Something I never understood with the SERPS and People here

by GGpaul
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I don't know, I get a bit confused. People claim this and that. One that stood out "Great content." "Make your site look good" "Make an authority looking site." All these factors to hit the first page. "High PR Backlinks."

Well, this site has no PR, gritool and I see that it has products that are ranked on the first page of Google.

It looks like a bunch of scraped /spun content that's just ranking up there.
#people #serps #understood
  • Profile picture of the author RimaNaj2011
    SEMRush didn't show it ranking for anything. What keywords is it supposed to be ranking for.
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  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    I don't see anything. All I care about is unique content and backlinks - that's it.

    My unique content can be 200 words or 1,000 words, I don't care. My backlinks come from my own network and nowhere else. Those two factors have driven my internet business from a once shoddy $1 per day to an extremely successful campaign.
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  • Profile picture of the author GGpaul
    powermatic 54a review

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

      powermatic 54a review

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      There's still authority sites ranking higher (lumberjocks & finewoodworking). Finewoodworking actually has a print magazine sold in bookstores, I used to buy the magazine in the 90's.

      It most likely took less work for those authority sites to rank higher than Amazon affiliate site, especially considering the Amazon affiliate site is blasting completely random niches all over a single domain. Those two authority sites probably did zero external SEO for that [exact] keyword phrase (still ranking pages).
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      • Profile picture of the author Marc_L
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        There's still authority sites ranking higher (lumberjocks & finewoodworking). Finewoodworking actually has a print magazine sold in bookstores, I used to buy the magazine in the 90's.

        It most likely took less work for those authority sites to rank higher than Amazon affiliate site, especially considering the Amazon affiliate site is blasting completely random niches all over a single domain. Those two authority sites probably did zero external SEO for that [exact] keyword phrase (still ranking pages).
        I couldn't find a single link for the site...
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by Marc_L View Post

          I couldn't find a single link for the site...
          Thanks, I didn't look at any links. I figured that was the case only because I know finewoodworking is a real business, online & offline (woodworking niche authority).

          Usually authority sites can pull this off (ranking pages without much offpage SEO) because they've built up a lot of offpage SEO for very relevant keywords.

          Example, If I ranked #1 for the keyword car insurance, it only makes it easier to rank high for the keyword low cost truck insurance. Google knows that cars & trucks are relevant to each other. If the car insurance page is already ranked, then the work for the truck insurance page is half way finished before the truck page is even created (piggyback off the already ranked page).

          I don't have to look at the finewoodworking link profile to know they have thousands of quality external links from relevant woodworking sites/domains. Another advantage for knowing the niche instead of just blasting random Amazon review pages. There's not a single SEO tool that will tell a person that finwoodorking is a real business that was around before the internet went mainstream. They've been in business since 1975 & I know they have existing loyal traffic building links for them, word of mouth referrals, etc...

          The reason I always suggest to go with an authority site is, long term it just makes life easier, not only for SEO but for creating a brand that traffic will trust. Trust helps make a sale, which is the ultimate goal.
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  • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
    Created:2013-02-28

    The site is benefiting from Query Freshness. The results will only be there for a limited time, before Google drops the site / deindexes it.

    It's known as an automatic publishing blog. Keyword stuff & spam each post until Google's bot figures out that it's keyword spam.

    It's a short-term method for generating profits. I prefer long-term businesses though.
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  • Profile picture of the author goodfella22
    they keyword is low comp and low searches who cares?
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    • Profile picture of the author GGpaul
      Originally Posted by goodfella22 View Post

      they keyword is low comp and low searches who cares?
      I care because I've profited from them. I didn't know that Internet marketing is ONLY about going for high searches and medium - high competition.

      The other day I posted a low competition + low search keyword and profited $40 from it. It took me effing no more than 10 minutes to do it.

      For f*#@ sakes, I'll run my business the way I want it.
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