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  • I think that Google's tool is more for Adwords advertisers and reflect the CONTENT network as well as the search network, plus singular and plural, etc. According to some other tools that use organic results there's only about 8 searches a day.

    Free Keyword Suggestion Tool from Wordtracker

    Sometimes Google is more accurate and sometimes the other tools are more accurate, so I cross check the results and if it's kinda close I'll go for it, but if not I'm kinda wary. I did the same thing several times. I forget the breakdown MarketSamurai gave, but I think the #1 listing could expect 42%, and the others were under 10%.

    And BTW I find that using Hostgator's Awstats and scrolling to the bottom under Search Terms (or something) give a more accurate count of your visitors. The Unique hits at the top of the page shows the number of files downloaded (images) and not the real visitor count.
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    • That's a big difference between the two 3000 vs. 8. That would help explain the traffic results that I am seeing though. Hopefully that is not the answer because that would be a lot of time wasted on my part
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    • According to Micro Niche Finder, 'womens fragrances' gets 9,900 searches per month, which is 330 per day. I'd still be expecting you to get 100 or so hits per day if you are number 1 though. Are you making many sales from the traffic you get? To be honest, I think your site is nice, but it doesn't quite have that professional shine that some of your competitors have. Big congrats on getting the number 1 spot though

      Edit: as others have said, you are number 8 in the UK, but you do hold the number 1 spot on Google.com.
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  • The Google volumes are estimates. Also the average clickthrough rate for position 1 of a Google search is around 43%.

    I am seeing a discrepancy in the Google keyword tool results you are quoting. USA targeted search volumes for "womens fragrances" as a broad term shows as:

    local search volume:22,100
    Global search volume: 18,100

    As you are only number one in Google USA ( you are not even on the top two pages in Google UK) this explains why your search volums are lower than expected - you are only number 1 on Google.com but you have quoted global search volumes.
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    • The Google keyword tool results listed in my original post are for the keyword phrase women's fragrances. They are for USA targeted search volumes.
  • I just searched for Women's Fragrances and Womens Fragrances and you were appearing #8... I guess not everyone is getting that far.

    Didn't check using quotes, but nobody searches using quotes anyway.
  • I checked your keyword "


    I think the problem is the .net extension. In my own opinion I rather go for the .com because I am used to it. And I noticed the number 2 rank in Google SERP has the same TITLE TAG you have and their extension is .COM

    Just my Point of View
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    • Wow ... 11,364 for women's fragrances and I am only getting < 50. See why I posted this thread for. :confused:
  • All the keyword tools only should be used for rough numbers and to see what terms might get more searches than others. To expect exact numbers based on any of these tools is not being realistic.

    If you run the numbers every three days you will get variations, sometimes wild variations. Wordtracker uses other search engines than Google, so it's always a good idea to take a look and see if what it comes up with for numbers. If the same terms rank high, then they are probably worth the effort.

    I don't know where this "the first position gets 42% of the clicks" number came from but I have my doubts about it's accuracy. I think there are way too many variables on every search to go with over all number.

    I don't know anybody who just clicks on the first choice. And given that Google has indicated that a very high percentage (over 40%) of searches are unique, that also means that the numbers provided by their tool can be way off.

    Hey, you're obviously doing something right since you rank number one on the USA side. Just keep working and don't get caught up in the statistics. Give it some time and put Google Analytics on there to see what you can do about converting the traffic you get.

    It's not how many people visit, it's how much you sell.
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    • Hi Texjd,

      I tend to agree with you. The "the first position gets 42% of the clicks" statement may be technically correct when put into proper context. As the statement says "42% of the clicks" it's important to consider that the average search only results in a little over 54% CTR. So, of those clicks that do occur, there may be an average of 42% going to position one which equates to about a 23% CTR. (0.54 * 0.42 = 0.2268)

      Position #2 nets about 6.5% CTR on average, so it does usually pay to be number one. The exception is when you have Sponsored Ads directly above your organic listing, which tends to siphon the bulk of your potential traffic.
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    Hello Fellow Warriors, I have worked diligently over the past few months setting up my online store and just recently achieved the number #1 position in Google for the word keyword phrase I was targeting. Unfortunately, I have not seen the increase in traffic to my website that I was looking for.