*Just want to say that i'm in no way affiliated with SeoJuice.net.au and am conducting this case study simply for my own learning*

First off, the SEO i am getting 'should' be evenly distributed between the urls and keywords equally, but this cannot be guaranteed.
I am using ALL of the post URL's in this case study, not just the homepage.

This will be a one month case study.

The SEO package is as follows:

55 Private Network High PR Links
120 Blog Discussion Posts
70 Forum Profile Links
40 Forum Thread Links
2000 Social Bookmarks
2285 Total Monthly Backlinks

Both of these sites have had SEO done before, Both have had blog commenting done and site #1 had used free trial services before with a little success, but has since slipped in rank.

Site 1: .info, PR1, EMD, 2 years old, Information site, Using Adsense

Keywords:

Exact match keyword: 1000 Exact searches
26th Dec: #36

Broad keyword: 74.000 exact searches
26th Dec: Not in top 1000

Numerous other keywords not in top 1000 will be added if/when they appear


Site 2: .info, PR1, No keyword in domain, 3 years old, Blog with guides/hints/tips/proof of earnings etc, No Cost Affiliate offer - Max £5.88/$9.16 earning per signup

Broad keyword: 6600 Exact searches
26th Dec: #90

Broad keyword plural: 6600 Exact searches
26th Dec: Not in top 1000

Main longtail: 260 Exact searches
26th Dec: #5

Main Longtail plural: 1000 Exact searches
26th Dec: #11

55 Private Network High PR Links
120 Blog Discussion Posts
70 Forum Profile Links
40 Forum Thread Links
2000 Social Bookmarks
2285 Total Monthly Backlinks

Are these all Tier 1 backlinks, or form a link wheel/pyramid?

Best of luck.

Originally Posted by TheMatrix

Are these all Tier 1 backlinks, or form a link wheel/pyramid?

Best of luck.

The package doesn't actually say, but as it makes no mention of any interlinking between the pages, i would think that they're all Tier 1, pointing directly to my pages.

Thanks.

I always wanted to test SEOJuice but never did.

This should be a good thread to see how it goes. I'll follow this

Just had an email to say they are about to start the campaign, so i will update the current ranking once i've finished dinner :P

Right, here's the updated ranking on the day the SEO campaigns are supposed to start.
I should mention that for site #2, there has been no recent SEO performed and the latest article was posted about two weeks ago, so shouldn't have any effect on ranking now, so i would expect the sudden jump in rank is all down to using a different software to check the rank (MS seems to be a bit off at the moment), so use the new ranks as the base rank.

UPDATE

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149

Longtail:
30th dec: 7

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10

Interesting thread. Subscribed

UPDATE

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1

Looking good so far, how are the links arranged? Like are the social bookmarks directed at the main url or are they separated between all the properties? Thanks

Good luck with your rankings

Originally Posted by Execute

Looking good so far, how are the links arranged? Like are the social bookmarks directed at the main url or are they separated between all the properties? Thanks

Good luck with your rankings

It's in the second bit of text on the first post incase you missed it :P

First off, the SEO i am getting 'should' be evenly distributed between the urls and keywords equally, but this cannot be guaranteed.
I am using ALL of the post URL's in this case study, not just the homepage.

Thanks!

UPDATE

Site #2 is having some excellent improvements in the plural broad keyword ranking.

Side note: I've also had one referral to the affiliate program #2 links to every day for 4 days now, a new record for this site - Can't wait to see what the higher ranks will bring!

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11

Interesting , subscribing it for more

you should get !!!!! blog post on mind haha!

UPDATE


Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24
4th jan: 28 +4

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000
4th jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1
4th jan: 24

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40
4th jan: 55 -24

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5
4th jan: 7 +2

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11
4th jan: 10 -1

Thanks for the case study and good luck to your rankings improvements

UPDATE

Some slight movements across the board the last couple of days, except Site #2's Plural broad keyword, which has dropped by 30 places to #85
Still no sign of Site #1's Broad keyword at all.

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24
4th jan: 28 +4
6th jan: 26 -2

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000
4th jan: Not in top 1000
6th jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1
4th jan: 24
6th jan: 23 -1

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40
4th jan: 55 -24
6th jan: 85 +30

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5
4th jan: 7 +2
6th jan: 5 -2

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11
4th jan: 10 -1
6th jan: 10

Nice job on keeping this thread updated....

Far too often you have people saying they will make these type of threads and they never update them...

Thanks again!

Interesting info. Thanks for the updates.

good work, keep on posting. Whats your serp tracking software?

Originally Posted by SuperLinks

Nice job on keeping this thread updated....

Far too often you have people saying they will make these type of threads and they never update them...

Thanks again!

I've seen a fair few of those too and it's frustrating to spend hours, or even a couple of days to read through all the information and hit a dead end, so i wanted to do a simple case study that's to the point so i don't get bored half way through.

Originally Posted by hustleharderrrr

good work, keep on posting. Whats your serp tracking software?

I'm using Seo Powersuite Rank Tracker as it seems to be pretty accurate.
I used to use Market Samurai but have found with Site #2 that for some strange reason, it's about 10 results off for each URL.

UPDATE

Site #2's Plural broad keyword is back to the positive trend after falling by 30 places, though i kind of expected a bigger jump. Not much to say about the other keywords at the moment as they're all jumping around roughly the same rank. Hoping to see some more movement soon.

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24
4th jan: 28 +4
6th jan: 26 -2
8th jan: 28 +2

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000
4th jan: Not in top 1000
6th jan: Not in top 1000
8th jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1
4th jan: 24
6th jan: 23 -1
8th jan: 24 +1

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40
4th jan: 55 -24
6th jan: 85 +30
8th jan: 68 -17

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5
4th jan: 7 +2
6th jan: 5 -2
8th jan: 5

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11
4th jan: 10 -1
6th jan: 10
8th jan: 12 +2

Subscribed. Thanks for the infos and keep up the updates.

