Should I continue these 2 keywords?

richard78 · 09-02-2011, 10:10 AM

It is 4 months of link building activities and these 2 highly competitive keywords are ranking third and second page respectively.

Keyword 01 - 201,818 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #24
Keyword 02 - 60,727 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #13

Most probably these 2 keywords will reach page 1 by end of this year if I continue to build backlinks consistently.

But every site out there will definitely build backlinks to maintain or improve their rankings.

I've made some money from these 2 keywords and thinking of investing the money back to these 2 keyword to get better rankings.

It's not impossible to reach top 3 spots but it might take at least another year or maybe 2.

Should I continue these 2 highly competitive keywords?

ezlegion · 09-02-2011, 10:16 AM

Jeez richard78,
That's a tough one to answer.

You've already made some money from these 2 keywords and they're not even on the 1st page. That's far from a bad sign.

My advice:
Get keyword 02 on the 1st page and see what difference it makes to your income and then use that as a basis for you decision.

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Originally Posted by richard78

It is 4 months of link building activities and these 2 highly competitive keywords are ranking third and second page respectively.

Keyword 01 - 201,818 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #24
Keyword 02 - 60,727 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #13

Most probably these 2 keywords will reach page 1 by end of this year if I continue to build backlinks consistently.

But every site out there will definitely build backlinks to maintain or improve their rankings.

I've made some money from these 2 keywords and thinking of investing the money back to these 2 keyword to get better rankings.

It's not impossible to reach top 3 spots but it might take at least another year or maybe 2.

Should I continue these 2 highly competitive keywords?

Latsyrc · 09-02-2011, 10:21 AM

I would go for it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by richard78

It is 4 months of link building activities and these 2 highly competitive keywords are ranking third and second page respectively.

Keyword 01 - 201,818 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #24
Keyword 02 - 60,727 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #13

Most probably these 2 keywords will reach page 1 by end of this year if I continue to build backlinks consistently.

But every site out there will definitely build backlinks to maintain or improve their rankings.

I've made some money from these 2 keywords and thinking of investing the money back to these 2 keyword to get better rankings.

It's not impossible to reach top 3 spots but it might take at least another year or maybe 2.

Should I continue these 2 highly competitive keywords?

Alexa Smith · 09-02-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by richard78

Should I continue these 2 highly competitive keywords?

Hi Richard,

The one thing the answer necessarily depends on - above all else - appears to be the one thing about which you've provided no information at all: the SEO quality of the sites currently ranked above yours.

Nobody can advise you without knowing that!

If the whole of the front page of Google's SERP's comprises age-old authority sites with 100 backlinks each from other age-old authority sites in the relevant niche, then personally I'd abandon "SEO-specific efforts" completely, because it would be far beyond my own ability (and intent) to get on the front page at all, through anything I could do myself. If they contain sites that seem "nothing special" with backlinks primarily from non-context-relevant sites (e.g. thousands of article directory/forum profile backlinks), then I'd confidently continue, expecting pretty easily to rise to the top within a week or two, just by getting some backlinks from relevant sites. I suspect the truth is perhaps somewhere between these two unusual extremes? But where, exactly, between them? Without this information, how can one possibly make a decision?!

richard78 · 09-02-2011, 12:45 PM

My site is 1 yr 4 mths old.

From awstat, the site is getting 1 visitor from keyword 01 and 23 visitors from keyword 02. Keyword 02 has made 1 sale today.

From Traffic Travis, my site is ranking #11 for keyword 02.

Keyword 01

Keyword 02

shuvo · 09-02-2011, 12:47 PM

I think you should change your strategy.If I were you then I might select the second keyword as my main target and then I would select 4 other keywords that has under 1900 Exact searches globally per month.

bauger · 09-02-2011, 12:53 PM

Since your rankings are slowly going up and you made money from them you could continue on with it but personally I would try a few more keywords.

I'm sure there are some low competition, high search volume keywords you can rank for easily and help boost your site even further up the ranking. Plus you would even rank for keywords that you don't even promote.

I have seen that in a couple of my sites because I promote using several keywords

lovboa · 09-02-2011, 07:31 PM

wow if I had sites ranking on 2nd and 3rd page in that competitive of a niche, I'd be ecstatic. Why do you want to give up? I would work my butt off to make the final push into first page.

Kevin Marshall · 09-02-2011, 07:50 PM

If you already got your site this far, you need to keep working on these keywords! Eventually, you will be successful, but you will have to keep building links.

Make sure you have lots of links, a wide variety of links, and some high quality PR links. It sounds like you have a lot of competition for your keywords, but you are doing well!

Lastly, make sure you keep consistently building links. Set a goal for 50 links a day or 100 links a day or whatever goal you set, and STICK to the plan!

John Moore · 09-04-2011, 01:01 AM

It all comes down to your budget and objectives, personally I'd go for it, there's a lot of traffic you're on the cusp of getting, big reward in my eyes.

ttjohn · 09-04-2011, 01:38 AM

i want to ask something about SEO is that if i remove or delete any post into my blog or web site in that condition is any searching engine reduce my ranking... or damage my site reputation

ttjohn · 09-04-2011, 01:58 AM

can anyone share withe me some do follow forums links.. please..

Muhammadgulzarji · 09-04-2011, 04:00 AM

you must carry on dear i hope u will success.

racerke · 09-04-2011, 05:38 AM

I think you are doing the right thing by continuing with KW2. KW2 will be much easier to rank than KW1. My advice would be to focus on KW2 and some lower competition keywords. Later on you can use the income from these keywords to try and rank for KW1.

