No. 5 in Google But Little Traffic For High Traffic Keywords

[olamilekan2]

I am no 5 in google SERP, for a Keyword with 850000 results without quote and 26000 exact match, and over 18000 per month searches. But i only received an average of 9 visits a day, is there anything i can do to improve my clicks. Please help

[Michael Nguyen]

How good is your title and description ? if you think it's the best then theres nothing more you can do except build more backlinks to rise up or target sub keywords of the main keyword

[olamilekan2]

Thanks Michael, I will look into the title again and see if i can test and tweak different format and see which one converts well

[Michael Nguyen]

Originally Posted by olamilekan2

Thanks Michael, I will look into the title again and see if i can test and tweak different format and see which one converts well

Bare in mind the Google search tool is inaccurate and includes search partners.

[jazbo]

One thing people constantly forget is that there is a "global" search volume in keyword tools, yet their site never, or rarely ranks anywhere near the top in every countries version of Google.

Use the googleglobal forefox plugin to see where you are ranking in google.com, google.co.uk etc, and also check if the 18000 searches are global or not.

Also consider that position 1 gets 43% of the total clicks for a result, and by the time you get to position 5 you can expect to receive only up to 5% of the total clicks.

[olamilekan2]

Originally Posted by jazbo

One thing people constantly forget is that there is a "global" search volume in keyword tools, yet their site never, or rarely ranks anywhere near the top in every countries version of Google.

Use the googleglobal forefox plugin to see where you are ranking in google.com, google.co.uk etc, and also check if the 18000 searches are global or not.

Also consider that position 1 gets 43% of the total clicks for a result, and by the time you get to position 5 you can expect to receive only up to 5% of the total clicks.

Thank you jazbo, Yes the 18000 searches is global searches and local search is 5400, and i am ranked #3 on local SERP and #5 on google.com SERP. Thank you for your insight. I thought ranking on #5 on google.com shows u should rank better on othe local google SERP, which is the case as i am ranked #3 on google.co.uk. Thank you for your insight anyway.

[gordi555]

I've noticed the figures don't add up. I did a test in Adwords today and my ad only showed up lower then 10% of the time to what Google search volume said. Yes I did acelerated, high cpc, local only and search partners. Not happy as this really puts my past niche research down

[Zach Booker]

Did you use the "exact" instead of "phrase" setting on the Google keyword tool?

Also pick up market samurai for, imo, better results. (Make sure to have that set to exact also though.)

Zach

[olamilekan2]

I am beginning to see some results now for the past 2 days, although it is too early to tell

[gjedda63]

Originally Posted by gordi555

I've noticed the figures don't add up. I did a test in Adwords today and my ad only showed up lower then 10% of the time to what Google search volume said. Yes I did acelerated, high cpc, local only and search partners. Not happy as this really puts my past niche research down

This is exactly how I feel about it, removing a zero from the search results and there you are. Suits well for the traffic I`ve seen on top positions.

[cg101]

I wouldn't use 18k as a barometer for high traffic volume. I would set your eyes on keywords that generate 50k or more to see better returns on traffic and even with that said you better be in the top 1-3 positions on the first page for those keywords too.

Typically if you find that your chosen keyword produces "x" number of searches per month, every other engine as trends show based on market share of which google owns the most will produce "less". Basically you'll see less traffic volume numbers in your research from yahoo, bing etc. Just food for thought. Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by olamilekan2

I am no 5 in google SERP, for a Keyword with 850000 results without quote and 26000 exact match, and over 18000 per month searches. But i only received an average of 9 visits a day, is there anything i can do to improve my clicks. Please help