Difficulty Maintaining #1 Rankings

redstanford · 12-08-2011, 06:17 PM

once a site achieves a high ranking for a keyword, lets say medium competition and lets say position #2 on page 1, does it take a lot of SEO work to maintain that keyword so it keeps it ranking?

i imagine it is alot more labor intensive moving up the rankings than it is holding onto a position, right?

reason i ask is because i'm outsourcing my seo and i'm getting close to the #1 spot for a few kw's and i want my guy to switch focus to other lower ranked kw's. i still want him to maintain the original kw's rankings but i want him to focus the majority of his time on the new kw's.

lovboa · 12-08-2011, 06:33 PM

Depends on your competition. If your competing sites for your keyword are aggressively link building and working to outrank you, it will require more work to maintain your ranking. You'll know how hard you have to work by keeping a close eye on what your competitors are doing.

12-08-2011, 06:17 PM	#1
redstanford Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 926 Thanks: 55 Thanked 62 Times in 27 Posts	Difficulty Maintaining #1 Rankings once a site achieves a high ranking for a keyword, lets say medium competition and lets say position #2 on page 1, does it take a lot of SEO work to maintain that keyword so it keeps it ranking? i imagine it is alot more labor intensive moving up the rankings than it is holding onto a position, right? reason i ask is because i'm outsourcing my seo and i'm getting close to the #1 spot for a few kw's and i want my guy to switch focus to other lower ranked kw's. i still want him to maintain the original kw's rankings but i want him to focus the majority of his time on the new kw's.

12-08-2011, 06:33 PM	#2
lovboa Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 743 Thanks: 119 Thanked 81 Times in 72 Posts	Re: Difficulty Maintaining #1 Rankings Depends on your competition. If your competing sites for your keyword are aggressively link building and working to outrank you, it will require more work to maintain your ranking. You'll know how hard you have to work by keeping a close eye on what your competitors are doing.