Good luck!

wackiin · 09-04-2011, 05:46 AM

If its something that interest's you and you've got alot of time in id keep it going
Id also have some other stuff that can rank faster to keep you going also.
Ive got a few hard keywords i have been working at for a year and steady moving up .

richard78 · 09-04-2011, 06:34 AM

Keyword 01 - searching for information
Keyword 02 - searching for specific products

Obviously keyword 02 is a better buying keyword than keyword 01, and it is much easier to rank. As mentioned earlier, I’ll continue keyword 02 and abandon keyword 01.

I’ll reinvest everything made from this site in SEO every month and get more keywords to rank higher.

It took 4 months to get these 2 keywords to rank, keyword 02 is on page 2 and has made 2 sales in Sept, but it’s too early to tell anything. I’ve made some sales from some low competition keywords as well.

My goal is to get more low competition keywords to rank 1st by end of the year, as most of them are already on first page and continue on keyword 02 as well.

Probably, it will take a year for keyword 02 to rank in top 3.

Thanks for your advice.

09-02-2011, 12:45 PM	#5
richard78 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 87 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? My site is 1 yr 4 mths old. From awstat, the site is getting 1 visitor from keyword 01 and 23 visitors from keyword 02. Keyword 02 has made 1 sale today. From Traffic Travis, my site is ranking #11 for keyword 02. Keyword 01 Keyword 02 Attached Thumbnails

09-02-2011, 12:47 PM	#6
shuvo Advanced Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Earth not Mars/Moon Posts: 736 Thanks: 10 Thanked 49 Times in 47 Posts Contact Info	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? I think you should change your strategy.If I were you then I might select the second keyword as my main target and then I would select 4 other keywords that has under 1900 Exact searches globally per month.

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bauger HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario,Canada. Posts: 281 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Social Networking	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? Since your rankings are slowly going up and you made money from them you could continue on with it but personally I would try a few more keywords. I'm sure there are some low competition, high search volume keywords you can rank for easily and help boost your site even further up the ranking. Plus you would even rank for keywords that you don't even promote. I have seen that in a couple of my sites because I promote using several keywords
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lovboa Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 741 Thanks: 119 Thanked 80 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? wow if I had sites ranking on 2nd and 3rd page in that competitive of a niche, I'd be ecstatic. Why do you want to give up? I would work my butt off to make the final push into first page.
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Kevin Marshall Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 622 Thanks: 232 Thanked 49 Times in 43 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? If you already got your site this far, you need to keep working on these keywords! Eventually, you will be successful, but you will have to keep building links. Make sure you have lots of links, a wide variety of links, and some high quality PR links. It sounds like you have a lot of competition for your keywords, but you are doing well! Lastly, make sure you keep consistently building links. Set a goal for 50 links a day or 100 links a day or whatever goal you set, and STICK to the plan!
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09-02-2011, 10:10 AM	#1
richard78 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 87 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Should I continue these 2 keywords? It is 4 months of link building activities and these 2 highly competitive keywords are ranking third and second page respectively. Keyword 01 - 201,818 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #24 Keyword 02 - 60,727 (Global Monthly Exact Searches), Rank #13 Most probably these 2 keywords will reach page 1 by end of this year if I continue to build backlinks consistently. But every site out there will definitely build backlinks to maintain or improve their rankings. I've made some money from these 2 keywords and thinking of investing the money back to these 2 keyword to get better rankings. It's not impossible to reach top 3 spots but it might take at least another year or maybe 2. Should I continue these 2 highly competitive keywords?

09-04-2011, 01:01 AM	#10
John Moore SEO Ninja War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Online Posts: 307 Thanks: 23 Thanked 85 Times in 61 Posts Contact Info	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? It all comes down to your budget and objectives, personally I'd go for it, there's a lot of traffic you're on the cusp of getting, big reward in my eyes.
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ttjohn Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? i want to ask something about SEO is that if i remove or delete any post into my blog or web site in that condition is any searching engine reduce my ranking... or damage my site reputation
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ttjohn Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? can anyone share withe me some do follow forums links.. please..
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09-04-2011, 04:00 AM	#13
Muhammadgulzarji Muhammad gulzar War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: pakistan Posts: 71 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? you must carry on dear i hope u will success.

09-04-2011, 05:38 AM	#14
racerke Setting goals... War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 24 Thanks: 14 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? I think you are doing the right thing by continuing with KW2. KW2 will be much easier to rank than KW1. My advice would be to focus on KW2 and some lower competition keywords. Later on you can use the income from these keywords to try and rank for KW1. Good luck!

09-04-2011, 05:46 AM	#15
wackiin Dazed and Confused War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 165 Thanks: 32 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? If its something that interest's you and you've got alot of time in id keep it going Id also have some other stuff that can rank faster to keep you going also. Ive got a few hard keywords i have been working at for a year and steady moving up .

09-04-2011, 06:34 AM	#16
richard78 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 87 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Should I continue these 2 keywords? Keyword 01 - searching for information Keyword 02 - searching for specific products Obviously keyword 02 is a better buying keyword than keyword 01, and it is much easier to rank. As mentioned earlier, I’ll continue keyword 02 and abandon keyword 01. I’ll reinvest everything made from this site in SEO every month and get more keywords to rank higher. It took 4 months to get these 2 keywords to rank, keyword 02 is on page 2 and has made 2 sales in Sept, but it’s too early to tell anything. I’ve made some sales from some low competition keywords as well. My goal is to get more low competition keywords to rank 1st by end of the year, as most of them are already on first page and continue on keyword 02 as well. Probably, it will take a year for keyword 02 to rank in top 3. Thanks for your advice.