Would you go after this keyword?

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Doing some keyword research for a CPA offer and after checking out the top 10 spots on G........the sites listed have lots of backlinks to them but only 1 is actually SEO'd for the keyword. The 1 site is a PR1 and has only 130 backlinks showing.

No keyword in title,H1 or description......for any of the other 9 sites.


What would you do?
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  • Profile picture of the author moniez
    Well, can you get an exact keyword match domain, or can you get a dense keyword domain? You say there is only 1 other site SEO'd for the keyword, but how many is google showing you? To give a quality recommendation, we'd really need more information.
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    • Profile picture of the author kchui1028
      for long term biz, the best is keyword+branding the best of both worlds
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  • Profile picture of the author MarkAse
    Based on what information you're giving us....I have to wonder why you're even asking....doesn't this seem incredibly easy?

    Go for it, of course!
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    • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
      Originally Posted by MarkAse View Post

      Based on what information you're giving us....I have to wonder why you're even asking....doesn't this seem incredibly easy?

      Go for it, of course!

      I am asking to get a second POV......no harm intended.

      Thanks for your reply.

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      • Profile picture of the author Thinker1
        I wonder why that only one site is a PR1 with not so much backlinks. There may be other reasons you may need to investigate further.
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  • Profile picture of the author verbose
    If the other sites are large sites with a high Domain Pr whats happening is the internal link juice is carrying the site high in the serps. I would take a shot at it. You are only out 10 bucks if you have hosting already. Look at it a Market Test.
    What I would do is run the wonder wheel to grab related words for other pages.
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    • Profile picture of the author zaclondon
      You've only mentioned the competitiveness of the keyword. What about traffic and adwords CPC?

      Assuming they're both of decent value than it sounds like a good keyword to target.
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  • Profile picture of the author JayXtreme
    Based on this limited information... I would say

    YES




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  • Profile picture of the author KateD
    Hi...

    Although the other 9 competitors may not be as optimized as the one competitor that is, the number of backlinks , Page Rank, and Domain Age do greatly effect how easy it will be to beat them.

    I mean, those 9 competitors have to have some optimization (albeit unintententional) if they are ranking on the first page for a partcular keyword phrase. How many backlinks are we talking about for them? 50-100? 100-1000? 1000+

    It does matter. So without knowing those stats, there's no way of really answering your question correctly.

    Much Success,

    KateD
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    Originally Posted by TheNewGuy2010 View Post

    Doing some keyword research for a CPA offer and after checking out the top 10 spots on G........the sites listed have lots of backlinks to them but only 1 is actually SEO'd for the keyword. The 1 site is a PR1 and has only 130 backlinks showing.

    No keyword in title,H1 or description......for any of the other 9 sites.


    What would you do?
    yes...but wrong forum
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