UPDATE

Site #2 is doing pretty well, but STILL no sign of Site #1 anywhere near the first page.

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24
4th jan: 28 +4
6th jan: 26 -2
8th jan: 28 +2
11th jan: 28

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000
4th jan: Not in top 1000
6th jan: Not in top 1000
8th jan: Not in top 1000
11th jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1
4th jan: 24
6th jan: 23 -1
8th jan: 24 +1
11th jan: 21 -3

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40
4th jan: 55 -24
6th jan: 85 +30
8th jan: 68 -17
11th jan: 25 -43

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5
4th jan: 7 +2
6th jan: 5 -2
8th jan: 5
11th jan: 3 -2

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11
4th jan: 10 -1
6th jan: 10
8th jan: 12 +2
11th jan: 10 -2

UPDATE

Things are slowing down now, which is why i'm not posting updates so often.
Since the last update, everything has gone down, so half way through the month and all keywords seem to be taking a negative turn - Hoping for some improvement in the next couple of weeks, or else i shall start some SeNuke Campaigns on these two sites.

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24
4th jan: 28 +4
6th jan: 26 -2
8th jan: 28 +2
11th jan: 28
15th jan: 33 +5

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000
4th jan: Not in top 1000
6th jan: Not in top 1000
8th jan: Not in top 1000
11th jan: Not in top 1000
15th jan: Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1
4th jan: 24
6th jan: 23 -1
8th jan: 24 +1
11th jan: 21 -3
15th jan: 24 +3

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40
4th jan: 55 -24
6th jan: 85 +30
8th jan: 68 -17
11th jan: 25 -43
15th jan: 80 +55

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5
4th jan: 7 +2
6th jan: 5 -2
8th jan: 5
11th jan: 3 -2
15th jan: 4 +1

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11
4th jan: 10 -1
6th jan: 10
8th jan: 12 +2
11th jan: 10 -2
15th jan: 12 +2

it looks like you didn't really get much in terms of links that matter... broad improvements, but still far from the first page (not high converting anyway)... exact got worse

so i take it you wouldn't recommend?

Originally Posted by Desolite

it looks like you didn't really get much in terms of links that matter... broad improvements, but still far from the first page (not high converting anyway)... exact got worse

so i take it you wouldn't recommend?

Well, Here's a summary of the results thus far, from the date the link building started:

Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23 -> 15th jan: 33: Dropped by 10

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000 -> 15th jan: Not in top 1000: No movement

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23 -> 15th jan: 24: Dropped by 1

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149 -> 15th jan: 80: Improved by 69

Longtail:
30th dec: 7 -> 15th jan: 4: Improved by 4

Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10 -> 15th jan: 12: Dropped by 2

Site #2 DOES have some improvement, but the bulk of movement over the past 2 weeks is on the plural of the broad keyword
It was at such a low rank to start with that almost any substantial link building should give a pretty large improvement, such as above, but i wouldn't say that's a positive for this service, it just shows that there has been atleast some link building going on, that's all - It should be easy enough to get any site to improve by 69 results over 2 weeks with a starting rank like that

The next improvement is the long tail, which only gets 260 exact searches a month anyway and has little competition - So the fact that the service has gotten me into the top 4 for this keyword is also nothing to brag about

Site 2 is getting 2-3 visitors a day now and converts around twice a week, making for around 8 conversions a month where i ean upto £5 odd from each, though in most cases alot less depending on their activity

So my answer so far is no, I wouldn't recommend this, unless some time in the next couple of weeks they add some more links that give some excellent value and i magically soar to the top 3 for the majority of the keywords.

UPDATE

This is the last update on this case study.
I have not seen significant enough positive results to justify a $250/month service and have thus cancelled my subscription to Seo Juice. Others may have a different experience with the company, but i have come to a conclusion that it will not work for me.
I am now testing out High Page Rank Society on Site #2, would anyone be interested in me doing a case study for this?


Site 1:

Exact match keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 24 +1
2nd jan: 24
4th jan: 28 +4
6th jan: 26 -2
8th jan: 28 +2
11th jan: 28
15th jan: 33 +5
25th jan : 71 +38

Broad keyword:
30th dec: Not in top 1000
1st jan: Not in top 1000
2nd jan: Not in top 1000
4th jan: Not in top 1000
6th jan: Not in top 1000
8th jan: Not in top 1000
11th jan: Not in top 1000
15th jan: Not in top 1000
25th jan : Not in top 1000

Site 2:

Broad keyword:
30th dec: 23
1st jan: 23
2nd jan: 24 +1
4th jan: 24
6th jan: 23 -1
8th jan: 24 +1
11th jan: 21 -3
15th jan: 24 +3
25th jan : 21 +3

Broad keyword plural:
30th dec: 149
1st jan: 119 -30
2nd jan: 79 -40
4th jan: 55 -24
6th jan: 85 +30
8th jan: 68 -17
11th jan: 25 -43
15th jan: 80 +55
25th jan : 62 -18

Longtail:
30th dec: 7
1st jan: 5 -2
2nd jan: 5
4th jan: 7 +2
6th jan: 5 -2
8th jan: 5
11th jan: 3 -2
15th jan: 4 +1

25th jan : 5 +1


Longtail plural:
30th dec: 10
1st jan: 11 +1
2nd jan: 11
4th jan: 10 -1
6th jan: 10
8th jan: 12 +2
11th jan: 10 -2
15th jan: 12 +2
25th jan : 12

Yes, i am

any case study is welcomed