How difficult it will be to outrank these competitors?

xhawkx · 08-30-2011, 03:00 PM

Hi,

I'm not a pro in SEO and am looking to target a specific keyword - aiming to at least gain a position on first page of Google if not the first/second rank of first page.

These are the results I got (attached), they are all from first page for my keyword. I'm not sure whether it will be easy or moderately difficult to achieve a position on first page. My software says it will be very difficult. I need some expert opinion on this and few tips to achieve the goal will also be more than welcome.

yukon · 08-30-2011, 03:18 PM

Hard to say without seeing the actual keyword, every backlink in that screenshot could be junk or could be PR5+ links.

JamesGw · 08-30-2011, 03:20 PM

Presumably not very hard. Should be doable within the span of 2-3 months if you do proper SEO. That said, Yukon is right about not knowing what types of links they are. That said, judging from the PR of the pages ranking, I doubt the links are very strong.

xhawkx · 08-30-2011, 07:15 PM

Thanks for the replies. I did some more research on backlinks of the no.3 site. Here are the results.

That guy has used some blackhat / auto-commenting tool to get that much backlinks and majority of them are from blog comments. Many of them from spam-filled comment areas..

70% of backlinks are from PR 0 sites. Most high PR is 5 and only about 10 backlinks from there..

Few questions:

* Should I used the same backlinks that this guy used to promote my site?

* If I get less backlinks than him but majority of them are of high quality, will I be able to outrank him?

* Can this be done in one month?

Awaiting more replies..

08-30-2011, 03:00 PM	#1
xhawkx Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: At your six. Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	How difficult it will be to outrank these competitors? Hi, I'm not a pro in SEO and am looking to target a specific keyword - aiming to at least gain a position on first page of Google if not the first/second rank of first page. These are the results I got (attached), they are all from first page for my keyword. I'm not sure whether it will be easy or moderately difficult to achieve a position on first page. My software says it will be very difficult. I need some expert opinion on this and few tips to achieve the goal will also be more than welcome. Attached Thumbnails

08-30-2011, 03:18 PM	#2
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,533 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,993 Times in 1,274 Posts	Re: How difficult it will be to outrank these competitors? Hard to say without seeing the actual keyword, every backlink in that screenshot could be junk or could be PR5+ links.

08-30-2011, 03:20 PM	#3
JamesGw Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,337 Thanks: 73 Thanked 132 Times in 121 Posts	Re: How difficult it will be to outrank these competitors? Presumably not very hard. Should be doable within the span of 2-3 months if you do proper SEO. That said, Yukon is right about not knowing what types of links they are. That said, judging from the PR of the pages ranking, I doubt the links are very strong.
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08-30-2011, 07:15 PM	#4
xhawkx Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: At your six. Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How difficult it will be to outrank these competitors? Thanks for the replies. I did some more research on backlinks of the no.3 site. Here are the results. That guy has used some blackhat / auto-commenting tool to get that much backlinks and majority of them are from blog comments. Many of them from spam-filled comment areas.. 70% of backlinks are from PR 0 sites. Most high PR is 5 and only about 10 backlinks from there.. Few questions: * Should I used the same backlinks that this guy used to promote my site? * If I get less backlinks than him but majority of them are of high quality, will I be able to outrank him? * Can this be done in one month? Awaiting more replies..