1st page, no traffic

[lovboa]

Well, I started my first niche site about 4 months ago and it has finally gotten on the first page of Google for its keyword term. It is a very competitive "2-word" keyword. The first page is filled up with sites that are 5-10 year old sites with high prs. I am ranked 8th currently.

The keyword gets 3,400 exact match searches a month. I am however only seeing about 15-20 visitors a day.

This is really frustrating because...as it was my first venture into niche sites and seo....I believed that when i reach the first page I would see some heavy traffic.

I know that most of the traffic goes to the top 3 spots on the first page, but I was not expecting to see a mere 15-20 visitors a day for such a heavy competition keyword.

Even if it is on first page of Google, I doubt that I could receive a lot of money if I try and sell my site because of such low traffic.

What should I do now? Moving up the serps to 1-4 spots seems possible, but top 3 are wikipedia and .gov links.

Because I'm getting only 15-20 visitors a day, I'm lucky if I get 1 click on adsense. What a bummer

[d0rhk]

What I look for in the 1st page when I do KW research is, can I make top 3? Yes? Go for it. If not, I move on quickly. Get to the top 3 or go home. There's barely any traffic after the 3rd spot I've found.

[ezzypro]

My website is ranked #4, and I get 7% of the traffic for my keyword... You HAVE to be at the top!

[MikeFriedman]

You're getting the amount of traffic you should be getting. I'm not sure what you were expecting, but generally anywhere from 65-85% of the traffic goes to the top 3 sites.

I keep trying to get this message across to people. The first page of Google means nothing. The money is in the top 3.

[GetKane]

The top of the food chain [I mean SERP] gets so much more traffic it's silly.

[jpboxersox]

I have the same problem being on the top spot in Google for 2,700 exact searches for a gaming niche and making like 2 sales a month. Maybe 2,700 isn't enough searches?

[JSProjects]

Originally Posted by ezzypro

My website is ranked #4, and I get 7% of the traffic for my keyword... You HAVE to be at the top!

Agree 100%. When I first started, I was way too focused of getting on page 1. But I've learned that page 1 means nothing unless you can make it to the top 3.

[TheFBGuy]

Originally Posted by lovboa

Well, I started my first niche site about 4 months ago and it has finally gotten on the first page of Google for its keyword term. It is a very competitive "2-word" keyword. The first page is filled up with sites that are 5-10 year old sites with high prs. I am ranked 8th currently.

The keyword gets 3,400 exact match searches a month. I am however only seeing about 15-20 visitors a day.

This is really frustrating because...as it was my first venture into niche sites and seo....I believed that when i reach the first page I would see some heavy traffic.

I know that most of the traffic goes to the top 3 spots on the first page, but I was not expecting to see a mere 15-20 visitors a day for such a heavy competition keyword.

Even if it is on first page of Google, I doubt that I could receive a lot of money if I try and sell my site because of such low traffic.

What should I do now? Moving up the serps to 1-4 spots seems possible, but top 3 are wikipedia and .gov links.

Because I'm getting only 15-20 visitors a day, I'm lucky if I get 1 click on adsense. What a bummer

Top 3... or at the very least top 5. Just getting to page 1 doesn't mean anything, you are lucky to even get those 15 - 20 visitors at position 8.

[Illuminations]

Getting to page 1 does not guarantee massive flow of traffic. I do believe in the SEO saying that says. "It's either #1 or go home."

[Stella_Roberts]

If you have first page position for your keyword despite it, if not getting traffic. Then I want to suggest for link building with blogs of same niche. It will help you to drive direct traffic it also help to improve your serp as well.

[crazyamit]

% Visitors at First page ranking are:
1) gets 42.1 %
2) gets 11.9 %
3) gets 8.5 %
4) gets 6.1 %
5) gets 4.9 %
6) gets 4.1 %
7) gets 3.4 %
8) gets 3.0 %
9) gets 2.8 %
10) gets 3.0 %

May be little up and down in clicks.
Hope it help!!!

[ronuraldd]

Firstly you should look over what Google is showing in its results. i mean there is sometimes Google showing past titles or under construction titles etc.. .This might cause problem in generating traffic

[prian]

create a killer titles. Ask a question in your title/subtitle with your keyword.

When I got the first page I always change my title, basically its same with creating a sales copy, you need the first three sentences to grab people attention.

[WakondaMarketing]

3.400 exact matches is already a decent number of searches, however, most of this search volumes will go to the first 3 or 5 websites in the search engine results. Try to get the top 3 spots and see the difference.

[colinwood07]

Originally Posted by crazyamit

% Visitors at First page ranking are:
1) gets 42.1 %
2) gets 11.9 %
3) gets 8.5 %
4) gets 6.1 %
5) gets 4.9 %
6) gets 4.1 %
7) gets 3.4 %
8) gets 3.0 %
9) gets 2.8 %
10) gets 3.0 %

May be little up and down in clicks.
Hope it help!!!

Hello how to get this is it right calculation ??