High ranking mfa sites

[dvhantiques]

I had 5 micro niche sites made with 1000-3000 exact searches, emd. Three of them rank pretty high on the first page of google, pos 2, 3, and 4. The sites in pos 3 has gotten about 20 clicks this month. However, the sites in pos 2 and 4 haven't gotten any clicks. I thought that once the sites gained a good position, they would capture organic traffic, thus resulting in some clicks.

When I asked the person who created the sites, he said wait for the backlinks to take effect. Well these sites gained a good position before I had any backlinking done, so I'm not sure what he means by that statement. I had a web 2.0 link pyramid done and 700 article submissions done just so the sites would have some backlinks but as I said the three sites were ranking well before I had the backlinking done.

I'm just curious as to why the other 2 sites aren't getting any clicks. Even though they are in a good position, does it take some sites longer to get clicks? Do backlinks have anything to do with clicks? I always thought as I said before, once the sites ranked well the organic traffic and clicks would naturally come.

Just would like your thoughts and some clarification so I understand this better.

Thanks,
Deb

[33centsaday]

I would much rather have those 700 articles on my site pulling in traffic from a couple thousand long tails, then it doesn't really matter what your rank is for any particular keyword.

If you really are ranked 2, 3 and 4 and you're not getting traffic then either no one is searching for that term, or the snippet on google doesn't make people want to visit.

[36burrows]

All website and niches will produce a different CTR, it's just the way it is.

The reason is that you're attracting completely different people to each site.

Some people will click on ads whenever they see them because either they're shopping for something and want to see each specific product, or aren't aware that they're clicking on ads and think it's part of the website.

Some people know what ads are, and have become blind to them and ignore them.

Some people have ad blockers and never even see your ads.

This is why researching hot niches which are proving to be profitable with adsense is key to knowing which audiences are ad clickers.

[dvhantiques]

Originally Posted by 33centsaday

I would much rather have those 700 articles on my site pulling in traffic from a couple thousand long tails, then it doesn't really matter what your rank is for any particular keyword.

If you really are ranked 2, 3 and 4 and you're not getting traffic then either no one is searching for that term, or the snippet on google doesn't make people want to visit.

The 700 article submission was a spun article. But I'm glad you mentioned long tail keywords. Since I will probably be adding more articles it sounds like it would be a good idea to add long tails. How do I learn about that?

Thanks,
Deb

[33centsaday]

Originally Posted by dvhantiques

The 700 article submission was a spun article. But I'm glad you mentioned long tail keywords. Since I will probably be adding more articles it sounds like it would be a good idea to add long tails. How do I learn about that?

You could do a search to learn more about targeting long tail keywords.
But here's the way I approach it:

Let's say you have a site about "armani suits", you can create pages targeting just about anything that includes that phrase. i.e. "knock-off armani suits", "genuine armani suits" etc. Your long tails can also be geo-specific like: "armani suits new york"

I prefer targeting 'selling' keywords over 'info' keywords. A selling keyword would be something like: "buy cheap armani suits". While an info keyword would be something like: "101 things you can do with an armani suit besides wearing it".

You can create pages targeting info keywords that point to pages with selling keywords though. That's helped me get my selling pages ranked really well for highly competitive keywords.

If you've read my blog you'll know I'm a big believer in focusing on content and putting that content on your own site not on others (eg. article directories).

[dvhantiques]

Thanks. You've been very helpful. I will research finding longtails and read your blog.
Deb

[owenlee]

One thing you can improve on is the content too..once you get the keywords...try to focus more on the content if you wish to rank higher on the search engine...

[TryBPO]

Some tips:

1. Make sure the keyword phrase has EXACT match searches of over 1,000-3,000.
2. Check with Scroogle Scraper to make sure you're not just seeing yourself ranked because you're logged into Google, your location, etc.
3. Are the title and the meta descriptiong compelling? How do they compare to those around your site? Consider changing to entice people to click from the SERP to your site.
4. Is there confusion with the keyword? For example...is it not only a particular garden tool, but also the name of a popular band? This can skew the search data and show higher searches for a term that's not really searched...

[dvhantiques]

Originally Posted by TryBPO

Some tips:

1. Make sure the keyword phrase has EXACT match searches of over 1,000-3,000.
2. Check with Scroogle Scraper to make sure you're not just seeing yourself ranked because you're logged into Google, your location, etc.
3. Are the title and the meta descriptiong compelling? How do they compare to those around your site? Consider changing to entice people to click from the SERP to your site.
4. Is there confusion with the keyword? For example...is it not only a particular garden tool, but also the name of a popular band? This can skew the search data and show higher searches for a term that's not really searched...

Yes, the sites are ranked in pos2 and pos4. I think it's because the exact searches are low for the keyword, one is 1000 and the other is 1300. But yet, this site was build by a warrior offering the services. I would've thought he'd know that maybe those searches were too low.

