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Hey guys,

This is my first post in this section...

I just wanted to ask a question which I cannot seem to find an answer to...

As you can see I have created a landing page (sig) but I am having trouble generating traffic to it due to low budget...

Is it possible for my lander to rank in at least the 4th or 5th page in google's results page for anything related to "making money from home"?

If it is, what would it take? How can I achieve this and what is the best way to go?

Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author Alex Arseniy
      will it not work?
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    • Originally Posted by Mike Grant View Post

      You're wasting your time if you're hoping to land on the 4th or 5th page.
      I think what Mike is trying to say is that to only rank on the 4th page will not get you much traffic and probably wouldn't be worth the effort.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alex Arseniy
        is it worth the effort to get ranked in at least the 2nd or 3rd page??

        1st?
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        • Profile picture of the author markowe
          Originally Posted by Alex Arseniy View Post

          is it worth the effort to get ranked in at least the 2nd or 3rd page??

          1st?
          Hm, like a numbers game - you figure if 33,000 people search for that term monthly, then maybe 1% might end up on page 2 or 3? I don't know the statistics on that, but what I do bet is you would have a very hard time even getting to page 3 or 4. Can you imagine how many people have tried already? The top ten pages are probably a wasteland of failed attempts, all of them still with enough juice to make it hard for anyone else to get in, especially someone without some serious SEO firepower.

          I say, don't bother, seriously... Aim muuuuch lower and build up to harder stuff, always aiming for page one, no. 1. Everything else is 2nd/3rd/97th-best.
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        • Profile picture of the author tessa
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          • Profile picture of the author SuccessForFree
            As has been said several times, it'll be near impossible to get pg 1 for "making money from home". This is

            a) far to generic, these keywords have more than likely been done to death

            b)HIGHLY competitive, you need a huge effort to get anywhere in this niche at all

            My advice is to break it down to very specific keywords, while still trying to maintain a good search/competition ratio, meaning lots of people searching, not many competing sites. Get as specific as possible, for example "making money from home in web design". In this niche, you have to get very creative as to what you're trying to rank for...it will always be a hot niche, and everyone knows it!

            Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author altoro80
    i always go for 1st page, for every website, i don't think is worth the effort to have it even on the 3rd page
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  • Profile picture of the author JustaWizard
    Unfortunately, due to searchers' behavior, you do have to shoot for first page, and actually position 1-3.
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  • Profile picture of the author jhnbrwn
    exactly, most of the users don't even bother to look for second or third page against their query, if they found nothing interesting, they just type in another combinations and keep on hunting.
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    • Profile picture of the author SEOEnlightenment
      The statistics clearly show that top 3 is where you need to be.

      It's like this:

      56% click on the 1st link
      38% on the 2nd
      6% on the third
      0.3% on the fourth
      then downhill all the way after that

      This assumes that the searcher finds what he wants on the first page.

      If they don't then the above applies to the second page then the 3rd etc...

      Chances of someone not finding what they wan though by page 4?

      Not good...

      Ps the % is paraphrased from memory so not wholly accurate but not that far off the study results...
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      Then again...there's always PPC ;)

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      • Profile picture of the author TrustedReviewer
        Originally Posted by SEOEnlightenment View Post

        The statistics clearly show that top 3 is where you need to be.

        It's like this:

        56% click on the 1st link
        38% on the 2nd
        6% on the third
        0.3% on the fourth
        then downhill all the way after that

        This assumes that the searcher finds what he wants on the first page.

        If they don't then the above applies to the second page then the 3rd etc...

        Chances of someone not finding what they wan though by page 4?

        Not good...

        Ps the % is paraphrased from memory so not wholly accurate but not that far off the study results...
        Yes I saw those stats from the Carnegie Mellon tests. It is incredible how much difference it makes to be in number one slot and also how fast the traffic falls off when you get past the fourth! Quite scary.
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  • Profile picture of the author sidramalik100
    well i also agree with the above user,s statement that you are wasting of your time so don,t do this again
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  • Profile picture of the author Anna Hussie
    Originally Posted by Alex Arseniy View Post

    Hey guys,

    This is my first post in this section...

    I just wanted to ask a question which I cannot seem to find an answer to...

    As you can see I have created a landing page (sig) but I am having trouble generating traffic to it due to low budget...

    Is it possible for my lander to rank in at least the 4th or 5th page in google's results page for anything related to "making money from home"?

    If it is, what would it take? How can I achieve this and what is the best way to go?

    Thanks
    This is not difficult but you should work on your site.You do not have worked on on site and off page as well then how could you achieve ranking?
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  • Profile picture of the author GlobalMedia
    Well, Landing on 4th or 5th page is certainly not a nice option. But still you can have it for the start. It will be better for you if you work more on your project and make it much more acceptable.
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  • Profile picture of the author jolinepenniman
    i could rank page 4 or 5 for the first time of site setup at the begining with just on page SEO and with a good SEo to it, all my site rank pretty fast in the first page of google
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  • Profile picture of the author TopRankedSEO
    as said before you won't get any traffic at all from that

    Originally Posted by Alex Arseniy View Post

    Hey guys,

    This is my first post in this section...

    I just wanted to ask a question which I cannot seem to find an answer to...

    As you can see I have created a landing page (sig) but I am having trouble generating traffic to it due to low budget...

    Is it possible for my lander to rank in at least the 4th or 5th page in google's results page for anything related to "making money from home"?

    If it is, what would it take? How can I achieve this and what is the best way to go?

    Thanks
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