What do you want to see in a ranking test?
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I'm going to be testing both on-page and off-page stuff. The onpage stuff is pretty easy, so I'm more interested in what would be interesting for the off page.
Here's what I'm thinking of doing.
Set up 3-5 sites (no keyword in domain name) that all target the same keyword.
Optimize all sites identically. They'll have unique content, but it will essentially be equal if that makes sense.
Then apply a different strategy to each site.
I'm thinking
1. Exclusively Build My Rank
2. Exclusively spammy blog comments
3. Exclusively profile links
4. Exclusively AMR blasts
5. Some sort of link wheel or pyramid
I'm totally open to suggestions, but the only paid service I belong to is BMR. I'd rather not join 5 other networks just for this test. If there is overwhelming response to test another network I might consider joining for the good of the community.
The purpose of the test is to see which method works best. There's always a ton of theory thrown around, but I want to do some testing for myself. So I figured I'd do it in the open so maybe someone else can get some value out of it.
Please note: I'm going to intentionally find extremely easy to rank for keywords. This test is to simply test which of these strategies works best. I think the best way to do that is rank for something that has no competition.
I'll likely rank for a phrase that doesn't make sense and has no results in the SERPS.
Anyway, give me your suggestions and I'll get the test formalized. I'll either update here or I'll set up a blog. Not sure if the Mods want another one of these update threads or not.
7.6.11 Update
1st on-page test complete. 2 pages optimized equally, but one has 2% keyword density and one has 6% keyword density.
The 6% keyword density ranks higher than the 2% page.
According to this test, higher keyword density is better all other things being equal.
More tests are coming...
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