Eventually, I may add long tails once I learn how to find them. Once I find them, do you add them as your anchor text when backlinking so you can rank for that keyword?

Thanks,
Deb

[Latsyrc]

I have a mom blog and do keyword research to write posts. Most of the keywords I aim for in my posts have a 1000 EXACT searches or more (not saying I'm getting those searches because not all of my posts rank on first page).
Building ONE website around 1000 a month search phrase is low. You need to find more keywords. Hope this helps.

[dvhantiques]

Thanks.
Deb

[ericnelsonator]

I would recommend going for keywords above 3000 exact match searches per month. These keywords will have atleast 100 searches per day avg and if you rank in top 5, you'll get atleast some clicks. Also, aim for a higher CPC, I know everyone says $1+ but typically try to go for $2 or $3 and also check the CPC with the contextual tool from Google. That'll give you a much better idea of what you're likely to earn from every click.

Hope this helps.

[dvhantiques]

Yes, next time I will make sure the search is at least 3000. I'm new at this, so I didn't know any better. I'm surprised the seller on wf sells them that low. Well, lesson learned.
Thanks,
Deb

[TryBPO]

Focusing on the longtails can definitely help to get you more traffic. We regularly target the 1-1.5K exact match searches and do fine. I'll add to what my partner added above:

1. Some niches just have a poor CTR - We've had well-ranking sites in the entertainment industry and informational/artsy sites that were well ranked, got the traffic, but had a miserably low CTR. You can try to adjust ad placement, add longtails, etc. but in this scenario we've found it just best to move on, actually.

2. Non-compelling title and description - How does your title/description compare to those around you on the SERP? Any reason it's poorly worded or boring, so that some would skip over your site and go to the next one down? You can test this by seeing if you're getting traffic, but just no clicks. If your CTR is fairly high, this is a likely reason...either that, or the keyword just doesn't get the searches the GKT said it would.

3. Cyclical - Is your site an evergreen site or would people be more likely to click during certain times of the year than others. For example, heaters might not be doing too well right now, but will pick up in a few months. Search tools will show an average for the year, not each particular month. Also keep in mind that summer months tend to have less search volume overall, as people are more interested in fun in the sun.

[dvhantiques]

Originally Posted by TryBPO

Focusing on the longtails can definitely help to get you more traffic. We regularly target the 1-1.5K exact match searches and do fine. I'll add to what my partner added above:

1. Some niches just have a poor CTR - We've had well-ranking sites in the entertainment industry and informational/artsy sites that were well ranked, got the traffic, but had a miserably low CTR. You can try to adjust ad placement, add longtails, etc. but in this scenario we've found it just best to move on, actually.

2. Non-compelling title and description - How does your title/description compare to those around you on the SERP? Any reason it's poorly worded or boring, so that some would skip over your site and go to the next one down? You can test this by seeing if you're getting traffic, but just no clicks. If your CTR is fairly high, this is a likely reason...either that, or the keyword just doesn't get the searches the GKT said it would.

3. Cyclical - Is your site an evergreen site or would people be more likely to click during certain times of the year than others. For example, heaters might not be doing too well right now, but will pick up in a few months. Search tools will show an average for the year, not each particular month. Also keep in mind that summer months tend to have less search volume overall, as people are more interested in fun in the sun.

Hi Joe,
On #2. What shows up on the search is the url and the first sentence of the homepage article. Do you mean I should change that "snippet" that shows up. There's no title that appears.
Thanks,
Deb

[dvhantiques]

I think in order to change the title and description I've got to go into the settings on wordpress and change the info on the seo all in one pack title and description. Is that correct? Once I do that, are those the changes that will show up in the google search?
Sorry to ask stupid questions, but I'm new at this.
Thanks,
Deb

[TryBPO]

Yes, changing the info in the AllInOne pack title and description will change the title and description for the site. Make sure to include keywords in the description but ALSO make it enticing for a reader to click from the SERP to your website.

With AllInOne, you can create a title/description for EVERY page/post you put on the site and should apply to each page.

[webdesigndevelopment]

Backlinks doesn't have any impact on clicks. It effects ranking only. It is just a matter of different CTR. Probably you might have good attractive title and description for Pos. 3 site which attract the visitors to click. That why you have got 20 visitors. Try to edit your title and description of other 3 sites. Create interesting and subject related title and description and then see what happens.

[coronaborcalis]

I'm sure the ads that appear in your site is not relevant. check the ads with this

AdSense Tool | Google AdSense Sandbox Tool

Find non relevant ads and remove them in your adsense admin in competitive ad filter.

Hope it helps

Rian

[dvhantiques]

Thanks to everyone for your help. I really appreciate it.
Deb