Calling All SEO Veterans

improvman · 11-16-2011, 04:57 PM

Hey,

I have a site currently ranked #1 in Google for my main keywords. It has been there for about a month now and the niche is probably a medium competition one (ie: not super easy to rank, but not impossible either).

The site is about 7 months old and a PR 2.

Over the last 2 months, I have done some very aggressive link-building and have gotten about 20,000-30,000 high PR backlinks. I have also consistently added new original content daily over the same period.

I was just wondering what the next step is for SEO in terms of ensuring your site stays at #1?

When do you slow down on the content/link-building while feeling pretty certain that you site is there to stay?

Do I need to continue the aggressive link-building/content writing indefinitely or risk losing my rankings?

Any comments would be appreciated!

Thanks

usearchme2 · 11-16-2011, 05:10 PM

Hi

no one can really answer that for you, as we couldnt possibly know.

However its best to keep link building do something every month or so to keep things going, if ur site drops a bit then you know to do more next month.

you dont need to keep aggressivly building links, in some cases some sites hold serps with very little link building when you have got there, dont be afraid of dropping a few places in serps to find out what your strategy ahead should be, after all u got to number 1 you should be able to get it back if you lose it.

Im guessing the site in ur footer is the site your refering to! ur showing as number 3 for me on google.co.uk

Woc

lovboa · 11-16-2011, 05:13 PM

It depends on the level of competition in your niche. If you see a site doing better backlinking than you, then you need to step it up. Unless your site drops in rank due to an algorithm update, you need only worry about other sites out working hard to outranking you. Not that you will just lose your position just by slowing down or stopping your backlinking.

improvman · 11-16-2011, 05:37 PM

usearchme2,

It's actually a different site but the site in my footer is doing fairly well as well :P

Thanks for your input.

Chris Sweeney · 11-17-2011, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by improvman

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The site is about 7 months old and a PR 2.

Over the last 2 months, I have done some very aggressive link-building and have gotten about 20,000-30,000 high PR backlinks.

What do you mean by 20k-30k high PR backlinks? Was the PR on the homepage, or on the actual page where the link resided? The reason I'm asking is that if you got that many actual high PR backlinks, I doubt you'd have only a PR 2 site.

InTheMaking · 11-17-2011, 08:56 AM

Regardless of your links, it all depends on your competition.

If your sitting #1 on a keyword with 9 other Authority sites with terrible on-page SEO and are just sitting in the top 10 because of their PR of their homepage/page that's ranking with terrible BLP (Backlinks to the page) than you can sit nicely at #1 without hardly doing anything.

I'd be more worried about competing with smaller MFA sites because they're looking for that #1 spot just like you have.

if you actually do have 20-30k high PR backlinks as you say you do (Which is very unlikely) it seems like that's a little bit of an over kill and you shouldn't worry about losing your ranking.

Cyber Rankings · 11-17-2011, 09:02 AM

That is a very hard question to answer because the search engines are so unpredicatable. If your site is making you enough money and by that I mean (you are happy with it) Then i would not slow down. I have a few sites that average around £200 a day and around %50 goes straight back into expanding it and building new links.

Also 20-30k High Page Rank backlinks is crazy, if your in a medium competition niche then I really wouldn't worry too much as it's likely your competition will give up Lol

caseycase · 11-17-2011, 09:11 AM

Hey improvman, first congrats on getting to #1. Second, as some have said above, this is an almost impossible question to answer, unfortunately. The only way to know is to test. You might have to do all of the things you are doing, or you might be able to do nothing at all at this point.

By the way, 20,000-30,000 High PR backlinks? Are you sure? What kind of links are we talking about specifically?

krishacetravison · 11-17-2011, 09:26 AM

As per the rapid updates that are occurring in Google, there are no clear answer to your question because no one knows what will happen on the following days.

11-16-2011, 04:57 PM	#1
improvman Warrior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Cashville Canada Posts: 20 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Calling All SEO Veterans Hey, I have a site currently ranked #1 in Google for my main keywords. It has been there for about a month now and the niche is probably a medium competition one (ie: not super easy to rank, but not impossible either). The site is about 7 months old and a PR 2. Over the last 2 months, I have done some very aggressive link-building and have gotten about 20,000-30,000 high PR backlinks. I have also consistently added new original content daily over the same period. I was just wondering what the next step is for SEO in terms of ensuring your site stays at #1? When do you slow down on the content/link-building while feeling pretty certain that you site is there to stay? Do I need to continue the aggressive link-building/content writing indefinitely or risk losing my rankings? Any comments would be appreciated! Thanks
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usearchme2 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 221 Thanks: 3 Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts Social Networking	Re: Calling All SEO Veterans Hi no one can really answer that for you, as we couldnt possibly know. However its best to keep link building do something every month or so to keep things going, if ur site drops a bit then you know to do more next month. you dont need to keep aggressivly building links, in some cases some sites hold serps with very little link building when you have got there, dont be afraid of dropping a few places in serps to find out what your strategy ahead should be, after all u got to number 1 you should be able to get it back if you lose it. Im guessing the site in ur footer is the site your refering to! ur showing as number 3 for me on google.co.uk Woc
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lovboa Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 741 Thanks: 119 Thanked 80 Times in 71 Posts	Re: Calling All SEO Veterans It depends on the level of competition in your niche. If you see a site doing better backlinking than you, then you need to step it up. Unless your site drops in rank due to an algorithm update, you need only worry about other sites out working hard to outranking you. Not that you will just lose your position just by slowing down or stopping your backlinking.

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improvman Warrior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Cashville Canada Posts: 20 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Calling All SEO Veterans usearchme2, It's actually a different site but the site in my footer is doing fairly well as well :P Thanks for your input.
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11-17-2011, 08:56 AM	#6
InTheMaking Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 573 Thanks: 12 Thanked 80 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Calling All SEO Veterans Regardless of your links, it all depends on your competition. If your sitting #1 on a keyword with 9 other Authority sites with terrible on-page SEO and are just sitting in the top 10 because of their PR of their homepage/page that's ranking with terrible BLP (Backlinks to the page) than you can sit nicely at #1 without hardly doing anything. I'd be more worried about competing with smaller MFA sites because they're looking for that #1 spot just like you have. if you actually do have 20-30k high PR backlinks as you say you do (Which is very unlikely) it seems like that's a little bit of an over kill and you shouldn't worry about losing your ranking.

11-17-2011, 09:02 AM	#7
Cyber Rankings I Know SEO War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 371 Thanks: 34 Thanked 35 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Calling All SEO Veterans That is a very hard question to answer because the search engines are so unpredicatable. If your site is making you enough money and by that I mean (you are happy with it) Then i would not slow down. I have a few sites that average around £200 a day and around %50 goes straight back into expanding it and building new links. Also 20-30k High Page Rank backlinks is crazy, if your in a medium competition niche then I really wouldn't worry too much as it's likely your competition will give up Lol
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11-17-2011, 09:26 AM	#9
krishacetravison Active Warrior Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 65 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Calling All SEO Veterans As per the rapid updates that are occurring in Google, there are no clear answer to your question because no one knows what will happen on the following days.