Failed Case Study Post - Disregard. Will try again later.

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This is a VERY simple case study. But i see questions all the time that this case study will answer.

The site name link is: Fuzzy Little Man Peach - The Most Fuzziest Man to Ever Fuzz!

The Url Is: fuzzylittlemanpeach.pw

Things to Consider:
  • Notice the .pw TLD
  • The site has only 3 indexed pages in Google
  • The site has only one article (which is complete shit and has less than 10% of the recommend words in the copy)
  • The copy makes on sense.
  • I have not done any on site or off site SEO. (one exception as you'll see below)
  • No backlinks, social signals, or anything.
SEO: The only thing I did was put ONE of the keywords I was targeting in the title, h1 heading, and once in content.

Where I Rank:
  • I rank #1 in Google for "My Name is Bobbi Bacon"
  • I rank #2 in Google for "Most Fuzziest Man"
  • I rank #6 for "Fuzziest Man" (This is a two word keyword at rank 6 with no off site SEO.)
  • I rank on page #2 for "Bobbi Bacon"
  • I rank for a number of other random keywords as well in the #1 - #10 spot. and the site has hardly any content at all on it.

I receive 10-30 visitors a day for very random long tail keywords. (That's up to 210 visits a week and 800+ a month. This is with only two actual pages Root and the Article. Granted the audience in shit and I probably couldn't convert a thing.)

I hope you all can learn something from this. Also your feedback and comments are welcomed. Thank you.

Regards,
The Intern
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    What would you expect anyone to learn from this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim3
    Umm righto, now try the same test with something someone may actually be searching for like "Car Insurance for Seniors"
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    • Profile picture of the author The Intern
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      That point should have been obvious. The keywords are arbitrary, They mean nothing.

      If you had actually tried to take something from it rather than trolling it would have been that keyword research is everything. You can rank for anything. Low competition keywords while they may have low search volume still have the potential to bring in visitors.

      I see the same question every week. Multiple times a week "should i go with .net or .com" "will the tld effect my seo and ability to rank".

      I was simply sharing an extremely simply case study. Take from it what you want and learn from it what you want or not. Being closed minded and a ignorant troll is your own prerogative. In the very least you could appreciate the idea of one person trying to help others. But I've this forum for a very long time. I've seen most of you all post. It's typically the same responses. You guys know it all.

      Cheers
      The Intern
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      • Profile picture of the author Tim3
        Keep your hair on chap!

        You said "your feedback and comments are welcomed."

        so we did...

        and then you said...

        "the audience in(is?) shit and I probably couldn't convert a thing.)"

        So it is a waste of time yes?

        Hence the comments you received.

        Had the keyword been as per, something like my real-world example, your thread would have been so much more useful to anyone that read it.
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by The Intern View Post

        That point should have been obvious. The keywords are arbitrary, They mean nothing.

        If you had actually tried to take something from it rather than trolling it would have been that keyword research is everything. You can rank for anything. Low competition keywords while they may have low search volume still have the potential to bring in visitors.

        I see the same question every week. Multiple times a week "should i go with .net or .com" "will the tld effect my seo and ability to rank".

        I was simply sharing an extremely simply case study. Take from it what you want and learn from it what you want or not. Being closed minded and a ignorant troll is your own prerogative. In the very least you could appreciate the idea of one person trying to help others. But I've this forum for a very long time. I've seen most of you all post. It's typically the same responses. You guys know it all.

        Cheers
        The Intern

        Ok, so in your world not sugarcoating something that serves no purpose is trolling. Roger that...

        FYI, this Warrior Forum thread currently ranks for the keyword My Name is Bobbi Bacon. I have no idea what purpose that will serve.
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        • Profile picture of the author The Intern
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          Ok, so in your world not sugarcoating something that serves no purpose is trolling. Roger that...

          FYI, this Warrior Forum thread currently ranks for the keyword My Name is Bobbi Bacon. I have no idea what purpose that will serve.
          I know it's ranked #10. that's the idea. that there is low hanging fruit out there. Keywords that have decent search volume and almost no competition at all. Keywords that will show up just as easy as these ones will. It's like panning for gold. You got to sift through all this crap to find the little nuggets. and your right I did say I welcomed all messages. So thanks for your message. Regardless of how I took it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Quốc Minh
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      I think the title killed the thread

      " I performed a case study to test SEO, Keyword Research, TLD Importance, etc. Here are the results!"

      SEO was not tested because nothing was really optimized. The terms were so weak it doesn't matter what you didn't do. this thread now ranks number 4 without any optimization.

      Keyword research was not tested since the terms you highlighted have no search volume.

      TLD importance was not tested because any site or any TLD would rank for a term no one is going for

      I think your point is valid and there are many keywords easy to rank for with some traffic (trickles) but its just this case study doesn't show any of that - just ranking for terms that will make no money and that no one wants to rank for because the time and hosting charges for the site are not even worth it.
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  • Profile picture of the author tuanpeto
    this only new site Y_Y... I cant see anything like you post Y_Y
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  • Profile picture of the author paladinseo
    so u ranked for some kw that nobody searches for .... 0 competition
    i can rank in 30 minutes for some random kw like dsanhwernjwe in and TLD and .com
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by The Intern View Post

    I hope you all can learn something from this.
    Sorry, can't see it. I'm scratching my head here.

