Exact Keyword Match Domain Question

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I have an exact keyword match domain name for a make money online keyword that has 14,800 global searches per month. However, there are more than 4.7 million competing sites for this long tail keyword per Google and I have no clue where my site ranks, except I do not see on the first 10 search result pages. Note - I do, however, rank #1 on both Yahoo and Bing for this keyword! LOL - $0 as a result to date!

I am actually considering a complete overhaul of my website as it was running a certain pre-installed multi-income stream for me that wasn't working. However, I do not want to waste time if it doesn't have the potential to turn into a financial success somewhere down the road.

So I guess my real question is this: With the above information I provided - 14,800 global monthly searches, 4.7-4.8 million competing sites and I have the exact keyword match domain (no "x" or anything before or after keyword, just the exact match) - does the fact that I do have this exact match make it worthwhile for me to exploit that or is competition just too great regardless? I realize there are additional SEO considerations to take into account, i.e. high PR links, backlinks, etc, but I am wondering if this domain can be key to cutting through the competition and receiving pro-treatment from Google with the right SEO strategy.

I apologize for the length of my post, but I wanted to provide as much detail and information as possible in hope that it would be sufficient for someone to answer my question.

Any comments/responses would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Anthony
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  • Profile picture of the author rlhurst
    Is the 14,800 search number an "exact" match, or "broad" match? If "broad", then try checking "exact", and you'll see those numbers drastically reduced. If it is "exact", then, good find!

    As others have told me, the only competition you have is page 1 of Google results. Check the top listings and see how stiff the competition will be.
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    • Profile picture of the author awdevine
      Originally Posted by rlhurst View Post

      Is the 14,800 search number an "exact" match, or "broad" match? If "broad", then try checking "exact", and you'll see those numbers drastically reduced. If it is "exact", then, good find!

      As others have told me, the only competition you have is page 1 of Google results. Check the top listings and see how stiff the competition will be.
      I just triple-checked via Google Keyword Tool - 14,800 monthly global searches is result with the Exact Match box checked. Currently, I am unable to check competition on first page as the SEO program I have been using for this purpose, Traffic Travis (free version), will not properly load for me...frustrating!


      Thanks for the input; much appreciated. Now I just need to figure out my next move, assuming I can get some competition information...soon!
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      • Profile picture of the author Toby Couchman
        Originally Posted by awdevine View Post

        I just triple-checked via Google Keyword Tool - 14,800 monthly global searches is result with the Exact Match box checked. Currently, I am unable to check competition on first page as the SEO program I have been using for this purpose, Traffic Travis (free version), will not properly load for me...frustrating!


        Thanks for the input; much appreciated. Now I just need to figure out my next move, assuming I can get some competition information...soon!
        Hey you can use this free online tool to check competition of the top 10 in google (not an affiliate link) Niche Keyword Competition Checker Free SEO Research Tool

        Its great to use as a backup for those times when you other tools go on the blink.

        hope that helps
        MB
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        • Profile picture of the author awdevine
          Originally Posted by m0nk3yb0y View Post

          Hey you can use this free online tool to check competition of the top 10 in google (not an affiliate link) Niche Keyword Competition Checker Free SEO Research Tool

          Its great to use as a backup for those times when you other tools go on the blink.

          hope that helps
          MB
          Hey, thanks for the free online tool. I checked it out against my 5 word long tail keyword and had some interesting results. While most of the top 10 sites had 4 or 5 figure numbers of backlinks, NONE of them had my exact keyword in the "count" results. Also, NONE had any results for "Anchor" and "Title" results, while only 4 of 10 had any results in "Text" results - being 3 for #1 site; 10 for #2 site; 1 for #5 site; and 2 for #7 site.

          What really may make this a worthwhile effort to try to get to Google page 1 results for my keyword is that site #5 of the Top 10 had only 164 backlinks, with 0 keyword counts, 1 page, 0 anchor, 0 title and 1 text. Maybe I am reading this wrong, or not correctly interpreting the results, but it seem to me it may be possible to optimize my site and crack the top 10 if #5 is able to do it with those line stats. From this information anyway, I think I would still need to better understand the strength of those backlinks.

          Am I missing something in my analysis based on Niche Watch results only? I still want to use Traffic Travis and SEO Quake (and any other quality software) to further assess my domain name and website's (potential) strength versus the competition when I get back home (after my offline job is done for day), but my curiosity is peaked regarding moving into top 10 based on #5's results.

          Any additional input by anyone would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
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  • Profile picture of the author sandrax
    If that free tool is not working for you I would highly suggest you use SEO Quake.

    It's a free tool that works as a toolbar in your browser and gives you immediate results from a single website/page or all search results with a cool toolbar below .
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  • Profile picture of the author ChristineCobb
    You might also get a free trial of Market Samurai which will show you your competition including how many backlinks they have and where you rank for your keyword.
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