Any shot at #1?

[MRLeviathan]

KW gets about 10k exact searches per month. My site is in green highlight. #1 has KW in the URL, I don't. Been told, after looking at the data, I might be missing on-page optimization.

Any chance at getting to #1? If so, the golden question is how?

Data can be found here min.us / mvb2cKv

 

[PinkBitz]

Looking at that I would say some on site optimization would see you jump a couple of spots. Also it depends on the quality of your Back Links compared to the #1 position.

 

[jacobb]

KW in title doesn't really matter, it helps but good backlinking and on page SEO would get you there.

 

[Riseing]

Good on page SEO and anchor text in the backlinks.

 

[MRLeviathan]

Great to know. Can missing a DMOZ link be overcome with a Yahoo directory + some other high level directories?

 

[SuperLinks]

Great to know. Can missing a DMOZ link be overcome with a Yahoo directory + some other high level directories?

Absolutely! DMOZ isn't the be all end all of rankings. You can absolutely beat it out with a good backlinking strategy + Ydir.

 

[MRLeviathan]

Can Open Site Explorer reliably show me how strong my backlinks are compared to #1?

 

[cash202]

KW in title doesn't really matter, it helps but good backlinking and on page SEO would get you there.

That's the worst SEO advice ever. KW in title does fucking matter a lot. And it takes you a second
to put it there. Of course you can outbacklink any shitty title but why do it the hard way?

 

[cash202]

Can Open Site Explorer reliably show me how strong my backlinks are compared to #1?

OSE is shit. Use Majestic SEO.

 

[fermanB]

For me. KW is not really important. As long as you have a nice and good back links plus your SEO, then, you have the chance to be #1

 

[MRLeviathan]

Cash202, I'll take a look at Majestic. Agreed, adding the KW to the title takes a second. I assume Jacobb meant KW in URL. That's what I'm missing and wondering if that can be overcome?

 

[AndreyK]

You can rank for any keyword, using any domain. It is all about who hard it will be.

 

[MRLeviathan]

Won't know unless I try. Not afraid of hustle.

 

[AndreyK]

Just build links and add content. If #1 has exact match then you just need to build more links that him, since you do not have that advantage.