Outrank IMDB

[ttrox]

Hello all,

I was wondering how possible it would be to outrank an IMDB webpage for a certain series given that you use the correct keywords.

Thank you,

 

[Ash2012]

Outrank them with the same KWs ?

 

[meannn]

You need to have link from very valuable places like wikipedia etc.
For example, for software keyword, you need to get software keyword link from wikipedia.

 

[ttrox]

Outrank them with the same KWs ?

I mean, for example, if I were to show the episode list for, let's say, Family Guy. Do you think it would be possible to appear before imdb on those terms?

 

[Junkfood00]

The thing is that people tend to write a lot of reviews and link to those pages that it is too difficult to outrank them.

 

[sudorank]

The thing is that people tend to write a lot of reviews and link to those pages that it is too difficult to outrank them.

I second this, the problem with IMDB is similar to Wikipedia ie: People will link voluntarily to it. Especially for the kw Family Guy which is a hugely popular program amongst the very demographic who are most likely to share websites and stuff.

Unless you are clever enough to come up with a smart viral campaign or something I'd leave well alone. Work on something possible in your budget / technical levels.

 

[ttrox]

Well f###, you guys are totally right, I guess I screwed up getting a domain for a purpose like this. But I figure I won't lose much more at this rate by at least trying to do this. Who knows, I might learn something else on the way. Thanks for your insight

 

[kbklash]

It's possible in other ways though.Tossing in an extra word can get you above IMDB.Just don't try and rank for searches where IMDB is probably the default #1.
Create a lot of anchor targeted backlinks(mix of ******** and nofollow)to your website/page and you can outrank IMDB for your targeted keywords. I have outranked codeproject (high authority) for product keyword phrases many times.
Most of these big websites rank because of the domain authority but they generaly don't have a lot of good backlinks to specific pages so there is a chance for us take a shot.

 

[Junkfood00]

Well f###, you guys are totally right, I guess I screwed up getting a domain for a purpose like this. But I figure I won't lose much more at this rate by at least trying to do this. Who knows, I might learn something else on the way. Thanks for your insight

Remember that search engines are not the only source of traffic.

 

[ttrox]

Remember that search engines are not the only source of traffic.

You're totally right, although I feel that if I don't start with the right foot with google it might get harder afterwards.
I'm going to try anyway and I'll make sure to report you guys my results (I'm a complete newbie anyway though, so I don't know if it counts much).

 

[ttrox]

Well I said I would try. I have yet to do offsite seo but the site appears sometimes #1 and sometimes #3 on both Bing and Yahoo search (for all that matters). When it's on pos.3 it's below Wikipedia as I thought.
While according kw research with google it has around 13k searches per month I have yet to have any organic traffic through Bing or Yahoo search (maybe they suck that bad?). Will inform if I see anything relevant.

 

[fullwall3t]

I know this is really old thread, but have anyone of you success with outranking imdb?

 

[Nick Pearl]

Outranking IMDB for a tv show or a movie is almost impossible to achieve... it takes money, a lot of money....