What's the traffic potential from SEO ALONE done by a guru in SEO ?

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How much traffic could be acquired , I mean the maximum potential from SEO alone when it comes to web traffic for a guy who really knows what he is doing ? In other words or to make this even clearer , Can a SEO guru take a new website and turn it into a very high traffic site like CNN.com with his SEO skills if he is given the right amount of time to accomplish this ? I want to understand if SEO alone can turn a new website burried that no one knows into something huge like CNN or huffington post with his skills assuming that he knows what he is doing ..Thanks a bunch
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  • Profile picture of the author Granulr
    The right amount of time would take years and years. If you look at all the high ranking websites such as CNN, BBC, Facebook, Twitter, they all have been going for years, and the do not do any SEO really. They build most of their traffic from their users. They are popular news and social media websites.

    It would literally be impossible for one new website to become as big as CNN.

    They could, however, create a big (ish) following pretty easily by coming up highly in SERPS. This could then be shared.
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    • Profile picture of the author mase857
      Originally Posted by Granulr View Post

      The right amount of time would take years and years. If you look at all the high ranking websites such as CNN, BBC, Facebook, Twitter, they all have been going for years, and the do not do any SEO really. They build most of their traffic from their users. They are popular news and social media websites.

      It would literally be impossible for one new website to become as big as CNN.

      They could, however, create a big (ish) following pretty easily by coming up highly in SERPS. This could then be shared.

      exactly ... By coming up highly in the SERPS all the times , then the site may have potential to become as big as the king sites like CNN and Huffpost over time right ?
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      • Profile picture of the author godoveryou
        Completely impossible to answer without knowing what you're site is, it's niche, market interest and saturation as well as your content marketing strategy.

        How long is a piece of string?

        Also, people using websites of something like a TV channel to represent a point about SEO has got to be one of the most retarded things I've seen but it's what I expect out of this place these days.
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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
          Originally Posted by godoveryou View Post

          Also, people using websites of something like a TV channel to represent a point about SEO has got to be one of the most retarded things I've seen but it's what I expect out of this place these days.
          You are such a grouch GOY. Why can't you be laid back and non argumentative as I am?
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          • Profile picture of the author mase857
            Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

            You are such a grouch GOY. Why can't you be laid back and non argumentative as I am?
            AMEN AMEN !!! You're telling the truth . I wonder why SOME people on here feel the need to be SO RUDE , OVERLY CRITICAL and argumentative for no reason . One member by the name of Kevin was so rude to one of my threads that he admitted that he was as drunk as a SKUNK and that I should not have taken him seriously . How would I have known ?
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            • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
              Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

              AMEN AMEN !!! You're telling the truth . I wonder why SOME people on here feel the need to be SO RUDE , OVERLY CRITICAL and argumentative for no reason .
              I have no idea. I have tried to talk to them for years about being more gentle, never getting upset with posters and instead of getting annoyed at stupid posts just think of daffodils and big warm hugs. I guess not everyone can be as patient, loving and gentle as we are.
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              • Profile picture of the author mase857
                Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

                I have no idea. I have tried to talk to them for years about being more gentle, never getting upset with posters and instead of getting annoyed at stupid posts just think of daffodils and big warm hugs. I guess not everyone can be as patient, loving and gentle as we are.
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                I know Mike. I have noticed it happens a lot on this forum and some others too . People will just start replying to questions while insulting ... It's crazy ! I have been wondering what causes them to act that way ... Are they really that mental or retarded to start insulting someone randomly out of the blue for no reason . I have learned to ignore them and move on. Thanks for being nice
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                • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
                  Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

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                  I know Mike. I have noticed it happens a lot on this forum and some others too . People will just start replying to questions while insulting ... It's crazy !
                  If people ask a question that makes no sense perhaps theres an underlying issue. Fall when baby I dunno perhaps not their fault.. See the good in people and if its not there then imagine lapping waves and sunny beaches with children playing.

                  I have been wondering what causes them to act that way
                  Hard to say. I'd have to know one of those argumentative people.

                  I have learned to ignore them and move on. Thanks for being nice
                  Always....Yes I.....sticky bun soon come..
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  • Profile picture of the author Nick Logan
    Only SEO without attractive, relavant and original content on the site will do nothing, speaking long term. If your SEO guru can offer you everything in a package (content writing, proper link building, guest posting and so on...) then there is a potential.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO-Dave
    You haven't supplied enough information.

    What's the niche?
    How many people do you have building content?
    What's your budget?

    The right niche(s), lots of people writing content, decent budget and in a couple of years you could have a site that generates 10 million plus visitors a month.

    On the otherhand, wrong niche, no one building content, low budget and could be so little traffic you let the site expire.

    David
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  • Profile picture of the author Blaine Smitley
    Why do you ask?

    Sometimes a question just begs a question..

    And I'm thinking from one of the earlier posts in the thread that I should mention that I'm drinking wine... Home made wine.. Made by Hill billies.

    Well not Hill billies. One of them ( my dad) is a Hill billy. I on the other hand am a more modern semi educated and well cultured Flat land billy. So that prolly mellowed the brewing process of the wine a bit.

