How do I get from #5 to #1?

[Nakota757]

Continue doing what you are doing. The higher up the rankings you go, the longer it takes and the harder it is.

One thing to think about though is the keywords you are targeting. You should be getting quite a few sales at #5 if the keywords are correct, especially for a search term with a monthly search volume of 22k per month. As a general rule, #1 will get roughly half the search traffic and the percentage of search traffic roughly goes down evenly to #10 which receives about 3% of the search traffic. You should therefore be receiving a high volume of traffic already, and if your site is reasonable, a high number of sales (certainly more than $12!)

Perhaps modify your meta description to improve CTRs and think about the position of your call to actions, their colour etc. to improve conversions

Right, I don't know what made me think 22,000, it's actually 6,600 monthly for this keyword. I chose it because it appeared to be fairly easy competition, but it hasn't turned out that way.

Can I even make back my $1,000 investment with this keyword in the top spot?

The #1 spot is currently held by AsSeenOnTV, but they don't even have the keyword anywhere, they just happen to have both words on the page separately.

 

[kaetano]

Link pyramid + fresh content with more than 1000 words + wait = #1

 

[extremeboy]

get social bookmarking service it really helps!

 

[artur6000]

You want to get from #5 to #1 hmm......

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1..... there you go you're at #1 Thank me later

 

[rugbyjack2005]

Right, I don't know what made me think 22,000, it's actually 6,600 monthly for this keyword. I chose it because it appeared to be fairly easy competition, but it hasn't turned out that way.

Can I even make back my $1,000 investment with this keyword in the top spot?

The #1 spot is currently held by AsSeenOnTV, but they don't even have the keyword anywhere, they just happen to have both words on the page separately.

There is a very low weighting on onsite SEO and the majority is put on off-site SEO. It doesn't matter very much that AsSeenTV do not have the keyword in their text as it is probably in the anchor text of the link building. An example of this is "click here". Adobe rank number 1 for this by mistake, it just so happens that on most websites, the anchor text says "click here" to download pdf. This is not to say you shouldn't bother with onsite SEO, but think of it as the fundamentals and spend your time on link building.

I wouldn't have thought you have wasted your $1,000 as you have no doubt built up a good domain authority. Tweak your keywords, and do some more link building and you should be fine.

You need to view the number of visitors you are getting and assess whether you are not selling due to the number of visitors or because the conversion rates for that keyword are low. Obviously look at the competition vs search volume but fundamentally you want to pick keywords that are going to sell. Generic keywords have high search volumes but they also have low conversion rates because they are generic. For example: "digital camera". Only a small percentage of users who type this into a search engine will be looking to buy a digital camera. Most users will be info browsing. Compare this to "buy digital camera". Conversion rates are likely to be much higher for this keyword.

I hope that helps

 

[Nakota757]

There is a very low weighting on onsite SEO and the majority is put on off-site SEO. It doesn't matter very much that AsSeenTV do not have the keyword in their text as it is probably in the anchor text of the link building. An example of this is "click here". Adobe rank number 1 for this by mistake, it just so happens that on most websites, the anchor text says "click here" to download pdf. This is not to say you shouldn't bother with onsite SEO, but think of it as the fundamentals and spend your time on link building.

I wouldn't have thought you have wasted your $1,000 as you have no doubt built up a good domain authority. Tweak your keywords, and do some more link building and you should be fine.

You need to view the number of visitors you are getting and assess whether you are not selling due to the number of visitors or because the conversion rates for that keyword are low. Obviously look at the competition vs search volume but fundamentally you want to pick keywords that are going to sell. Generic keywords have high search volumes but they also have low conversion rates because they are generic. For example: "digital camera". Only a small percentage of users who type this into a search engine will be looking to buy a digital camera. Most users will be info browsing. Compare this to "buy digital camera". Conversion rates are likely to be much higher for this keyword.

I hope that helps

Yeah, it helps a lot. I just wish I had picked better keywords, now I feel like a fool. I basically have been doing keywords like "digital camera", but in a different niche.

 

[GoogleAlchemist]

Hard to say without seeing the site, but, and no offense, but your onsite stuff probably actually sucks.

More/better backlinks with a better strategy to them.

 

[skohh]

Hard to say without seeing the site

And this

but, and no offense, but your onsite stuff probably actually sucks.

Lol wut?

So you're just guessing?

 

[dichotomy]

Right, I don't know what made me think 22,000, it's actually 6,600 monthly for this keyword. I chose it because it appeared to be fairly easy competition, but it hasn't turned out that way.

Can I even make back my $1,000 investment with this keyword in the top spot?

The #1 spot is currently held by AsSeenOnTV, but they don't even have the keyword anywhere, they just happen to have both words on the page separately.

You might want to re-evaluate your site instead of pouring more into it. As people invest more into an endeavour the chances they're blind to messages conflicting with their goals increases hugely. 'Sunk-cost effect' I think it's called, check it out. It's what makes people double-down when they lose bets.

Anyhow, worst case is you learned something from your investment. All the best.

 

[marsgibson]

I?ve had my own cases where I?ve seen the Page Rank drop and rise with little to no effect on search traffic.
One thing to keep in mind though is that the public Page Rank is a little different from the internal Page Rank that Google uses and does matter. The PR we see in our toolbars (and on PR checking sites), is really a moment in time. Google is constantly updating their internal PR (not just every 3 months or so), so what we see might not reflect exactly the PR Google is using.
Having said that, it is a nice confirmation that we?re on the right track. And as with most things in life, networking is one of the most powerful tools for success..

social networking, unique content, commnts/posts help u to acheive wat u want to get..