HOW TO EVALUATE YOUR COMPETITION ON PAGE 1. HOW I DO IT

[Adam Roy]

Originally Posted by mikemiller1

great post!
my competitor
-has the main home page for my keyword
- is PR 5
-most of his backlinks r to the home page, some from high PR

I selected my keyword mainly on the number of searches! (started about a month ago, my 1st site)
Im screwed now..lol
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I`l start a new niche website, but continue with the above one.
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In some of the new niches, I get local directories in the search
- friend /or anyone one - how hard is it to beat local directories? Any opinions?

Why not submit your URL to the directory on the first page? That's an easy first page ranking.

[qalott]

extremely valuable info... i am really very impressed.

[Adam Roy]

Originally Posted by qalott

extremely valuable info... i am really very impressed.

Thank you qalott

[edwin92]

Thank you for your information.. that is nice thinking...

[salma66]

thanks for the info...before this, i thought the hardest part is optimizing the blog...then i built a blog...after less than one month, i check the blog...ranked at 1st page of google search with ===> "mykeywords" search, compete with 49k other blog...but when check it with ===> mykeywords, it's not even in the 50th page....

then i realize, i'm i doing something wrong with the keywords?...then you answer my question...thank you so much...

[seox]

Originally Posted by bfas

I disagree.

98% of the clickthroughs happen on the first page. Of that, appx. 50% click on the first listing, another 25% on the 2nd or 3rd, and the balance divided among the remaining 7, in descending order.

Very few click through to Page 2 - it isn't the same as the bottom of Page 1.

If you are going after a market based on keyword phrases, you want to be on Page 1, and once there you want to reach the top half of the page.

The rest is crumbs.

bfas

@bfas +1. I was disappointed when my site hit page one and there was NOT a meaningful increase in traffic. I was expecting a huge increase, but it never came. I'm self-taught at seo so I dug in and looked for stats on the top five spots and their respective traffic. Basically, if you're not first, you're last. I would be happy in the top five - top three for sure. I have a couple competitors with big brand names, but the rest in my opinion (not Google's) should be ranking below my site. If anyone thinks they can help me please send me a message.