, do not seem to be in line with the trend and time elapsed since my last such successful test.
I have also reviewed many profiles which show up in the Top 100 results, who do not even have Wordpress listed in their profile title, and a couple of jobs related to Wordpress and an item or two in their portfolio. This seems counter-intuitive even from clients' perspective who may be searching for freelancers with these criteria and would likely want to find people with more experience, credibility, track record, specialization, etc. (as might be reflected by number of projects, portfolio items, profile headline, skills, profile description) for the specific topics listed. Therefore, any information on understanding the logic behind the order of these results would be very helpful.
Aditya A wrote:Moreover, this is co-related with the drop off in invitations to interview for jobs as well. Has anyone else noticed this?
There is a global pandemic going on, which has driven a huge flood of people to try and find work online. Competition has never been this fierce...
Yes there is a global pandemic going on and there are many people looking for work. However, Upwork has not opened its doors to just anyone looking for work, especially in this competitive field for Wordpress. It's been quite tough for any new and relatively inexperienced person with Wordpress , HTML , CSS, Javascript skills to join Upwork as a new freelancer for at least 1 or 2 years now. I know because more than a few friends, acquaintainces have tried and have not been approved.
That said, your profile can be found-
Great if you can see it with the criteria given above - that helps me.
Aditya A wrote:Especially those who are not premium members?
Being on the Premium plan (or not) has no effect on your search placing.
Do you know this for a fact - as in can you point me to some Upwork communication (help article, community discussion thread, email, tweet, etc.) to this effect - or is this your assumption? Any pointers would again be very useful.
Thanks
Aditya
Hi Aditya,
I would also like to confirm that upgrading to our Plus plan will not affect how many times you will appear in search results.
All freelancers are shown on a rotating basis in order for everyone to have a fair chance to be discovered. Thank you.
Hi Aditya,
Unfortunately no, I can't share more details about our search results. However, rest assured your profile is showing in search results and clients are able to find you. Thank you.
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