Can a Wordpress site ever make #1 on G00gle?

[kaizer]

Got it.
Thanks.
But if google only refreshes (indexes) my site every 3 weeks or so, how will they know? The time stamps on the blog entries?

Don't worry,google bot will be everyday,hundreds of times .
every post pinging,from rss and so on.

 

[sandiegodude]

Wow, I didn't know that...
Then why does it take forever for my backlinks to showup on backlinkwatch?!?!
I'm going to have a heart attack.

 

[phseomaverick]

Platform doesn't matter at all, as long as you have good onsite optimization and backlink source. One thing, Google loves web 2.0 sites and WordPress is one of them..

 

[sandiegodude]

Thanks Ph SEO,
I've heard about web 2.0, but is web 2.0 a fancy name for an interactive website or am i missing something??

 

[flaktrak]

Problem I find with wordpress blogs is you have to keep adding content. stop for even a short period of time and you start going back down the serps. I find standard template type sites harder to initially rank but once ranked you dont have to add content as often. Not sure if google thinks because it is a blogging cms it expects constant content and updates.

 

[stimpo321]

I have a wordpress site, i use 1 page (not posts) and set it as home page, i have 500 word article on there, i have keyword in the URL, and it currently ranks number 1 in google for a keyword with searches of 3,600 local exact per month, best thing is ive hardly done any link building for it, just a couple of blog posts on another blog of mine, its 3 months old, i made it on a friday and by monday it was on page one google!

Only bad thing is i dont recieve anything from it as im employed! and make them for my employer! , im sure it would make you a nice bit of income, as it is a product and people only search for it cus they wana buy it! i have made 40 sites now, all using wordpress, best way to go i think. just use all in one seo, and make sure the content is unique and relevent, and good for reading, my articles cost $6 each which is a bargain, but my writer, is the dogs!!and have good relationship going with her!

 

[gerrygel]

i had got many wp website #1 on google

 

[scseo]

Wordpress is just fine with Google. We use it as a preferred platform because of its ease of use.

 

[555tgb]

Yes. We have several WP sites ranked #1 on Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

Focus on:

1. Configuring WP for maximum SEO results. Look around this site for great WP SEO plugins.

2. Use a keyword domain. Google results are weighted in favor of keyword domains. Complete keyword in the domain is what I mean by keyword in domain.

3. Real time, original, user-generated content. Google will index your content within minutes if it's in the twitter style format of fast user -generated interaction.

Lots of other tips around this site.

In the long term, stay away from short cuts - they will only "cut you short"

 

[goads]

also review the themes. These can have an effect on your on page optimization. A good reference site is themegrade.com
Yes WP can rank 1st page as I have 5 on first page for 5MM terms.

 

[nanotechno]

I bought a great niche domain, there is medium competition, but I thought I would keep the site fresh and post articles directly to the site relating to the domain and keywords.
My question is:
If onsite SEO and content is good and I hire a third party to start posting backlinks can it EVER be #1 even if it is just a wordpress site?

P.S. The current #1 spot is a full blown website with over 200 internal pages and over 3000 backlinks.

Yes for "jackblammer specialist espy-ala-docious monkey boy"

jk...point is if it's long tail yes!

 

[laguna boy]

google loves wordpress, because the average user can put on fresh content very easily up in no time. Try looking into thesis theme for wordpress. I have had extreme results with it, beating big time competition.

good luck

 

[Russ1395]

Yes, if it's a niche that no other higher ranking site is about or using.

 

[shuichi85]

Absolutely, just improve your wordpress (SEO) and you're website will #1 at Google

 

[bizroot]

I got good number of wordpress sites ranking for good number of competitive keywords in different search engines...

It depends upon your on page and off page work...

 

[GBlogger]

sure it can... I know many sites ...

 

[oakley56fila]

I own 3 WordPress websites alone that rank #1 in Google for their primary keyword. In fact, I would recommend WordPress as a great starter website from an SEO perspective. Out of the box, it is very SEO friendly.

 

[MisterF]

I own 3 WordPress websites alone that rank #1 in Google for their primary keyword. In fact, I would recommend WordPress as a great starter website from an SEO perspective. Out of the box, it is very SEO friendly.

Never looked at WP before really. Is there an ideal/ newbie very friendly ' out of the box' theme or package you'd recommend ?

 

[mike2000]

Have proper on-page optimization in your blog, update the blog with unique content in a frequent manner, build backlinks regularly and ranking won't be difficult provided that it is achievable....

 

[black dog]

My personal best is 11 minutes and 30 secs to number 1- with "Just a WordPress site...

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