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Just realized my competition...

by dustinthetoucan
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So, I just realized i have some dastardly competition. I am pretty new. I don't want my new domain, new articles, and time to go to waste. I've been getting about 5 pr3-pr4 dofollow backlinks a night. Only two are indexed so far.... I need to know if I should quit now or if I should tough it out... I'm really still new at trying to rank for a big keyword.
#competition #realized
  • Profile picture of the author InTheMaking
    if your new start small.. but not too small.

    I did what you did and now I have about 8 websites ranking from page 1-3 and I don't want to leave them hanging so I'm spending a lot more time on these smaller websites when I should jump into something larger.

    When I mean small I mean weak competition, the exact searches can be huge!
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    • Profile picture of the author dustinthetoucan
      Well, I just dunno if I can handle it. Its a really nice phrase, but I think it'll take a lot of work... I just dunno how to go about it. I reallllly don't wanna quit on this one.
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      Thanks in advance... :)..... -Dustin

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  • Profile picture of the author John Williamson
    Cost-benefit analysis: Will the benefits of ranking well for this keyword outweigh the costs of getting it there?
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    • Profile picture of the author dustinthetoucan
      Originally Posted by John Williamson View Post

      Cost-benefit analysis: Will the benefits of ranking well for this keyword outweigh the costs of getting it there?
      I've been there then the next problem is IF I can get it there. -_-
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      Thanks in advance... :)..... -Dustin

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  • Profile picture of the author adamshappyl
    all thing is difficult before they are easy. if u insist perhaps u will have something unexpected.
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  • Profile picture of the author Old Dog New Tricks
    Is it a "buying" keyword or an "info" keyword? I've bloodied my nose on that issue before.

    What I mean is, are people buying after they search that keyword. I ranked a keyword page one above the fold on Google with over 8million broad phrase and found out they were looking for info. Now I'm working on turning info seekers into buyers. Not so easy sometimes!

    It would have been easier to rank a keyword that "buyers" were searching. I have done this now. The keywords I thought were duds at first, due to low search volume for example, are my best selling (buying) keywords now.

    Only took me 2 years to figure that out!

    We all know that there is more to SEO than just keyword choice but that is what I personally have leaned on the most and have ranked several sites OK. It is slower however and I'm now working on other aspects of SEO currently. I'm not very techie but I am learning.

    At least attempt to figure out what people who search your keyword are searching it for. Look and see if there is any PPC ads and then open the sites that are ranking for that keyword now and are they serious selling (commercial) sites. Are they vendor or affiliate sites. Are they product manufacturer's sites, Wiki's, reviews, etc? Are they ranked on authority "only" mostly? If you don't see much of the fore mentioned indicators do some soul searching on what you want to do with your chosen keyword.

    There are a lot of strategies to consider on posts within this forum that may not show up on your post here. Search for them.

    Good Luck!

    Old Dog

    P.S. I have also figured out that SEO is only one way to monetize websites. There are many other ways also. Thanks to a lot of great info on the WF and also applying offline techniques too.
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    P.S. If I can be of any assistance in your "Off" or "On"- line sales and marketing please PM me or email at WinnersChoice-Warrior@yahoo.com . Old Dog

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