    But the shot of Vodka I put in it prolly took it back the other way so.

    What was your question again? How long is a piece of string? Well it depends on how far you want to go with it
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  • Profile picture of the author kingoptimizer
    Who cares about how much traffic you get. You should care about how much traffic converts!
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    • Profile picture of the author SEO-Dave
      Originally Posted by kingoptimizer View Post

      Who cares about how much traffic you get. You should care about how much traffic converts!
      Cost per view ads.

      David
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  • Profile picture of the author IMLab
    Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

    How much traffic could be acquired , I mean the maximum potential from SEO alone when it comes to web traffic for a guy who really knows what he is doing?
    SEO is a great way to get traffic when done right but it is not everything. There are many other traffic sources other than SEO.

    1. Paid ads.
    2. Social Media Networks.
    3. Off-line marketing.
    4. Press releases.
    5. Guest posts.
    and many others...

    To turn a website into a huge authority hub, you need to take care of all traffic sources not just one.
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    • Profile picture of the author mase857
      Originally Posted by IMLab View Post

      SEO is a great way to get traffic when done right but it is not everything. There are many other traffic sources other than SEO.

      1. Paid ads.
      2. Social Media Networks.
      3. Off-line marketing.
      4. Press releases.
      5. Guest posts.
      and many others...

      To turn a website into a huge authority hub, you need to take care of all traffic sources not just one.
      I completely agree and that is what I am doing , I'm building my facebook page related to my website ...
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  • Profile picture of the author npoint
    If you expect flood of traffic and avoiding the risk of loosing your money (you will have to invest into it a lot of them) you should rather take your steps to paid traffic from redirected domains for example, I am driving such way about 50-60 thousands of unique visitors a day to one of my arcade games websites and it converts pretty well depending on day from 150-250% which is not bad I think.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    and never mind GOY.

    Sometimes his product testing goes terribly wrong and he gets grumpy and has to curl up and not walk or stand for awhile.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    This is getting funny.
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    • Profile picture of the author godoveryou
      Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

      and never mind GOY.

      Sometimes his product testing goes terribly wrong and he gets grumpy and has to curl up and not walk or stand for awhile.
      You understand me... I had a pressure release valve on a hydro pump get stuck shut last night and had to break the tube off. It's the third time it's happened...

      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      This is getting funny.
      There is no humor here. Only polite conversation, hand holding and extreme cuddling.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        Originally Posted by godoveryou View Post

        There is no humor here. Only polite conversation, hand holding and extreme cuddling.
        No cuddling here. back up wid dat or you will get the beat down......

        well......um.......okay back to

        lapping waves, children playing and daffodils
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

    How much traffic could be acquired , I mean the maximum potential from SEO alone when it comes to web traffic for a guy who really knows what he is doing ? In other words or to make this even clearer , Can a SEO guru take a new website and turn it into a very high traffic site like CNN.com with his SEO skills if he is given the right amount of time to accomplish this ? I want to understand if SEO alone can turn a new website burried that no one knows into something huge like CNN or huffington post with his skills assuming that he knows what he is doing ..Thanks a bunch
    No, an SEO guru alone cannot turn a new website into a high-traffic site like CNN. You'll need to do lots of social media promotion and build a real brand to turn your site into something like that. Also, you'll most likely need a team/employees as you can't build such a huge site without one.
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    • Profile picture of the author mase857
      Originally Posted by SEO Power View Post

      No, an SEO guru alone cannot turn a new website into a high-traffic site like CNN. You'll need to do lots of social media promotion and build a real brand to turn your site into something like that. Also, you'll most likely need a team/employees as you can't build such a huge site without one.
      That's what I am doing .. Lots of content , backlinks and social media
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

        That's what I am doing .. Lots of content , backlinks and social media

        you go guy. Prove the naysayers wrong. Bunch of killjoys. POWER TO THE PEOPLE.
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        • Profile picture of the author mase857
          Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

          you go guy. Prove the naysayers wrong. Bunch of killjoys. POWER TO THE PEOPLE.
          Thanks It's going to be a long journey . Hopefully in a year from now , I may at least have like 20K visitors a day with daily consistent hard work
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  • Profile picture of the author buft
    Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

    How much traffic could be acquired , I mean the maximum potential from SEO alone when it comes to web traffic for a guy who really knows what he is doing ? In other words or to make this even clearer , Can a SEO guru take a new website and turn it into a very high traffic site like CNN.com with his SEO skills if he is given the right amount of time to accomplish this ? I want to understand if SEO alone can turn a new website burried that no one knows into something huge like CNN or huffington post with his skills assuming that he knows what he is doing ..Thanks a bunch

    It depends on keywords search volume. If your site is in first page holding the 1st position and the search volume of that keywords 10,000 per month, the calculation of search traffic:
    (10000/30)=333.333 per day
    But you have to count the visiting rate 60% according to interesting title
    So, 60% of 333.33 visitors = 199 visits per day (approximately).

    So, if you calculate this way, you can see the result of SEO service.
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