    It's sort of fascinating that someone searches for that kind of random garbage, but it's definitely not an insight.

    Is "fuzziest man" some sort of obscure niche porn? I mean, you've competing against sites with titles like "Hot 4 Gay Average Joes".

    Originally Posted by The Intern View Post

    Being closed minded and a ignorant troll is your own prerogative.
    You know who you sound like? The fanboys of Spirit Science and other new age woo woo BS peddlers.

    SEO is largely a technical process which is why it's pretty silly to suggest that we hang to some random notions just because we're "closed minded". Show something interesting, and we're all over it.
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    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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    • Profile picture of the author The Intern
      Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

      Sorry, can't see it. I'm scratching my head here.

      It's sort of fascinating that someone searches for that kind of random garbage, but it's definitely not an insight.

      Is "fuzziest man" some sort of obscure niche porn? I mean, you've competing against sites with titles like "Hot 4 Gay Average Joes".



      You know who you sound like? The fanboys of Spirit Science and other new age woo woo BS peddlers.

      SEO is largely a technical process which is why it's pretty silly to suggest that we hang to some random notions just because we're "closed minded". Show something interesting, and we're all over it.
      Ok I can see that this thread was a failure based solely on my part.

      My apologies for blurting out. I did say I welcomed messages.

      I was not clear on what I was trying to say and everything was misunderstood. I should have done a better job explaining things and then not blow up when I was criticized for it.

      The only point I was trying to make is that regardless of the TLD, the keyword, the seo, and regardless of everything else it is still possible to rank high for keywords that no one is targeting. I should have also said this. My Name Is Bobbi Bacon is obviously something nobody would search for and something that you will not make any money off of. The point I wanted to make but failed horribly at doing so is that there are keywords out there like this one that no one has found but that are also not as arbitrary. Keywords that will automatically rank. Keywords that are profitable even if only a trickle that you can take advantage of and even more importantly (the point I think I wanted to make most clear) is that the keyword research is just as important if not more so than SEO, and tlds, and alot of other stuff that people spend to much time focusing on. I see now that I should have replaced my name is bobbi bacon with a keyword that would have been a good example of this. A low comp keyword with the potential to generate revenue, that will auto rank due to it's seemingly arbitrary phrase.

      So in the end apologies again for the misleading title, failing to make my point, and blowing up for what should have been welcomed criticism. I ope this new explanation in the very least helps you to understand what I was trying to say. Whether it was pointless or not. Thanks.

      Regards,
      The Intern
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        No Harm no foul. The concept is solid. Keyword research is paramount
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      • Profile picture of the author Tim3
        Originally Posted by The Intern View Post

        The only point I was trying to make is that regardless of the TLD, the keyword, the seo, and regardless of everything else it is still possible to rank high for keywords that no one is targeting.
        There you go... if you had said that first, along with a better example everything in the garden would have been rosy... and you are right about folks focusing on the less important stuff

        So much shite gets posted here these days, some members shoot first and ask questions later
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    • Profile picture of the author mkii
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      Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

      Is "fuzziest man" some sort of obscure niche porn? I mean, you've competing against sites with titles like "Hot 4 Gay Average Joes".
      It's really not that obscure.

      Urban Dictionary: bear

      In regards to "Hot 4 Gay Average Joes" : I don't have safesearch on and I don't see that site. So are you sure that SERP doesn't reflect your own search history or regional search data? Being serious here. There's lots of different things you might have typed into Google historically that might make this result show up.

      I like this case study, I think you guys missed the point. There's a lot of SEO myths out there, this one disproved a few.

      I personally would have just done this with my domain name and an article title on a site that I intended to make money on, but hey whatever. The default wordpress post title is usually article title | site title.

      If you name your site your domain name in wordpress it works. If you google your domain + article title as a phrase, usually you're rank #1.
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by mkii View Post

        In regards to "Hot 4 Gay Average Joes" : I don't have safesearch on and I don't see that site. So are you sure that SERP doesn't reflect your own search history or regional search data? Being serious here. There's lots of different things you might have typed into Google historically that might make this result show up.
        I don't use Google to search for porn. But rechecked this with incognito mode on two browsers, and the link just seems to sit there. Conclusion: Finns do love bears. Nothing wrong with that.
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        • Profile picture of the author mkii
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          Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

          I don't use Google to search for porn. But rechecked this with incognito mode on two browsers, and the link just seems to sit there. Conclusion: Finns do love bears. Nothing wrong with that.
          Verified. Google.fi results are very different then the results for US. The US SERP is mostly websites that feature pictures of cats. Very interesting.

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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      I thought case studies were banned here...or at least frowned upon.

      And now we know why.

      Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author The Intern
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        I thought case studies were banned here...or at least frowned upon.

        And now we know why.

        Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.

        Paul
        Had no idea case studies were banned or frowned upon.

        If that is the case thank you for letting me know.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Mandatory raccoon meme...





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    • Profile picture of the author mkii
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      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Mandatory raccoon meme...





      He never finished. He's suppose to build some links to it to rank it. I think every SEO did this at least once. Like I said before, I think most people do it with sites they try to make money with.
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