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Page one of google but still low traffic?

by leetpete
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So I am ranked in google for my particular keyword in a broad search (with not quotes or anything, im new so bear with me if this is incorrect terminology) as the second spot and another spot further down for another page on my site. Google adwords shows that local monthly searches for exact match is 780. However, in the 2 months I Have had this site i'm averaging only about 20 visits a month. I have updating the site, and writing articles to promote my site, but traffic is still low. Did I do something wrong? Should I keep working or just cut my loses and find a new keyword?

Also, I keep getting a lot of weird comments. I assume there spam as they are very vague and could be applied to really any and the grammar is poor to what you see when people who don't know english are writing it. My question is: Is it better to approve these comments and have them on my blog just to generate more content or should I disapprove them since there not very relevant comments.


Edit: The actual url is http://www.chessanytime.org/ and its ranking for the keyword chess anytime
#google #low #page #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Inaccuracies in terms of search volume data within the GKT is common. Its hard to provide a useful answer though, given such vague information.

    Would you share the URL?

    As for the weird comments....probably just spammers seeking backlinks. Id either flush em or turn off commenting altogether.
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    • Profile picture of the author leetpete
      Chessanytime.org ranked for keyword chess anytime
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  • Profile picture of the author gasman
    The weird comments are just people trying to get backlinks. The reason they are weird is because they are most likely done by software and random. As for your traffic, it depends on what place you are at on the first page. Even number one is probably going to get less than half of that 780 and once you get down to the bottom of the page in only goes down from there. The 780 is also only a guesstimate, it's not necessarily accurate, 20 a month isn't that crazy for what you have stated here. Pretty normal really.
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    • Profile picture of the author leetpete
      Alright so your saying im on track with my low traffic. What do you suggest I work on to start drawing in more. I know getting the 780 is unrealistic, however if i can get 50% of that per month ill be more than happy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hthomas
    you should check your keyword choice..

    Might that keyword is not directly related to targeted traffic....
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    • Profile picture of the author Ralf Skirr
      It would be nice, but there's zero chance of getting 50% of search traffic clicking to your site. Not even close.

      Usually a very low percentage of searchers actually click through, even if you have a top listing.

      Rather look to add many more keyword phrases to your site, plus add other targeted traffic sources as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    780 searches per month is nothing in my view. If it had 3000-10,000 searches per month, it would be much more profitable.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Those studies which proclaim which search position gets what percent of the clicks usually don't tell you what percentage of searches get any click at all.

      If I did a search right now for 'chess anytime', it counts as a search. If I don't click a link at all, it still counts as a search.

      I don't know what percentage actually clicks, but it's small enough that I spend a lot of time and effort on ways to lure - 'lure', not 'drive' - people to my pages that don't depend on SEO.

      I don't ignore SEO, mind you. But beyond basic on-page optimizing, I don't worry about it. I'll happily take any visitors that come my way via search, but I don't worry about rankings for individual keywords. The main exception is looking at my own stats to see how people find me.

      If people are finding me for a search query I didn't think of, I'll add it to the list of terms I try to work in where they naturally fit.
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  • Profile picture of the author RonLeroy
    I think it is because niche is not top popular.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tadresources
    The comments are either left by a commenting software trying for backlinks or an actual person who isn't great at English who was hired for the same purpose.
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  • Profile picture of the author KingOfPLRArticles
    The lowest keyword I will usually consider these days has a minimum of at least 2000 searches and that's the minimum.

    780 is just too low IMO.
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  • Profile picture of the author Exel
    As others have already stated, the situation is very simple here.

    Your keyword has low number of searches and you are also not #1 rank in Google.

    Work on getting top position and include some other traffic techniques.
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  • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
    As John said .. number of searches and actual click through are two very different numbers.

    I was ranking #1 for a term that gets a supposed 2700 searches a day and was averaging 800 unique from that particular source a day. The same site was also ranking for a 300 a month keyword that was averaging 120 a day.

    Sometimes it is best to remind ourselves the information we often use is set up to determine click prices and really not even meant for organic purposes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Val Wilson
    Different studies show different results, but this one shows position 2 (which you are for chess anytime) getting about 10% of the clicks. Allowing for a bit of inaccuracy in Googles search figures, and you are not really that far out.

    Just keep working on other keywords as well, and try to get to 1st position - no matter what the exact percentage, the top position will definitely get significantly more clicks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    You should find more keywords to rank high for. Plus find new ways to get traffic to your website other than Google.
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