Screenshots...Firt page Google 180K last page 15. Which to trust?

simpleonline1234 · 11-02-2009, 08:16 AM

Okay I posted this thread previous and I guess I was murky in my question so I've brought pictures this time to clear the air.

when conducting my keyword research on a "keyword" I see that Google results results from the first page as something like 180,000 pages of competing sites but.....if you navigate all the way to the last page of search results it turns out that they is only about 15 pages of actual search volume....sooooo.....do i trust the first page of search results and say okay...180,000 is a twee to much competition or do i say..okay 15 pages of search results sign me up?? So confused on the issue...below are the screen shots I took for my example.

Thanks to any warriors that can help me defuse the question.

Imageshack - searchresults

Richard Tunnah · 11-02-2009, 08:19 AM

Hi,
The answer is pretty simple. There may be 180,000 competing sites but google only shows the first 1000 sites. However what you are really competing against are the sites on the first page as they get 98% of the traffic.
Hope that helps.

Rich

evertd · 11-02-2009, 08:54 AM

There are a few things to consider here. For almost any search, if you go to the last page of results, there are many less than Google indicates at first. But at the end of the list, do you notice the link that says: "repeat the search with the omitted results included"? If you click that there are typically tons of extra results, I believe these are the supplemental results.

But as mentioned already, you are competing with the results on the first page, and NOT the ones you see when you search in quotes like you did in your screenshots. Your potential visitors in all likelyhood are not using quotes. So if you do the same seach without quotes there are like 35million results (and interestingly if you go to the end, the last result shown is like 670 some).

Do the search without quotes and evaluate how many links the results on the first page have, and decide if you can compete against them. The other 35million does not really matter.

11-02-2009, 08:16 AM	#1
simpleonline1234 SEO Analyst War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 458 Thanks: 0 Thanked 56 Times in 34 Posts	Screenshots...Firt page Google 180K last page 15. Which to trust? Okay I posted this thread previous and I guess I was murky in my question so I've brought pictures this time to clear the air. when conducting my keyword research on a "keyword" I see that Google results results from the first page as something like 180,000 pages of competing sites but.....if you navigate all the way to the last page of search results it turns out that they is only about 15 pages of actual search volume....sooooo.....do i trust the first page of search results and say okay...180,000 is a twee to much competition or do i say..okay 15 pages of search results sign me up?? So confused on the issue...below are the screen shots I took for my example. Thanks to any warriors that can help me defuse the question. Imageshack - searchresults

11-02-2009, 08:19 AM	#2
Richard Tunnah Just hitting the mouse! War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, Canary Islands Posts: 1,935 Thanks: 335 Thanked 204 Times in 164 Posts Social Networking	Re: Screenshots...Firt page Google 180K last page 15. Which to trust? Hi, The answer is pretty simple. There may be 180,000 competing sites but google only shows the first 1000 sites. However what you are really competing against are the sites on the first page as they get 98% of the traffic. Hope that helps. Rich

11-02-2009, 08:54 AM	#3
evertd HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: , , . Posts: 172 Thanks: 10 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Screenshots...Firt page Google 180K last page 15. Which to trust? There are a few things to consider here. For almost any search, if you go to the last page of results, there are many less than Google indicates at first. But at the end of the list, do you notice the link that says: "repeat the search with the omitted results included"? If you click that there are typically tons of extra results, I believe these are the supplemental results. But as mentioned already, you are competing with the results on the first page, and NOT the ones you see when you search in quotes like you did in your screenshots. Your potential visitors in all likelyhood are not using quotes. So if you do the same seach without quotes there are like 35million results (and interestingly if you go to the end, the last result shown is like 670 some). Do the search without quotes and evaluate how many links the results on the first page have, and decide if you can compete against them. The other 35million does not really matter.
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